This is my fourth card entry in the Artisan contest. I
played around with woodgrain and a beautiful butterfly!
- Stamps: Woodgrain, Papillion Potpourri, Loving Thoughts
- Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
- Ink: Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Black Stazon
- Accessories: Woodgrain embossing folder, Elegant Butterfly punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Whisper White Organza ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Paper-Piercing tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Dazzling Details
I started off by cutting a piece of Midnight Muse card
stock 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” and scored it at 4-1/4”. I ran the card front through the
Big Shot in the Woodgrain embossing folder.
I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 3” x3” and
adhered onto the card front centered in the width and closer to the top of the
card.
Next I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock 2-3/4” x 4”.
I stamped the Woodgrain background image onto the Crumb Cake card stock in
Crumb Cake ink. Then I stamped the greeting from Loving Thoughts onto the
bottom of the card stock in Midnight Muse ink. I adhered this layer onto a 3” x
4-1/4” piece of Whisper White card stock.
I used my Decorative Label punch to punch through both
layers of Crumb Cake and Whisper White card stock. I just pushed the card stock
all the way into the punch and centered the punch in the width of card stock.
Then I used my Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, and Essentials
Paper-Piercing Pack to pierce around the decorative label shape. I wrapped a
piece of Whisper White Organza ribbon around the card front and tied it into a
knot, then cut the ribbon ends into a Dove-tail shape. I adhered this panel onto the card front with
Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Now for that pretty butterfly! I stamped the butterfly
image from Papillion Potpourri onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock in
Stazon ink. I used a sponge dauber to sponge on some Pool Party ink, then I
sponged on some Midnight Muse ink just on the very top edges of the butterfly.
This creates a really pretty faded look to the color. I punched out the
butterfly with my Delicate Butterfly punch and adhered the butterfly inside the
Decorative Label cut out with a Glue Dot. Finally, just to add some sparkle, I
scribbled on some Dazzling Details onto both of the butterflies wings.
I loved this card so much that I went with the same
layout for some of my Convention swaps!
