Hello, today I'd like to share this easy card make with you. I
really like this silhouette of a girl with butterflies in her hair
which is a digi stamp image from LC Designs (all links at end of post) so it’s an easy print out to
give a perfect image every time. I have teamed it with some of my
favourite Papermilldirect coloured cardstocks to create this simple card
that would also work as a display piece too. This is my first time working with this image and I am also entering this card into the Little Claire Challenge #67 - Anything Goes! , the House of Cards March Challenge: Silhouette and the Ribbon Girl Any Image Challenge
I started by scoring and folding an A4 sheet of PMD white linen card
in half and then trimming down to create a regular 5” x 7” card base.
I printed off the digi image onto PMD white linen card too, the linen
texture adds a lovely canvas style to digi stamps. My printed image
panel measures approx. 3 ½” wide x 2 ¾” high and I matted it onto a
slightly larger piece of PMD black card to give a small border to frame
it.
Using a dots patterned folder I embossed a piece of PMD Raspberry
Pink card approx. 4 ½” wide x 3 ¾” high and adhered to top of the card
base using double sided tape.
Using the ‘happy’ die I cut the word 3 times: 1 from PMD black card, 1
from PMD purple grape and 1 from PMD raspberry pink. Gluing the words
into position under the image at the right hand side, graduating the
colours, black at the top, then purple, then pink at the bottom.
I cut 2 larger butterfly shapes from the FE Butterfly die set, 1 from
PMD new lilac and 1 from PMD raspberry pink. I also cut some tiny
butterflies for any extra embellishment.
Using clear drying glue I glued the pink butterfly flat to the card
front, to left of happy words. The lilac butterfly was layered on top
with just glue along the body part so the wings could be bent up to give
dimension.
I decided to just add one of the tiny card butterflies to the image
panel, I chose the purple butterfly and added glue just to the body part
so the wings could be bent up. I wanted the girl image to look as
though she was following the butterfly! A little detail sparkle was
added to the tiny butterfly and to the body of the larger butterfly to
highlight them.
I chose to use the ‘happy’ word 3 times as I really liked how it
looked stacked up, but you could of course use ‘happy’ and ‘birthday’ or
add ‘birthday’ to the inside if you wish to make as a birthday card.
I’ve kept the design simple as it worked well with the black & white
image but can easily be further embellished with pearls, gems, extra
butterflies, etc.
Challenges Entered:
Materials Used:White Linen Card - Papermilldirect
Black, Raspberry Pink, Purple Grape, New Lilac coloured card - Papermilldirect
Meadow Girl digi image - LC Designs (Little Claires)
Swiss Dots embossing folder - Cuttlebug (Provocraft)
Butterfly die set - First Edition
Happy word die - Clearly Besotted
White Shimmer Detail Sparkle - Imagination Crafts
Cosmic Shimmer clear drying glue, Double Sided tape, 3D foam pads
