This is a birthday card for a fellow member of the St Luke's Design Team - I've made this one for Lynne - it's her birthday today! Lynne - have a very Happy Birthday - and all the best for the coming year.
In my stash of slightly neglected stamps, I found this gorgeous Butterfly collage and used that as the basis for the card. I stamped it in Versamark and heat embossed with clear powder, then I added several shades (taken from the inspiration photo) blending them carefully. I stamped the image again in black Versafine, embossed and then cut out the two butterflies. I coloured them both with Distress inks. I removed the embossing powder from the main image by ironing it between sheets of paper and then used my nesties to cut a rectangle. The backing mat was cut from some lovely old gold linen finish card. I attached the lace and ribbon to the card and added the main image and birthday greeting, but it still needed something. So I stamped another butterfly onto some vellum, heat embossed the image and then coloured it in on the reverse using Prismacolour pencils - I echoed the colours from the butterflies in the main image.
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo - Butterfly Collage; Waltzingmouse - Say It Loud, Say It Loud -Winter; Butterfly stamp (don't know company)
Inks: Distress - Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Broken China; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up! - Tempting Turquoise
Spellbinders: Fleur de Lis Rectangles (S4-317) #4, Rectangles Lg (S4-132) ~5
Accessories: Prismacolour Pencils, lace, ribbon, embossing powder and card from stash
Today is known as "Black Friday" in the US - don't know why they call it that - but it's a day of sales and shopping. I'm not sure whether we'll be getting to the shops today - Jonathan's not keen on sales - but I'm hoping to get to a Michael's store and get some crafty stash to bring home.
That's all for now. I have a post scheduled for Sunday - my latest card for CR84FN43. See you soon.
Gorgeous cards! I like them so much. How to make them by myself?
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Beautiful card Deborah, love the collage image and your inking of the background, it's a wonderful effect. I hope you get time for some crafty shopping, there must be some bargains to be had!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!! Deborah, this is a stunner. I love the background effect.
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Amazing card Debs!! Truely spectacular, the colours are gorgeous.
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Beautiful card Deborah, love the colours and happy bargain hunting :)
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Absolutely gorgeous Deborah! Have fun at Michaels ;-)
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Ooo, i love those butterflies - so delicate stamped onto Vellum like that. The colours you've chosen are amazing - a really super card. Thanks for joining us at The Ribbon Reel this week and enjoy the rest of your time in Detroit!! Safe journey xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning! I just picked up those Nesties at Michaels, now I just need the collage stamp and I WILL be CASing!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! Love those butterflies and beautiful rich colours:)
ReplyDeleteSorry to have been AWOL the past few days--holiday here! :) This is absolutely gorgeous!!! :) So excited to see you're here in the US visiting--good luck looking for a place to live! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been loving all the excitement on your blog Deborah! It must have been quite an experience turning up at Thanksgiving. I love Lynne's card and I'm sure she'll be delighted with it!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a beautiful card, lovely colours and gorgeous flutterbies :o)
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Deborah, this is stunning! Your inking is beautiful and I love that shiny gold frame!
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