Butterfly card

Description

A single fold card has a square of dark green card then a square of white card mounted on the front. A flower design is stamped on the white card. Stamped butterflies are cut out and mounted on the flowers using self-adhesive foam pads to give a 3D effect.

Materials used

• A sheet of white card folded in half to create a greetings card 145mm x 145mm (5.75 ins x 5.75 ins)
• A sheet of dark green card 114mm wide x 122mm high (4.5 ins wide x 4.75 ins high)
• A sheet of white card 106mm wide x 114mm high (4.25 ins wide x 4.5 ins high)
• Stamp K1377 Butterfly Bouquet by PSX
• Green embossing inkpad
• Gold embossing inkpad
• Gold embossing powder
• Clear embossing powder
• Heat tool
• Glitter glue
• Double-sided self-adhesive foam pads
• Coloured pens of your choice
• Blitzer airbrush
• Adhesive

Method

Fold the sheet of white card in half to create a greetings card 145mm x 145mm (5.75 ins x 5.75 ins).

Spray a stippled effect on the front of the card using a Blitzer airbrush. (This is a simple airbrush using felt pens as the ink source) Mount the square of green card on the greeting card front with adhesive. Stamp the butterfly bouquet design on a square of white card using a green embossing inkpad. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and emboss with a heat tool. Colour the design with felt pens. Mount the square of white card on the greeting card on top of the green card, fixing it with adhesive. Stamp the butterfly bouquet design on white card using a gold embossing inkpad. Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and emboss with a heat tool. Colour the design with felt pens. Cut out the butterflies and mount them on the flower design using self-adhesive foam pads to raise them from the surface. Add glitter glue to the butterflies wings.

Butterfly card made by Trish Caudle.

The stamp K1377 Butterfly Bouquet is reproduced here by kind permission of the copyright owners Personal Stamp Exchange and may not be reproduced elsewhere without their permission.

This project was originally published at Card Inspirations. It is reproduced here here with kind permission. Card Inspirations are sponsors of the Card Making Inspirations web site.

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