Hi friends! Carolyn Peeler with you today to share a clean and simple color drenched card with you. This one was so fun to make and the design is easily adaptable to other themes or stamps.
To get started, first, grab your Avery Elle Scalloped and Pierced die set, Candy Hearts (pink) cardstock and patterned paper from the Crate Paper Bloom 6"x6" paper pad and cut your hearts.
Next, you're going to stamp the butterfly, using the pink to red Hero Arts Ombre inkpad, onto smooth white cardstock. As you can see, my stamp is permanently stained because I have previously used it with black ink. It doesn't affect the stamp in any way other than aesthetically. There was a little bit of dark ink residue left on my stamp from the last time I used it, so when I inked the stamp on the inkpad, it ended up reactivating some of the black ink, which is why my stamped image has a combination of red, pink and purple - normally the image would simply be pink and red. But I ended up really liking the addition of the purple, so instead of restamping, I used this image. If you also like the addition of the purple, I would recommend first inking the stamp with the Hero Arts Ombre ink pad, then, using a small Distress ink Dusty Concord inkpad, dab a little bit of purple ink overtop of the pink ink. Lightly spritz with a water sprayer to blend the colors together, then stamp onto the white cardstock.
After stamping, use the matching die to cut the stamped image out from the white cardstock.
Now we're going to start to bring the elements of the card together. First, cut a white cardstock base that is 9.75" wide x 4 3/8" high. Fold this in half so that your card is 4 3/8" high x 4 7/8" wide. Next, cut the adorable background paper with the little fawns on it 4" high x 4.5" wide. Glue this, centered, onto the front of the card. Then glue the pink scalloped heart and typed sold heart onto the front of the card as well. Gather black ink and the "Hello dear Friend" greeting from the stamp set. Mount the stamp onto an acrylic block.
Stamp the greeting onto the lower right side of the card front.
Now, we need to get the butterfly onto the center of the hearts. Before gluing, bend the butterfly in half so that it is in a gentle 'V' position. This helps to give the appearance that the butterfly is flying off the card. Apply glue only down the center of the butterfly and stick the butterfly down onto the hearts.
For the final step, I wanted to give the butterfly a bit of shimmer and pizzazz, so I applied a coat of Wink of Stella in Clear onto the surface. So pretty!
Thanks so much for your joining me today, and please let me know if you have any questions. Here is a direct link to the products used in this card project:
