Hello again…
My second post for today is a card I’m linking into the CASology Cue Card – Yellow Challenge. I must admit, this one was tough…I kept thinking flowers and spring but couldn’t get anything to look quite right.
So I went back to my faithful Distress Inks, and pulled out the Spellbinders Flowers Impressabilities and clear embossed the pattern onto some white cardstock. This gave me a base to apply Rusty Hinge, Spice Marmalade and Mustard Seed inks over the embossed piece (resisting the clear embossing).
Then I did something I’d not tried before, but seen lots of other crafters try – I used an iron to remove the clear embossing, by sandwiching my piece in between two bits of paper, and going over with a medium set iron (no steam). This left a kind of halo around the flowery pattern, between the inked and clear areas, which I quite liked.
I cut my piece into three strips, on a diagonal to create some interest. The sentiment comes from the Hero Arts Birthday Sayings stamp set.
I still thought the front of the card needed something, so I created the butterfly embellishment in the same way that I did for this card, out of some yellow cardstock. I mounted the butterfly with foam adhesive and used black gemstones for the body.
The photos make the butterfly look more orange that it actually was…but it is made of about 5 layers of yellow die-cut butterflies stuck together with Glossy Accents.
Thanks for looking!
Oh wooow I love your butterfly the strip and also lovely sentiment..great arrangement too..lovely done…..good luck with the challenge…
I am also joining the challenge on CASology, my card is number 89, would you mind to see it on my blog? I would be so happy if you could leave me some love. Thanks before and big hugs, Monika from Germany
Beautifully dramatic – love the rich colour and the diagonal strips! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!
This is stunning! The yellows and oranges are perfect against the kraft background and I love your layered butterfly 🙂 I’m glad you managed to find a way of getting flowers onto your card in the end!
Wow, this is a striking design. I love the strips on the diagonal! Thanks for playing along at CASology this week!
absolutely gorgeous… love the panels cut on the diagonal and that beautiful butterfly! thanks so much for playing along with CASology!
This is a real stunner! Wow! Love what you’ve done with color, texture and dimension!
Thanks so much for joining us at CASology! 🙂
Thanks Melissa!
Congrats on your HM at CASology! This is such a pretty card!!!
This is so pretty and a wonderful example of that technique! Congratulations on the HM honor from CASology!!