Butterflies are so beautiful, whatever age you might be – they are truly one of nature’s beauties. So I chose them as the focal image for this special 75th birthday card ...
I stamped the beautiful butterfly from the best of butterflies stamp set by Stampin’ Up, in black stazon ink onto whisper white card and then coloured it in crisp cantaloupe ink with my aqua-painter, giving a shaded look…
I stamped a sprinkle of dots from the gorgeous grunge stamp set to the background in illuminate ink, which is so soft and subtle but adds a touch of pearlised colour, adding that certain something to the card. Gorgeous grunge is such a versatile set – love it to bits!
My trusty stamp-a-majig helped me to perfectly align the sentiment…
A small piece of sweet sorbet dsp, die cut with the circles framelits, looked perfect nestled on top of a paper doily, and the pretty butterflies took centre stage as the stars of the show …
A sprinkling of adhesive pearls added a finishing touch.
I thoroughly enjoyed making this card and particularly liked water colouring with my inks on the butterflies – very therapeutic indeed!
cardstock: pistachio pudding, whisper white;
stamp sets: best of butterflies, memorable moments, gorgeous grunge;
inks: black stazon, crisp cantaloupe, illuminate;
punches & dies: circle framelits;
accessories: sweet sorbet dsp (retired), aqua-painter, stampin’ dimensionals, adhesive pearls, paper doily, stamp-a-majig, scoreboard.
All supplies from Stampin’ Up.
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