Good Sunday morning. I have a Belleek Inspired card to share with you today. I haven’t made one in a while and had been missing it. It is one of my favorite techniques to use with delicate images like flowers and butterflies. You can check out the Belleek technique here.
I started by cutting my fleur de lis piece and measuring the size I wanted my embossed layer to be. I inked up my brayer with pink ink and brayered the inside of my embossing folder. I placed my cardstock in, embossed it and then attached to the front of the fleur de lis piece with mounting tape to add dimension.
I cut the Pippi butterfly with white cardstock and brayered ink on it to match the background. I brayered another piece of white cardstock, cut the tiny flowers using the flower mound and formed with stylus. I cut and formed the lavish branch and attached the tiny flowers with glossy accents. I attached the branch and butterfly to the card base using glossy accents. I added two tiny pearls to the center of the butterfly for an elegant finishing touch.
This card is only 4 inches square but packs lots of elegance in it’s small size. It would be perfect for a gift card.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great weekend.
Paper: White Ink: Adirondack Pink Sherbet Accessories: Memory Box Pippi Butterfly, Isabella Butterfly, Flower Mound, Lavish Branch, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares, Sizzix Corners and Lattice Set, Glossy Accents , Mounting Tape, Stylus , Mat, Metal Adapter Plate , Glue Dots , Paper Piercer , ATG , Big Shot, Teflon Bone Folder, Snips, Brayer, Pearls
Beautiful card
xxx
So delicate and lovely. The butterfly looks ready to flit off to the next gorgeous blossom.
Gorgeous card Kittie! Love the embossing and colors,
So beautiful, Kittie. A little story. For 3 days I have been trying to remember what a “brayer” is called. Finally I searched your blog yesterday for a belleek style card (it has been a while). I finally found one along with tons more inspiration from all your wonderful creation. If I had just waited one more day, you would have told me anyway. So thank you. I have my sanity for another day. lol
AWESOME card,very pretty…
Beautiful card. Welcome home. Hope you had an enjoyable little vacation. You were missed.
Thank You! You have just solved my Mother’s Day dilemna. I have 4 mothers to make cards for. I usually choose (borrow, “steal”) from where I can and vary colours. What excites me is I have everything you have used (more or less-main tools). That almost never happens.
Thanks for resurrecting a variation on technique new to me!
Beautiful!
I adore this lacey butterfly ~ I already have several butterfly dies and punches but this one takes the cake. And my Visa card thanks you ❤
Hi Kittie
I was wandering through your blog looking at your Christmas designs when I spotted your tag “Belleek Inspired Designs” & was fascinated to see what they were like.
I lived in Belleek (Co Fermanagh N.I) for 20 odd years before moving up to the big smoke of Belfast for work, & my family only recently moved up here, so we have a huge affiliation with the village, its characters, & above all the china. Our next door neighbour was the chief designer for the pottery & a childhood friend of mine, so I’ve sent him your card designs – never know he may use them as inspiration for the next major piece of china LOL!
All your cards are inspiration for me, & I’m so glad I came across your blog, as I’m disabled, & haven’t always the energy to try & think up designs of my own, so it’s great to be able to get ideas from other talented card makers like yourself.
Blessings
Romayne (Wright)