Good Monday morning. My project today was made for the Splitcoaststampers Queen for the Day challenge and I am honoring my dear sweet friend, Pat Smethers. Pat is an incredibly talented and artistic paper crafter and inspires so many. I was especially inspired by her Fly Away card seen below.
I love flowers and butterflies and this card just screamed inspiration to me. Here’s what I came up with.
I die cut the decorative layers. I left the die on the smaller layer to create a mask and stamped the mini fern image all around the border. I then used my color box stylus and foam tip to sponge ink around the border to fill in. I used the mini fern image again to stamp the bright pink to soften. I attached the masked frame to the main card base using mounting tape.
I die cut the flower and foliage. I formed the leaves using the stylus and molding pad from the accessory tool kit. I used the tweezers from the kit to roll the flower. I attached the foliage to the card front using glossy accents. I attached the ribbon tails with glue dots and then attached the flower with glossy accents. I cut and attached several butterflies to soften the card and to add another pop of color. Here are a couple closer views.
I really love the Victorian feel of the Radiant Rectangles and think it pairs perfectly with the soft spiral daisy and butterflies.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great week.
Stamps: Rubbernecker Kittie Kits Outdoor Master Paper: White, Olive, Regal Rose Ink: Distress Ink Worn Lipstick Accessories: Impression Obsession Spiral Daisy, Leafy Branch 2, Memory Box Butterfly Delights, Poppystamps Lorelai Leaf, Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles, Color Box Stylus and Foam Tip, White Organza 7/8”, Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer, Metal Adapter Plate, ATG, Big Shot, Teflon Bone Folder, Guillotine Paper Cutter,
Kittie, you’ve done it again… what a stunning card this is…. I absolutely love it…. 2 amazingly talented ladies for sure!!!
Both the cards are stunners – the one you CASEd and yours! I esp love the pointillism look of the pink and green throughout. The butterflies are so beautiful sprayed out on the greenery like that. Just amazing Kittie!
Both cards are gorgeous. Love that spiral dails and the fern stamp. Terrific background.
WOW!! Says it all for me… So Beautiful… How in the world did you cut the back of the card to match the front…????
Incredible work, as always! Pat is an amazing artist and it is fitting to honor her 😉
Two beautiful cards…When I read your title…My friend, Pat, I knew right away who you were casing. Both of you are such an inspiration to many crafters.
Absolutely gorgeous, both of them!
Dotty, I used the same die that I used to cut the top layer of my card front. I folded a piece of cardstock for the card back, fit the die over the folded piece leaving the top fold inside the die so it wouldn’t cut. When I ran it through my Big Shot it cut it out to create a folded piece just the perfect size to fit in behind the card without showing. That was hard to explain so I hope it makes sense.
Good Morning, Kittie, well done. I know your friend will be so happy with your creation. She work is gorgeous as well….have a good day.
Gorgeous!!
Yes I totally agree with you Kittie – a Victorian or what I felt was Elizabethan period English garden — so very beautiful!