Thinking of You Card

My project today is a colorful butterfly thinking of you card.  I just got the new Rubbernecker Silhouette Greenery and Thinking of You images and thought they would be pretty paired with the 2 Part Butterfly #3, Flower Buds and Flower Stems.  Rubbernecker released several new sentiments and images in November and I just had a chance to check them out last week.  I especially love the new flowers and foliage.  The foliage stem I used on my project today looks like the fern my mom designed with all the time in her flower shop. 

The Colorful Background and Card Base

• Start by cutting an A2 sized card base using white cardstock.
• Use white cardstock to cut a 5.50″ x 2.75″ piece for the image base.
• Begin by applying Spun Sugar ink to the whole image base using a large blender brush.  Note:  I use a circular motion with the brush when applying color.  Each time I apply more ink to the brush I first brush it on scrap paper before moving on to my project. 
• Next lightly apply Worn Lipstick ink to the lower portion of the base and gradually move upward to the middle. 
• Finish by applying a very light layer of Wild Honey ink to the base.
• Secure the colored layer and stamps in the MISTI and stamp them using Shady Lane ink.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the image layer and attach it to the card base.

The Butterfly

• Cut both sections of butterfly using white cardstock.
• Use the blender brush to apply Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Wild Honey ink to the base butterfly to make it match the card base.
• Apply glossy accents to the decorative butterfly section and attach it to the colored butterfly base.
• Apply the three inks to a piece of white cardstock using the blender brush and and use it to cut the flowers.
• Cut the stems using dark green cardstock.
• Trim off the end of three stems and attach them to the butterfly using glossy accents.
• Form the flowers using a small tipped stylus and molding pad and then attach to the butterfly using glossy accents.
• Finish by attaching the butterfly to the image layer using glossy accents.

I had a great time making this thinking of you card.  I love seeing all the projects out there that uses a graduated color technique but have not been too successful with it myself.  The new Life Changing Blender Brushes make it so easy.  I still need lots of practice but I am pleased with how my colors turned out on this project.  Here is a link on Pinterest with tons of gradient color combinations.  The combinations are endless.  Thank you for coming by today and I hope you have a wonderful holiday week.

Here are the dies and stamps used on my project.

5102D 2 Part Butterfly #3 [ RBB ] Flower Stems Die 5147-05D [ RBB ] Flower Buds Die Cut 5147-09D [ RBB ] 1319-05 Thinking of you… [ RBB ] 1315-08 Silhouette Greenery #2 [ RBB ]

Here are the tools and supplies.

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock,… [ ELH ] Solar White Heavyweight 110 lb – 25… [ ELH ] VersaFine Clair Ink Pad, Shady Lane [ ELH ] Wild Honey, Ranger Distress Ink Pad [ ELH ] Worn Lipstick, Ranger Distress Ink Pad [ ELH ] Spun Sugar, Ranger Distress Ink Pad [ ELH ] Susan’s Garden Tool Kit, Elizabeth… [ ELH ] McGill Paper Blossoms Molding Mat-8.3… [ AMZUS ] Life Changing Blender Brush Set,… [ ELH ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

Make a thinking of you card for someone special in your life.