Make The Cards Challenge #12: Butterflies
Hello! I’m guest designing again this week for the Make the Cards Challenge #12! Y’all, it’s such a fun weekly challenge. I hope you join in!
This week’s challenge is butterflies. Right away, I started digging for my favorite butterfly die. It’s an old Memory Box die, I think, and probably retired by now. But never fear, Altenew has a set called Mix & Match Mariposa that’s just perfect if you’re looking for some lovely butterfly dies.
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Prepping the Pieces
This card is a super easy one to make and can be mass-produced. I chose patterned paper for the background from a ModaScrap stack I had in my stash, then trimmed and matted it with Basis Black cardstock. I absolutely love ModaScrap paper designs. The one I used today comes from Fly & Scrap.
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It’s hard to find nowadays, but I linked to a supplier below who still had a few left when I published this post. Aside from that, you can check out Simon Says Stamp for lots of ModaScrap‘s other 6×6 patterned papers. You can’t go wrong; they are all drop-dead gorgeous, watercolory goodness!
To dress it up a bit, I colored over a few flowers with a clear Wink of Stella brush.
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Then, I die cut my butterflies and bent the wings using my favorite tweezers in the whole wide world. It was easy to attach them to the card front with a tiny dab of glue.
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For the sentiment, I used a die called Hello Script from Mama Elephant. You can use pretty much any word die with a ‘tail’ that you can run off the edge. Once I adhered it with glue, I gave it a generous coating of Glossy Accents and set it aside to dry.
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To finish up, I added a few strategically placed Nuvo Drops in Ebony Black, and the card was done!
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Thanks so much for reading today! Pin this idea to your inspiration board on Pinterest for later, and join us at the Make the Cards Challenge #12 to upload your project too!
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