Hello Pink and Main friends. It’s Donna here, coming to you from a completely new location. I’m spending a few weeks in Western Australia. I’ve dipped my toes in the Indian Ocean and have seen the sun set over the sea. I have a bunch of cards and a video for you today. I’m still waiting on the new release to arrive at my house, so I hope that these lovely butterflies and flowers will warm your heart instead.
You can see the video on YouTube here. https://youtu.be/Rd3v8BcPWfg
The heroes of the card are the gorgeous Cut and Emboss folders. With just one pass through my cutting machine I got both the shape and the gorgeous texture in one. The two folders that I used for todays cards are: Fall Leaves Cut and Emboss folder and Butterflies Cut and Emboss folder.
I coloured the watercolour paper that I cut the shapes from by adding watercolour powders to it and drying with a heat tool. By sprinkling different colours and drying quickly, I was able to get a good variation in colour. Once the butterflies and leaves were cut, I assembled the cards. Three of the cards are made using the Plaid Cover Die B and the Plaid Slimline die to cut some pale backgrounds. In the case of the butterflies, I glued the bodies directly to the page, and popped the wings up with doubled foam tape so that they would look like they. were flying off the page.
I had quite a few leaf cutouts, and I made a set of three cards using the bright fun plaids from the Year Round Plaids 6 x 6 paper pad. I cut both the plaid paper and a white central panel using dies from the Stitched Rectangles 1 set.
The Best Wishes sentiment on all of the cards comes from a stamp set called Modern Foliage. I wanted something small and subtle so that the leaves and butterflies would be the main attraction.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed these cards and that you are having a great week. I’ve seen lots of reports of snow, so take care. And I’ll take care not to get sunburnt! Until next time,
Blessings,
Donna