Hello Pink and Main friends. It’s Donna here, and I have a butterfly card for you today that uses the gorgeous big butterfly of the Dearest Friend stamp set. This butterfly is big enough to cover the whole card, which makes for stunning cards.
I have made a video of the card making process, that you can see here: https://youtu.be/zBkLKdc0KTc
I first stamped the butterfly onto some Bristol Smooth Cardstock, and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then used blue Distress Inks to blend over the butterfly and off the edges, using my Mini Ergonomic Blending Brush. I followed the inner markings of the butterfly when deciding where to put the colours, but continued them off the edge, fading out towards the sides of the panel.
I then laid a little of the ink onto a stamping block by pressing the stamp pad onto the block. I picked the paper up with my paintbrush and spattered them over the panel before cutting it with the largest Stitched Rectangles 2 die. I also spattered the panel with clean water and then patted it off with a paper towel to give the lighter spatters. The sentiment comes from the same Dearest Friend stamp set. I heat embossed this in white, then moved the stamp just a smidge (the technical measurement) and stamped again in clear ink, which gave my sentiment a clear shadow.
This beautiful stamp really does the work for you, and it needs very little effort to make stunning cards!
Until next time, stay safe, my friends.
Blessings,
Donna