Artichoke Butterfly
I am done reading the Twilight series. I should say I finished reading the fourth book. I am seriously tempted to just read them again, slower this time. I am so going to the movie next week. I hope that if I wait until Tuesday, the theater won’t be too full anymore.
So now that the reading is done, I could concentrate on making a sample for yesterday’s challenge.
My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half.
The first layer is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Juntos Designer paper. You can find it in the Celebrando Creatividad flyer. The two left corners were punched with the ticket corner punch and the edges of the paper was distressed with a sanding block.
The next layers is a 3″ x 3 3/4″ piece of designer paper, again from the Juntos paper pack. Three edges were paper pierced and the edges were sanded. Three 1/4″ black circles were taped to the lower left side and were topped with silver brads.
The 2 1/2″ x 3 3/8″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock was firs stamped with the background script from Flores Suaves in More Mustard. The edges were sponged first with More Mustard, then with Really Rust. The tulip from the same set was stamped over the cardstock with Really Rust. It was layered on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Black cardstock. The bottom edge was punched with the Scallop Edge Punch.
The edges of the Shimmery White cardstock were paper pierced and Polka Dotted May Arts ribbon was tied around the lower half of both layers. On the top right I added a double photo corner. The bigger corner is a sponged Really Rust cardstock corner, the smaller one was punched out of Basic Black cardstock. On top I layered three 1/4″ circles punched out from Juntos Designer Paper. They were topped off with black brads.
I stamped the Butterfly from Flores Suaves (if you are like me and you like stamps other then cutesy, this set is a MUST! You can find it just like the designer paper in our spanish flyer) in Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock. I colored it with Aqua Painter and classic inks (Always Artichoke and Chocolate chip). It was cut out and adhered with dimensionals. Last I spread Crystal Effect over the entire butterfly, sprinkled some Dazzling Diamond Glitter over it and added just a little more Crystal Effect over the butterfly body.
The sentiment is from Lovely Labels (you can’t find it in the current catalog, but you can still order it.). It is stamped in Really Rust on a Shimmery White cardstock. The sentiment was punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch and layered first on a 1 3/8″ Basic Black circle, then on a silver metal rimmed tag.
The inside of the card is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock. First I stamped the butterfly in Black Stazon to the lower right part.
Then I covered up the upper part with a ripped mask and the buttefly with a mask as well. The bottom part was then first stamped with the script from Flores Suaves in More Mustard. It was sponged first with More Mustard, then with Really Rust. The tulip was stamped all over with Really Rust. Last the butterfly was colored again with Aqua Painter with Classic inks (Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip).