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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Friday, 3 November 2017

A Big Butterfly For A Special Birhtday

Hello everyone, as some of you will know my sister Kate recently celebrated her 70th birthday and today I am showing you the card that I made for her.
I used the very large butterfly stamp from Chocolate baroque. I used Black archival ink to stamp it with, and coloured it with Zig Clean Colour brush pens, before fussy cutting it out and giving it a generous coating of Wink of Stella. I found a piece of pink card that went with butterfly colour and cut a mat slightly smaller than the 6" square base card. The embossed panel was cut from a sheet given to me by a craft friend, so I am afraid I don't know what it is called. The greeting is die cut using Britannia dies. I cut each one four times, three from white card and one from pink, (all backed with Stick It adhesive) and layered them up for dimension. I am happy to say that for once this went well and they all stacked up nice and neatly. Lastly I fixed the butterfly in place with silicon glue, and placed a tiny flower gem to dot the i.

I am entering this at
       Emerald City Craft Challenges- Challenge 5 - Always Anything Goes
       Simply Papercraft - Challenge 52 - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit here today and for your comments, they are really appreciated.
Jean
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8 comments:

  1. Mrs A.3 November 2017 at 15:24

    It's a beautiful butterfly and a lovely card for your sister. Hugs Mrs A.

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  2. Pat3 November 2017 at 17:18

    This is a gorgeous butterfly Jean and the background embossing is so pretty with it, and love the pink mst and sentiment. Kate will have adored this I'm sure. x

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  3. mamapez54 November 2017 at 01:48

    Ah! My beautiful butterfly. A photo can't really do it justice.Thank you Jean xx

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  4. Meggymay4 November 2017 at 04:52

    Its a beautiful butterfly stamp and card, I'm sure your sister loved her special card.
    Yvonne xx

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  5. Carol L4 November 2017 at 19:08

    This butterfly is just stunning and colored so beautifully! WOW! What a fabulous 70th birthday card for your sister!

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  6. Jenny L5 November 2017 at 11:23

    Hi Jean,
    what a very super card for your sister.
    I love that wonderful big butterfly and you have coloured it perfectly too.
    Super designing.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  7. Jackie T5 November 2017 at 11:35

    Hi this is a stunning card that butterfly is so pretty. Thank you for joining us at Emerald City Crafts Challenge Blog Anything Goes Challenge 5. Hugs Jackie (DT)

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  8. scrappymo!14 November 2017 at 21:24

    Iknow Kate must have loved this card. It is gorgeous! Your butterfly takes center stage and the colours are gorgeous.

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