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It doesn’t get much simpler than this, but you have to admit – he’s pretty cute!
The stamp is from an Artemio clear stamp set, stamped with black archival ink. This worked best as the card had a slight hammered texture. To add a bit more pizzazz, i’ve embossed lines to create a frame around the card, and hand written a little message.
The secret to this card is that there are a number of inserts in the card. This is a card for hubby’s workmates all to sign, and there are quite a few squiggles to go in there, so i cut down a few pieces of paper, and then stapled them to the inside. More room to write those miss you messages.
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Taking a little hiatus from my Miss You Monday posts this week to share a card that I made for my Mumsy’s birthday. ♥
My mum is one of the kindest, generous, most genuine people that I have ever met. she is the epitome of selflessness and has always been an inspiration to me throughout my life.
I only wish that I lived closer to her, because some days I just want to wrap my arms around her, especially recently when morning sickness has been making some days a little miserable.
This card I made especially for her. First I stamped my favourite butterfly image from Hero arts, then masked the image to create the background. I used an elegant flourish stamp from Unity Stamps KOTM to create a repeated pattern, and blended some colour into the background using dried marigold and scattered straw distress ink. To add a bit of sparkle I sprayed the card with bronze glimmer mist, which gives a beautiful pearlescent sheen.
Next I stamped another butterfly and coloured it using an ink blending tool and broken china and dusty concord, then used glossy accents to give an enamelled finish to the wings. Once dried, I bent the card to create some artistic cracks. Then I adhered only the butterfly body to the card so the wings add dimension to the card.
All that was needed was to emboss a greeting and round some corners with my corner chomper.
woooo.
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Happy Birthday Mumsy.
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I love digging into my scraps every so often and using them to make quick and fun cards. Its surprising how many different ways you can use little remnants of paper that would have probably gone into the bin if I didn’t religiously keep scraps.
Here’s two cards made from my stash this week.
House stamp – Unity stamps
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Happy birthday stamp: Hero Arts
Black embossing powder
Background stamps: Hero Arts
Tumbled glass distress ink
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As regards to the other products used…thats the only problem with using scraps, I hardly ever remember where the papers were originally from. Sorry.
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