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Wednesday 22 February 2012

Beautiful Butterflies

I got the idea for today's card from an American demo, Tami White, who had CASE'd hers from an 'unknown' demo! I started by cutting a mask from the Beautiful Butterflies die using acetate, which is a brilliant tip in itself. When making masks before I have always used a card scrap, however by using acetate not only do the sponge daubers glide much more easily but you can clean the mask and re-use. Anyway I digress. The mask was fixed to a piece of Whisper White card using a tiny bit of re-positionable glue runner and, using sponge daubers, I added Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie to colour the butterfly. Leaving the mask in position I then used an image from Pocket Silhouettes and stamped in Basic Black. The butterfly was cut out by hand and matted onto a piece of Whisper White which had already been stamped in So Saffron with the small butterfly stamp from Cottage Garden. This was placed on a mat of So Saffron and Marina Mist before fixing to a card blank. The sentiment is part of a stamp from Create a Cupcake, inked with a marker pen and punched with the Modern Label Punch.

5 comments:

  1. This is a super idea and I like the acetate trick. Your butterfly has turned out beautiful and so vibrant. x

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  2. This is so pretty Margaret and thanks for the acetate tip! Vicky x

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  3. Margaret it is lovely , just seen a show on Create and craft with a guy from stemping with dimensions, he made a butterfly card similar to this one but not nearly as nice as yours.
    Acetate is worth its weight.....
    Hugs Elaine

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  4. Wow!! Another perfect stunner Margaret!
    xx

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  5. That butterfly is gorgeous Margaret, love the acetate idea :0)
    Jenny x

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