Happy Thoughts
Happy Thoughts
Other Products: Hot glue gun, flower pearl, 7.5 x 7.5 inches square white card base, white cardstock, white pearl cardstock, cardboard piece taken from the back of the paper pad, circle cutter, scissors, water mister.
For more tips creating with the Oakberry Lane collection, please see the tutorial here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HirfUN8NEYY.
For more tips on creating with the Butterfly Dreams collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/uCKKJfAQFHA.
For more tips on creating with the tags & sentiments, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/eAfLuNkRda4.
For more tips on creating with the pocket dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/uDhKUj9AAMo.
Instructions: Take a 7.5 inch square blank card. Cut out from the Butterfly Dreams paper Collection a 7 inch square mat in pink paper. Mat this onto a 7.25 " square of aqua green paper. Adhere this to the front of the card base.
Cut out a 6 inch circle from the Butterfly Dreams paper Collection, use the paper with the birdcage and butterfly on the front making sure you include the birdcage and butterfly in your circle. Die cut two Elegant Pocket Accents borders from white pearl cardstock and glue them to the back of the circle, one along the top and one along the bottom. Adhere this to the front of the card, slightly to the left and slightly at an angle.
Stamp the Oakberry Lane Blossoms onto white cardstock with Plum ink. Colour them in with Magenta Hue ink using the daubers. Stamp the Oakberry Lane leaves onto white cardstock with Leaf Green ink. Colour them in with Leaf Green ink using the daubers. Die cut with coordinating dies. Place the flowers and leaves in the coordinating mold, spritz with water and send through your machine. When dry, shape with the deluxe flower shaping kit. Pierce the centers of the flowers and thread the yellow medium stamens and black small stamens through, using a small piece of wire. Make the flowers with assorted layers, offsetting the layers as you go, adding hot glue in between the layers. Add hot glue to the reverse.
Die cut the large tag from the Album Tags and Accents die set, in white pearl cardstock. Die cut one in pale green paper and one in aqua green paper from the Butterfly Dreams Collection. Cut one in cardboard taken from the back of the paper pad. Cover the cardboard tag in white pearl cardstock on the reverse and pale green paper on the front side. Adhere the smaller aqua green tag onto the front.
Die cut a lacy corner in white pearl cardstock from the Elegant Pocket Accents Dies, adhere onto the left corner of the tag. Cut out some sentiment borders to fit across the tag from the Butterfly Dreams paper pad and adhere to the base of the tag. Cut out a lacy border strip from the Butterfly Dreams paper pad to fit the tag, adhere beneath the sentiments. Die cut another Elegant Pocket Accent die, the smaller one, adhere to the top of the tag, cut off the excess. Add a pearl button and a small blossom with pearl center.
Die cut a mini tab from the Album Tags and Accents Dies, adhere onto the front of the large tag above the sentiments border strip. Die cut a small tag, - Best Wishes - from the paper collection using the Ticket and Tags Die Collection, adhere to front of tag.
Fussy cut the large butterfly from the Oakberry Lane paper pad and adhere onto the butterfly on the front of the card. Fussy cut more butterflies from the paper pad. Add the cut off ends of the small black stamens for butterfly bodies. Adhere with hot glue.
Adhere the large tag a little off to the side of the card. Adhere lots of Oakberry Lane Blossoms, leaves and butterflies down the side of the card and around the base of the tag. Add lots of glitter to finish by adding dries clear glue and Rajni Chawla's clear glitter to the flowers.