Butterflies And Blooms
Butterflies And Blooms
Other Products: Lindys Stamp Gang Spray - Frozen Jack Frost, Pearl Flourishes, Crystal Stickles, Scor Tape, ribbon, Gesso Primer, Distressing Tool, white card stock, chipboard frame, Antique Linen Distress Paint, Picket Fence Distress Paint, hot glue gun, 3D pop dots, BigShot Die Cutting Machine, mist bottle of water.
Watch this video https://youtu.be/JFrj2XialLs to see how to shape the Birds and Blooms flowers.
Instructions: Create your 6" x 6" card base using white card stock. Locate the premade "Spread Your Wings and Fly" card front measuring the same size in the paper collection. Using Pistachio Memento ink, stamp the bird bath scene from the Hydrangea Bird Bath PreCut Set in the lower left hand corner. Using your distressing tool, distress all edges of the panel, and then ink with the Pistachio ink on all of the distressed edges. Set aside to dry. Locate the smaller card panels within the paper collection and cut out the image with the butterflies and white florals. Select a coordinating patterned paper from the collection to use as a mat for the smaller image panel, making sure that the backside of the patterned paper matches the image as the corners of the mat will be rolled back to reveal the back pattern. Taking the patterned paper mat, wet a top corner with a mist bottle and roll back corner. Do this a second time with the opposite bottom corner. Allow to dry, and then use your distressing tool to distress the edges of the matting piece. Adhere the image panel to the mat. You are now ready to adhere the smaller image piece to the card front. Once applied in place, spray lightly with Lindys Stamp Gang Spray. Allow to dry. Die cut two decorative corners from the Cut Mat Create 2B Set in a pink contrasting patterned paper in the paper pack collection and adhere to card as shown.
Stamp several inkings of the flowers in the Birds and Blooms PreCut Set with Summer Sky Memento ink, and several stampings of the various leaf bunches in the Leafy Branch PreCut Set with Pistachio Memento ink onto white card stock. Die cut using the coordinating die and your manual die cutting machine. Shape flowers and leaves, leaving some flowers flat to use as filler pieces within the floral cluster. Apply Water Dew Drops to the centers of the shaped flowers. Moving along to the chipboard frame. Cover it lightly with one coat of White Picket Fence distress paint, and once that is dry a light coat of Antique Linen distress paint allowing a small of the white to show through giving it a touch on an aged look. Fussy cut one large and one small butterfly from the paper pack and shape so wings have a slight curl. Apply chipboard frame as shown using 3D pop up dots. Next hot glue the ribbon into place onto the frame. Arrange your flower clusters and leaves as desired and once happy with placement affix to card. Adhere large butterfly using paper glue and small butterfly using 3D pop dots. Add pearl flourish giving the small butterfly the illusion of being in flight. Using a small amount of Gesso Primer on a brush, lightly brush butterflies and leaf tips. Lastly, add a touch of shimmer and shine to the shaped flowers using Crystal Stickles. Add a handwritten message to the inside and send to a special friend or loved one!