'Lupins and Butterflies.'

 Good afternoon Lovelies,

Thank you for your visits and comments on my last blog post.   Today I have another card, made for Imagination Craft's shows on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel  earlier in the year. 

  

Matt a seven and a quarter inch square of black card onto an 8" ivory base card.   Next matt a pink pearl square, slightly smaller than the black square, onto the black matt.

Take a square of cream card cut smaller than the pink and colour around the edges, using the Iced Spruce Distress Ink and a blending tool, getting lighter towards the centre of the card.

Lay the hanging leaves stencil onto the left of the card and rub the distress ink through the design.   Repeat this on the right-hand edge.

Stamp the text from Imagination's Distress set 1. onto the left and right sides of the card, using a black ink pad.   Matt this onto the pink matt on the base card.

Die-cut a large tag shape from black card.   Lay the flower stencil (which in this case I have used as a Lupin flower  but could also be used as a  Wisteria plant), a very versatile stencil)   Stipple some Cadence Menthol metallic paint onto the leaves and stem, some amethyst and dried rose onto the flowers.    Remove the stencil.

Paint around the edges of the tag with watered down Inca Gold finger wax.

Glue five amethyst gems to the top left of the tag and three to the right.   Die-cut two butterflies using the Spellbinder's die, one from white card and the other from black card.   Rub over the black butterfly with some Inca Gold finger wax.

Paint the white butterfly with the gold, then add a little Black Soot Distress Ink over the top.

Glue the tag to the front of the base card, more to the right-hand side of the card.   Glue the butterflies, one to each side of the tag.   Add some silicone glue under each of the wings.

Glue a small piece of die-cut 'chicken wire' from black card, to the top left corner.    Lastly, glue three amethyst gems to the card front and a purple ribbon bow to the tag top.

Well that is all from me for the moment but I will be back again soon with another card to share with you.   Until then take care and stay safe.

                                                               Love and Rainbows,

                                                               Hugs   Jennifer xx.