Cardmaking - Fabric Butterflies

I stitched fabric butterflies yesterday.  They were cut from fabric scraps with the SU Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die.

For this card, I chose a matching blue banner piece of card stock and adhered the butterfly with double sided tape. It was mounted to a SU Wisteria Wonder A2 card base.

The Modern Label punchie greeting was adhered with 3D foam tape.

I added a wiggly frame with a fine black Sharpie marker.

A white quarter sheet insert.

I chose a SU Summer Sun card base then layered a piece of SU Garden Green card stock trimmed to leave a small border.

I added a piece of watercolor designer paper in similar colors again trimmed to leave a small border.

I adhered the fabric butterfly with double sided tape. Mounted the Modern Label punchie greeting wit 3D foam tape.

I add a fly trail with the fine black Sharpie marker.

White quarter sheet insert.

I chose a Rich Razzleberry card base.

I added a card stock strip of Marina Mist on the left hand side.

The white speckled layer is cut with the Stampin Up Clear Oval Accent Bigz die.  I adhered the label angled on the blue strip.

I adhered the fabric butterfly with d/s tape and the greeting with 3D foam tape.  The accent is Modern Label punchie and Word Window punchie greeting to match the blue strip.

A white quarter sheet insert.

I chose a black A2 card base.

I printed a decorative frame downloaded from The Graphics Fairy and sized to fit on the quarter sheet piece of Creamy Caramel card stock.  Once trimmed I adhered it to the card front in the landscape orientation. 

I adhered the fabric butterfly along the top edge.

The white SU Word Window greeting was much too bright so I mixed a bit watercolor and painted it.  Loving this black pigment ink in the new printer.

A white quarter sheet insert.

Birthday Birds - Watercolor

I wanted a masculine subject for my nephew's birthday card.  

I needed whimsical because I cannot draw realistic birds.  I did a bit of searching on the web then drew a couple.  

I chose warm colors for the bird with warm background and a sun in the corner.

I traced my pencil marks with black permanent marker once the watercolor was dry.

I chose a Kraft card base with a Coastal Cabana grosgrain ribbon wrapped around the card front.   The ribbon is aligned on the left just off center.

The watercolor was adhered with 3D foam tape above where the ribbons met on the card front.

This card will be going digital as it has a long way to go.

The card above is a couple of small birds in bright colors.  I added spatter to this one and adhered it to a Wisteria Wonder textured card base with a deep purple grosgrain ribbon added around the card and taped behind the watercolor focal element.

I updated the brown bird one with spattering of warm toned spots.