Wishing you a bright and happy day Birthday card with butterflies and rainbow background

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Wishing you a bright and happy day Birthday card with butterflies and rainbow background

Hi Craft Addicts!

I was really pleased with the way the Butterflies panel die from Sweet Dixie worked with a background I created using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons (definitely one of my favourite sets to use!)... if you want to see how I made it read on!


How I made this card:-

  • I created the background by adding various splodges (a technical term I know) of Tim Holtz Distress Crayons one at a time (rainbow colours) blending them as I went as the crayons dry quickly onto some white Hammered card.
  • Once I was fairly happy with it, I then used a paintbrush and water to blend the colours in and left it to dry.
  • Whilst waiting for that, I used the Flutterby By Panel die (from Sweet Dixie) and cut it out in black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's World of Paper.
  • I used some Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue to attach the panel on the rainbow background placing it in the middle of it.
  • I then stuck the whole thing on to a slightly larger panel of black card again using the Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue.
  • I had a piece of Hunkydory's green and white paper and so trimmed it to fit the front of a 7" x 5" white card but before attaching it, added a strip of the reverse side to the middle of it.
  • I then used Collall All Purpose Glue to fix the panel to the card.
  • I stamped out the sentiment (from a range by Pretty Quick) on to some black card (first of all using an anti-static bag to get rid of any dust) with Versamagic (or any other sticky ink) and heat embossed some white embossing powder to it.
  • I cut it out giving it a wavy background, added some white Gel pen dots and then placed it in the middle of the card with some foam pads.

Products used for this card:-
  • 7" White card with white envelope (from Create & Craft)
  • Flutterby By Panel die by Sue Dix from Sweet Dixie
  • Sentiment stamp from Pretty Quick 
  • White Hammered card
  • Black card from Lynda Chapman's World of Paper
  • Rainbow Colours Distress Crayons by Tim Holtz
  • Green & White diagonal stripes 8" paper pad from For The Love of Stamps (Hunkydory)
  • Versamagic ink pad
  • True White Detailed Embossing Powder
  • Tape pen (from Create & Craft)
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue
  • Foam Pads
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