Wishing you Sunshine & Smiles flowers, butterflies and bees 7x5" card

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Wishing you Sunshine & Smiles flowers, butterflies and bees 
7x5" card

Hi Craft addicts!

Today's card is one I really liked making and used mainly one For The Love of Stamps collection (Spring Blooms Edge it) to do so... So if you would like to find out how I made it then carry on reading 😃


How I made this card:-
  • I had cut up a Kraft card as it hadn't gone quite right and rather than throwing it away, I decided to use it to stamp on...
  • I dusted the card with an anti-static pad and then used one of the floral sprays from the Spring Blooms Edge it stamp collection from For The Love of Stamps to stamp on it with Versamark (which is a sticky ink) and covered it with a True White Embossing powder, removing the excess before heat setting it with a heat gun.
  • I then decided to colour it in using pencils, this time using some Rembrandt Polycolor Lyra ones (I have been sorting out some boxes and found them so thought I better use them!). The colours I used were yellow, orange and two shades of green..
  • I trimmed it down to fit the left hand side of a 7" x 5" white card and edged it with a black alcohol marker.
  • Using the Wishing you Sunshine and Smiles sentiment from the same collection, I dusted a strip of vellum/parchment with the anti-static pad and then stamped it again with Versamark and the white embossing powder.
  • I cut it so it was a narrow border (approx 2" high) and then placed it where I wanted it, turned it around and attached it to the reverse with some tape.
  • Before I put it on the card, I stamped out one of the Butterflies and one of the Bees from the collection several times on the right hand edge of the card (oh yes I used Gina K Obsidian ink as it works with both water and alcohol based products). I then coloured them in with the pencils this time, blues, yellows and oranges.
  • To finish off the card, I added some foam tape to the back of the panel and placed it on the left hand side, leaving a very narrow edge at the fold. 
  • I also added one of the flowers and Ladybirds inside the card to add a bit of colour 
Products used in this project
  • 7" x 5" White card and envelope (from Create & Craft's Core Collection)
  • Spring Blooms Edge it Stamps from For the Love of Stamps from Hunkydory
  • Kraft card
  • Black Alcohol markers
  • Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils
  • Vellum/parchment
  • True White Embossing Powder
  • Versamark sticky ink
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue or Pinflair Glue it glue
  • Fingerlift tape
  • Foam pads
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