Hello there! Today’s card is for my aunt, who is turning 80 years old today! I wanted to send her a card with something more sophisticated than party hats and cute animals, but looking back through my saved photo files I realized I’ve sent her a LOT of cards with flowers. So this year I decided on butterflies.
I browsed through some of the various online cardmaking challenges and realized that I could combine a few of them for this card. I’ve used the AAA Cards sketch again (the same sketch I used for the card in my last post). The Paper Players is asking folks to use “black, white, and a bold pop of color”. It didn’t say whether or not the bold had to be just one color, so when I saw that the AAA Birthday challenge was to use a rainbow of colors, it seemed like that would tie in for something bold.
I punched a swarm of butterflies from six of the colors of the spectrum. (Sorry, indigo.) I die cut a card front from white cardstock and arranged the butterflies across it, following the sketch. I intentionally glued down only the left side or only the right side of some of the butterflies, so that the unglued wings could pop up for a little bit of dimension. I added a sentiment in black, and adhered the panel to a black card base. Ta-da!
And there you have it! I hope my aunt has a wonderful birthday! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Comments are always appreciated.
Supplies:Stamps: Birthday Greetings (Gina K. Designs)
Cardstock: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush, Pacific Point, Eggplant Envy, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: butterfly punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Outside In Stitched Scallop Rectangle die (Lawn Fawn)
7 Responses to “Butterfly Birthday”
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Patricia, What a cheerful birthday card. I love butterflies and these are so vivid and well placed on the card. Smiles, Kathy
Patricia your rainbow of butterflies makes a colourful and pretty alternative to flowers – I’m sure your aunt will love it! Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players this week!
You can never go wrong with butterflies and a swarm of butterflies is even better, your aunt should love it.. Another great take on the sketch at AAA Cards and thanks for playing along with us again.
KarenR (DT AAA Cards)
Ohhh you just can’t go wrong when a rainbow of butterflies in involved! Patricia, this is such a fun card. This is an immediate day-brightener to the recipient for sure. Thanks so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
So pretty! Love your scattering of rainbow butterflies. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
So fun using the bflies in the rainbow colors! Thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday
I love this colorful yet clean and simple design. What a great combination of challenges.