Love and Kindness

Recently, Darlene DeVries had a video tutorial on Live Love Cards. She showed how you can create a "pop up" butterfly with three of the same stamped image. She also inspired the design of my card with one of hers for the January challenge.

I began by stamping a butterfly (stamp set source unknown) 3 times on Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Then I heat embossed it with Recollections Clear Detail embossing powder. I colored each the same with my Zig Clean Color pens, and fussy cut them out. Then I glued them together to create the pop-up.

Detail of butterfly

Detail of butterfly

For my background, I stamped the "Wood Plank Background" by My Favorite Things onto a piece of white cardstock, using Ranger Archival Watering Can ink. I then inked over the panel with Hickory Smoke & Weathered Wood Distress inks. After marking which way I wanted the panel to face, I cut two 1/8" strips from the background. (It was important to mark the back of the panel, so the pieces would be oriented in the same direction.) I adhered each remaining background piece to a panel of black paper, leaving a gap between each strip, and a 1/16" border all around.

I stamped my greeting, from Hero Arts' "Acts of Kindness" set, onto another piece of white cardstock, and heat embossed it with Ranger Super Fine Detail White embossing powder. I inked over that with Chipped Sapphire Distress ink. After trimming the length of the strip down some, I punched the left side with the "Apron Lace" border punch by Fiskars. I adhered it to my background, and stapled twice with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. After gluing down my butterfly, I mounted the card front to a white A2 card base. I will be sending this card in for the Lasting Hearts Card Drive.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge: Create with Critters
Open-Minded Crafting: Try Something New (pop-up technique was new to me)