Golden Dreams

I am inspired by different quotes I see and this quote I chose for the card I created today really is inspiring!

I started with a kraft cardstock base, cut and scored to 4.25x5.5. Next, I chose a pretty patterned paper and cut that to the same size as my front panel for the card and adhered it.

Next, I took a piece of the Shimmering Cardstock in Green Envy and cut that to 4x5.25. I rounded two corners and then stamped the Sheena Optimism Leaf in Delicata, Golden Glitz. I also heat embossed the leaves. Too bad you can't tell in the photos, but it's so pretty in person!

For the sentiment, I took a piece of vellum and inked up the quote from the Sentimentals, Vintage set with Staz-On Midi Ink in Ganache. I glued that the the green embossed leaf panel and added a simple white with gold fleck twine around the top of that piece and tied a simple ribbon. I added several white enamel dots as well for some interest on the right side of the card. Then, I glued that entire panel to the flower paper with some thick foam adhesive.

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Butterfly Memories

I have one of my favorite cards right here. Even my oldest was like, "Mom, this is so pretty!!" So right there told me I had a great card. 

For my base, I took a sage green textured cardstock and made my card and set that aside. From there, I chose a light green and ivory patterned paper. I've always seen other crafters stamp an image onto patterned paper, so I needed to try it. And I LOVE it. 

I took the bunch of flowers from the Stamp-It Australia Imagine, Floral Fancies set and inked it up with Memento Luxe in Rich Cocoa. I stamped it randomly on the paper. I love how it looks like real printed patterned paper. I'm definitely doing this again. 

I cut out my large butterfly with the Die'Sire Decorative Dies, Butterflies, from Shimmering Cardstock in Pearl Ivory. I rubbed on Memento Luxe in Angel Pink to make it a nice, soft pink. 

Behind the butterfly, I wanted pops of color, so I chose two coordinating papers and used my Die'Sire Essentials, Scalloped Squares to cut out two squares and I glued them down and then adhered my butterfly with foam adhesive circles to give it dimension.

The sentiment block was stamped with Staz-On Midi in Spiced Chai onto a square of the Pearl Ivory cardstock to match. I glued that to the center of the butterfly. I used the sentiment from the Sentimentals, Vintage set.

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