It's the Little Things - Hinged Card

Hi, Friends......

I am here with a pretty little card for Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge where H is for Hinged Cards, the featured style. Being the lovely hostess that she is, Mrs. A has provided a wonderful tutorial for making this kind of card HERE. I didn't have a suitable fancy Spellbinders die to use, so I went simpler with a flower-shaped card base.

The main star of my card is my mixed media butterfly. I made this background sheet a long time ago with leftover Easter Egg dye and salt on mixed media paper. As the dyes dried the salt crystallized in fun patterns. But then what? How do I use it without the salt crystals flaking away? I tried some hair spray to set the crystals. That helped a little, but certainly didn't secure them completely.

Then I got digging around and found some acrylic gloss medium that I thought was worth a try. I very gently applied a generous layer of this over the top of the crystals with a foam brush and a thinner layer over the rest of the background. It worked great! Some of the crystals softened a bit and didn't entirely keep their distinct shapes, but for the most part I was very satisfied with the results.

H is also for Hexagon so I diecut a hex pattern into the butterfly. 

Seems that I often do not have a clear idea of what I want for my card to look like when I first venture out.  So, after I had already adhered the doily and butterfly onto the card,  I decided the lavender base needed something more. I had a swirly dot stencil from the Dollar Store. It is self-sticking and worked like a dream. (I wish all my stencils were self-sticking....so easy to use!!!) I lifted the edge of the doily and butterfly and slipped the stencil underneath and sponged some dots. I like how it turned out.

Supplies used include:
Darice - Nesting Floral Shapes die set
Canson - Mixed Media Paper
Daler-Rowney Simply Acrylic Gloss Medium
Serendipity - Floral Butterfly stamp and die set
Sizzix - Thinlits TH Mixed Media die set
Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet
Doodlebug - Mini Doilies
Unity grab bag stamp - "It's the little things" (still looking for link)
Dollar Store Stencil
Ribbon from stash

Hope you enjoyed my card. I will be back with the name of the lucky winner from my GIVEAWAY. Thank you for stopping by today.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Butterfly Challenge #124 - Butterfly + H is for...... (I used Hinge card, Heliotrope, and Hexagon)
2. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #394-395 - Anything Goes
3. Craft Stamper June TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes with stamping
4. Crafter's Castle July Challenge - Anything Goes
5. DL.ART July Linky
6. Die-Cut Divas - AG
7. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #93
8. Papercraft Challenge #20 - AG with opt Up in the Air (I used a butterfly)
9. Time Out Challenge #139 - Inspired by Words (I chose a butterfly to signify the word FREEDOM.)

10. Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge