Monday, July 8, 2019

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

9 comments:

  1. Great idea hex's are cool looking and I love your colors
    Thank you for joining the DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes JULY 2019
    Linky Challenge. Have a blessed day
    DIANA L.

    DL.ART
    https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  2. I like how your card has turned out too. Your butterfly is so gorgeous. Love how you found a fix for the salt effect. Thankyou for coming and spinning the butterfly wheel with me this week. Hugs Mrs A.

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  3. Beautiful card! A lot of details and textures here!! Love the idea to stop the salt on the paper!! :D

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  4. Very unique take on our challenge and I love the all purple look. Beautiful details too! Thank you for joining us at Time Out!

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  5. Wonderful colors and unique look. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas this month.

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  6. What a cool creation! I love the purple! Thanks for joining us at Papercraft Business Challenge this month! - DT Meghan Kennihan (http://madebymeghank.blogspot.com)

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  7. So beautifully done!!! I love the colors and all the elements you used....it all just came together perfectly. Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafter's Castle this month....good luck :)
    Hugs... Janie
    DT
    Crafter's Castle
    crafterscastle.blogspot.com

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  8. I simply love the effect on the butterfly- wonderful on how it came out. Bravo! Thank you for joining the Papercraft Business Challenge for this month. -- DT Anna Celdran-Mahtani (http://www. craftyannastudio.blog)

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Have a lovely day!
<3
Janis