Sending Birthday Wishes

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

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Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the Folk Art Butterfly die on a birthday card. So, let's get started with some details of how I created this card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week using the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #963. We were to use highland heather, parakeet party and daffodil delight for her color trio. Optional was to make it a birthday card. I thought these would be perfect colors for the butterfly. 

highland heather, parakeet party, daffodil delight

I cut the butterfly in the three challenge colors and attached to a panel of designer paper. This one has a gray background and gray is an allowed neutral in this color challenge. I also stamped my birthday sentiment in highland heather ink. 

Gray Designer Paper: 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" 

Next, I cut all the elements that would surround my butterfly image and also my sending phrase. I used the Sending Hugs Bear, Folk Art Flowers Mixed and the Little Flowers dies. Again, all cut in the challenge colors. 

I attached the new pieces with a clear drying glue. 

To finish my card, I attached the image panel to the highland heather card base and scattered a few hearts. 

Card Base: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Well, that's it for this post. See you next Saturday.

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