Ring in Spring with some easy-to-color flowers and butterflies for a bright handmade card.
Today’s bright card creation is from our designer, Dominique. We love the rainbow stenciled background she used to create this explosion of spring goodness! Dominique said, “I don’t know about you all, but we have been getting some pretty warm and sunny weather here in Pittsburgh. I think winter might finally be behind us (knock on wood!).” Follow along to create your own spring inspired card!
- Starting with the background. Use the smaller dot stencil from 4309 Small and Large Circles stencil set. Using Color Fuse inks, on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of white card stock, blend in a random ROYGBIV manner. The colors used for this card were Bubblegum, Apricot, Autumn, Grass, Whisper, and Orchid. Set the panel aside and clean the stencil.
- Next, using stamp set 36026 Butterfly Kisses, stamp the flower tops twice and the stem four times. Also, stamp one of the cute butterflies as well. Using similar colors as the stenciled background, color the stamped images using alcohol makers. Once your coloring is complete, die cut the images using the coordinating die set, 36026D Butterfly Kisses Die.
- Using a strip of white card stock, measuring (insert), die cut the top and bottom edge using the scalloped edge die from 5807-01D Classic Edge Cute Dies.
- Now it’s time to assemble the card. First, adhere the scalloped strip to the card panel. Next, add some double sided foam tape to the backs of the first and third flower top and stem. The other two flowers were adhered using liquid adhesive. In black ink, stamp one of the sentiments from the 36026 Butterfly Kisses stamp set. Now, adhere the little butterfly to the top of the card using double sided foam tape. Lastly, adhere the completed panel to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base.
These bright colors are giving us life, and we love the end result of this beautiful spring card! We hope you love this project and feel inspired to head to your craft room on this beautiful Spring day!