I created this card last week but never had a chance to post it. I giggled a little when I saw Gina's 'Foil it Friday' card last week. Though my card is nowhere near as elaborate as Gina's, it made me smile that we might have been on the same wavelength when designing our cards. Lol!! But I flatter myself!!!
I had taken about a 6 year break from making cards. I had just plain lost my mojo. About a year ago, as I struggled to get back into card making, I found Gina's videos. Her humor, her soothing voice and her inspiration really helped me find my card making creativity again. It doesn't hurt that she is a fellow Wisconsinite.
I used several Gina K. products for this card. Other than the ink cubes I already noted, I used the butterfly stencil, butterfly die and the word 'friendship' die, all from the Create Friendship set. For those stenciled butterflies, I used Gina K. Sweet Corn, Prickly Pear, Honey Mustard, Sea Glass, Powder Blue, Blue Denim and Slate ink cubes. This was my first time using the Master Layouts 11. I love that postage stamp look. I used some layering weight white cardstock for the smackin' acitate technique, some basic black, and blue cardstock in the background and I used white cardstock for the card base and 3 mini pearls to bling it up.
It does not show well on the photos, but I used a Gelly Roll Clear Star gel pen to outline the spots on the butterfly wings. I love those gel pens. No matter what color you use, it just adds some subtle sparkle. It just seems to take on whatever color you are writing on. I wish it showed on the pics.
I had a blast playing along with this months challenge. Hopefully I'll get a chance to play along next month too.
Keep that mojo going!
Joyce
