Daisies and Butterflies By Sherry Hester

Hi everyone! Hope your week is going wonderfully! My card today features one of my favorite dies, Sketch Daisy, from the latest release. I have made so many cards using this die and all of its parts! 

I started with a white piece of card stock cut 5" x 3.75".  Using the "smooshing" technique, I used Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and a very tiny bit of Scattered Straw here and there for the background. If you haven't "smooshed", there are a number of You Tube videos that show how this technique works! I love it because this kind of background can be created in less than a minute!

I cut three of the Sketch Daisy from white card stock, and used the negative space as a stencil. I laid the daisies out first to see where I wanted to place them, then used this as a guide for the daisy backgrounds. I positioned the stencil under the flower, removed the die cut, and sponged first with Hickory Smoke. After offsetting the stencil, I sponged Stampin' Up Berry Bliss, offset once again, and lightly sponged another layer of Berry Bliss. I did this for each flower. I slightly curved the leaves and flower of the full die cut flowers, and glued down just the stems, placing them so that the flowers were directly over the sponged daisies, giving it a dimensional look.

I stamped the "Time to Appreciate" cling stamp onto the piece in the upper left corner.  I cut one set of butterflies from the Mini Butterflies die, sponging some with Berry Bliss and others with Hickory Smoke, and placed them as shown.  I added a little bling before adhering this piece to the A2 card base with foam tape.  Using different sentiments, I think this card would work for just about any occasion. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

Sketch Daisy Mini Butterflies

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Comments

[Gail Scott]

I love this card - and thanks for the idea of sponging behind the die cut - I never thought of that and your card is beautify with that technique! TFS

[Cyndee]

very pretty and calming in color ♥

[Conniecrafter]

Oh my that is beautiful, I so want to try that technique, thanks for sharing the how to's :)

[jan metcalf]

Pretty petals!