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From Me To You

Today's card combines ink blending, embossing, die-cutting, and foiling to create a beautiful spring card.
Three colors of ink were blended on the smooth side of the Sizzix Tim Holtz Poinsettia 3-D Texture Fades embossing folder.  This allowed for the embossed portion of the card panel to remain white amongst a soft ink blended background.


I die-cut a butterfly using a butterfly cutting template set from Momenta.  The holographic details of the butterfly were glued to the butterfly wings which were cut from vellum.

The sentiment was foiled in Prism hot foil using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System.  I cut a banner around the sentiment and adhered the butterfly and the sentiment to the card panel.  I trimmed the embossed card panel slightly on each side and attached it to a holographic cardstock panel.  This was glued to a white card base.


This was a quick and easy card to make, but I love the soft colors and the overall elegance of the card.

From Me To You
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Sizzix Tim Holtz Poinsettia 3-D Texture Fades
  • Distress Oxide Inks - Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage, and Scattered Straw
  • Momenta 8 PC Butterfly Cutting Templates
  • Park Lane 6x6 Holographic Paper Pad
  • Vellum
  • Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System
  • SpelbindersMore Sentiments Glimmer Plates
  • Spellbinders Prism Glimmer Hot Foil

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