MFT's Summer School Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of MFT's Summer School! I hope that you all had a wonderful day yesterday! Today I wanted to share with you the card I made for the complementary colors session of summer school. For my colors, I chose to use purple and yellow.

To start my card, I cut a white panel to 4" by 5 1/4" to use as the background. I stamped the most solid layer of two different butterflies with yellow ink in a diagonal line pattern. I used the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I completely covered the whole panel. When necessary I allowed the images to stamp off of the paper.  I used the MISTI tool to help me stamp these images.

After the base layer of the butterflies had been stamped, it was time to add an additional layer to them. Most of the stamps in this set have three layers that you can use, but today I only used two for each of the butterflies. I stamped this layer with a purple ink. I used the MISTI to help me get the images lined up correctly. 

After all the top layers had been stamped, I stamped an additional butterfly on another piece of white cardstock using the same yellow and purple inks that were on the background. I then used the coordinating die from the Beautiful Butterflies Die-namics set to cut it out. I knew that I was going to foam mount this butterfly on top of the butterfly in the bottom right of the card, but I wanted it to have more definition to it. I decided to stamp the top-most layer onto some vellum using the same purple ink and then cut it with it's coordinating die. I heat set this ink to make sure that it would not smear on the vellum. Once I was sure it was completely dry, I adhered it to the other die cut butterfly. I only added glue on the butterfly's body so that I could roll the wings of the butterfly a bit to create some movement on the card.

Before I foam mount this butterfly, I attached the white background panel to a piece of black cardstock cut to 4 1/4" by 5 1/2". Next, I attached both pieces to a white top folding A2 card base. I then put this panel into the MISTI and stamped a sentiment from the You Give Me Butterflies stamp set using Versa Fine Onyx Black ink.  After the sentiment had completely set, I added the vellum covered butterfly die cut using some double sided foam adhesive. Now my card was completely finished. 

I hope that you enjoyed my card contribution today. If you have any questions or comments please leave them below. If you would like to participate in MFT's Summer School, you can find more information on today's lesson by clicking here. Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I am grateful that you've stopped by! 

Fab Flowers Card

Hey y'all! Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit today! I'm so thankful you are here! Today I have a new card to share featuring the Fab Flowers stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn. I am such a huge fan of all things Lawn Fawn. Everything that they have is so completely adorable! These floral stamps are no exception. Gorgeous!

To get my card started I cut a panel of black cardstock to 4 1/4" by 5 1/2". I adhered it to a side folding A2 card base. Next, I used the Bold Stripes Cover-Up die from My Favorite Things and cut it out using white cardstock. I layered it in the middle of my black cardstock panel. I love the classic look of black and white together!

After the base panel was completed, I stamped the solid (bottom) layer of the flowers on some white cardstock. I used several different ink colors for this: Frosty Pink (from Altenew), Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, and Dried Marigold Distress Inks. I used my Misti Tool to stamp the images so that I could double stamp them if I needed too. After the bottom layers were all stamped, I put the top detail layers into my Misti and stamped those on top of their coordinating flower. These images are very easy to line up and when working with the Misti, you can do many images at once. For the top layers I used several more different ink colors: Ruby Red (from Altenew), Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, Candied Apple, Wild Honey, and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks. I also double stamped these when I needed too. For the leaves, I only stamped the most solid bottom layer using Parrot ink from Altenew. I stamped three of these for the card I made today. 

When all the images had been stamped, I used the coordinating Fab Flowers dies to cut them out. Using the dies make cutting a breeze! 

After all my flowers and leaves had been die cut, I just arranged them on my card front layering them together until I got a nice grouping. Those flowers really pop on that classic looking background panel. 

I just love the little butterfly that's included in the stamp set and felt like it would be the perfect finishing touch for my card. I stamped it using  Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet Distress Inks. For the body, I used the Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink. That is my favorite black dye ink to use. It is very bold and crisp. After the butterfly had been stamped, I cut it out using the coordinating die and I layered it on top of my floral cluster. And with that, my card was complete. 

This card would be great for many occasions-Mother's Day, thank you, birthday, get well,or just an I'm thinking of you card. 

I really appreciate your visit today! I hope that you found some inspiration while you were here. I hope that the rest of your week is filled with all things wonderful! See y'all again soon! God bless!