Hello, everybody! Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Tanis Buckton - thank you for joining me!
Today's card was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge 191, for which the theme is Anniversary Card. I have chosen three of the colours (Amethyst, African Violet, and Apple Green). The requirements, in addition to Butterflies, are Sentiment, Acetate, and Aperture, and I have included all three, so it looks like I'm eligible for the second prize or the first prize. Without further ado, I present my card:
Here is the open view, showing the acetate and aperture:
I made this card using a topper that I won from Mrs. A, way back in her Challenge 110. Using a stitched octagon die, I cut out the tulip so I could insert the acetate into the aperture and also adhere the tulip die-cut on the inside of the card. I actually used two pieces of acetate and sandwiched them together so I could include two little butterfly sequins inside the window, like a shaker. They did move around at first but appear now to be stuck at the sides, which is fine with me.
Other products used were a layered butterfly die, cut twice so I could adhere one on either side of the acetate window, a happy anniversary greeting die, a happy anniversary stamp (Lawn Fawn), and a stitched rectangle (Gina Marie Designs). There is plenty of room to write a personal message on the inside of the card, under the octagon die-cut.
This was a fiddly card to make but I'm delighted with the outcome. I also used plenty of snippets / scraps so I will also be joining the
Snippets Playground 472. Below are the remnants of my scraps as I forgot to take a photo before die-cutting into them. I will now discard the one with the rectangle but will be keeping the other two as there is still plenty of room for small die-cuts.
I would also like to join the following 8 challenges, for a
total of 10.
Crafty Calendar January AG 3/3
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Thank you for being here! Wishing you a joy-filled day!