Floating Butterfly Birthday Card

Hello Friends

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my Accordian card in the previous post.  I have made a smaller one for this post.  I think this Accordian die is one I am going to get a lot of use from.

The card I am showing here was meant to be a birthday card, for a friend who worries about getting older, but I used quite thick acetate to make the base, so thick in fact that the card will not fold!  Lesson learned but it makes a nice decoration!  I made the card as a single fold card but the Accordian card can be made as long as you wish.

The base frame is made from thick acetate and I used the Karen Burniston Accordian 3-D die to cut it out.  Using the sister die (Frame & Label, Bracket die) I cut out the frame four times using 7 Dot Studios papers that I received in a recent win and glued these in place over the acetate, front and back.  This creates a good strong base and covers up the joins created when putting the base card together.

I have been asked a few times whether the second die is necessary.  I did try making a card without it (I did not know there was a second die at the time) but cutting out the covering frame and smaller bracket was a nightmare.  The second die cuts the frame to cover the base and also the small bracket die cut to fit inside.  It gives a much more professional look and saves a lot of work, so for me it was necessary.

This left the see through, floating frames in the middle which I decorated with stamped and cut out butterflies and flowers, which I glued in place with Glossy Accents.  The flowers and butterflies were coloured with Distress Stains in Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint and Antique Linen.

I edged the card with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and used a rub-on from my stash for the sentiment.

I want to enter a couple of challenges with this card.  The first is Country View Crafts where the challenge is to use die cuts.  The base card and the frame of my card are both die cuts.

The second challenge is Simon Says Stamp and Show where the challenge is to be inspired by the letter 'S'.  I have made a See through card, used Stamps, Distress Stains and added a Sentiment so I hope that is enough to qualify!

Thanks for looking and a special thank you if you leave a comment.  Keep on creating!  Hugs, Anne x