I know you are asking yourself, “Where did she get that CRAZY FUN background paper?”   And I would answer, “I made it with shaving cream and reinkers.”  Yep, that’s right.  I spread foam shaving cream on some wax paper, dotted it with reinkers, swished it around and put my paper right on top of the swished inked shaving cream.

This technique will be further explained in my next newsletter.  You can subscribe in the box on the right at the top of the page.

After I created the background paper I stamped the lattice print from Summer Silhouettes on the left side as an ‘anchor’ for my butterflies to land on.   The butterflies were punched twice for each one.   The stamped butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set was punched out and then a shadow butterfly was created by punching from the coordinating card stock.  The Pearl Basic Jewels were added for instant elegance.

And did you notice the sweet scallop edge on the left side.  This was created with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.  This punch creates a double sided scallop ribbon but I love the effect of using it under the edge as a scallop border.

I stamped a strip of Whisper White card stock in Always Artichoke with the ‘wonderful’ stamp from Friendly Phrases then stamped the mini butterfly in Primrose Petals ink stamped on scrap paper first for a lighter application.

The end of the strip was cut as a banner with the corner of a square punch.  Then the left edge was stamped with the lattice image.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up where I wanted it so that it would match up with the card base.  I’m SOOO glad I rediscovered my stamp-a-ma-jig tool.  I’m using it so often now it will need a place in my primary space.  Time to move something to secondary storage to make room!

All the colorful swirls add so much movement to this card!

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri w-#123757 c-#123759, Summer Silhouettes w-#126445 c-#126447, Friendly Phrases w-#126149 c-#126151

Ink: Primrose Petals #126858, Always Artichoke #, Raspberry Ripple #126859

Reinkers: Primrose Petals #126851, Always Artichoke #105232, Raspberry Ripple #126842

Paper: Primrose Petals #126841, Always Artichoke #105119, Whisper White #100730

Extras: Elegant Butterfly Punch #127526, 1″ Square Punch #124094, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch #119275, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430, SNAIL adhesive #104332, Pearl Basic Jewels #119247 

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Enjoy!  Julie