Graceful Blue birthday card

Hello again bloggers

Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas, and received plenty of crafty presents.

Here's today's card

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8x8 card blank

White card stock

Phill Martin's graceful butterfly's paper pad

Phill Martin's butterfly montage stamps

Phill Martin's scribbled  everyday corner sentiments

Phill Martin's scribbled frame sentiments

Sue Wilson's double pierced squares

Sue Wilson's Madison square die

Sue Wilson's complete camellia dies

Sue Wilson's open camellia dies

Glossy accents

Spellbinders butterfly die

Black soot distress ink

Selection of blue ink pads

Twinkles - star dust

Small dazzler

Small gem

To start, and using the plain side of one of Phill's graceful butterfly pad I cut a sheet 1/2 cm smaller than the card blank.

I then made a frame to the size I wanted, with white card stock using 2 of the double pierced dies. Next using Phill's corner stamps, stamped a sentiment in the two top corners with the black ink, then using the montage stamps and shades of blue ink randomly stamped images onto the rest of the card.

I cut the butterfly sheet of Phill's paper to fit in the frame with a small overlap, and stuck this behind the frame using cosmic shimmer glue. These were all then stuck to the card.

For the centre I cut the Madison square die and a square topper. I then stamped the topper with the scribbled frame and a sentiment, these were then added to the centre of the card using foam pads between each layer. 

Finishing touches

I made  some tiny flowers using both the camellia dies, the complete petals were cut in blue card and the open ones in white. These were stuck together and covered with glossy accents and allowed to dry.

Once dry I layered two of each flowers together, stuck the larger one on the top of the card and the small one offset on the sentiment and added a dazzler/gem to,the centre. I then edged the sentiment with the twinkles.

Finally I cut a butterfly from a cut off of Phill's paper stuck it to the bottom corner of the card and added some twinkles.

Hope you like it.

Happy crafting 

Love

Alison