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Saturday, 17 January 2015

Mayan Butterfly Card


Hi Everyone, from a wild, wintry Scotland. Today for my DT post at Cheery Lynn Designs I am showcasing the stunning Mayan Butterfly. There are 4 newly released Large Butterflies available individually in this collection and all have Angel Wings, please check them out HERE.


In this photo you will see how I cut my layers to give an aperture on my card. I used Coordinations Cardstock and sanded it back to reveal a bit of the core, followed by using my Brick Embossing plate to add more texture.


My Mayan Butterfly was die cut 4 times using 300gsm Cardstock.



I then shaded a few colours of Distress Ink to the edges and added a spritz of Mica Spray, drying off with my heat gun.


You will see the difference from one layer on my card to the finished result of the 4 layers. I glued the centre and edges of my Butterfly only bevelling it up slightly so my wings wouldn't lie flat and would add depth and rigidity to them.


My Flourish Band I wanted to be at the edge of my card, so I simply cut it in half as I new I was mounting my flowers across it and this would hide the space in the middle. The Shasta Daisies were layered up with a little Distress ink and Flower Soft added into the centres.

Hope you enjoyed my post today, I really appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment. Have a lovely weekend.

Julie x

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12 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Julie! I love how you layered the butterfly and the colours are stunning! hugs and smiles :)

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  2. This is just beautiful,such a lovely design.xxx

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  3. Wow,what a beautiful card Julie. That butterfly is stunning but I rather like the little daisies too ;)

    Big hugs
    Donna xxx

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  4. Oh my, that butterfly is just stunning and I love how you layered it to give it some 'life'. I like how you did the border at the bottom too, splitting it is a great tip and the flowers are really beautiful. Hugs, Anne xx

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  5. What a gorgeous card Julie. I really love the colour combo used on the butterfly. Stunning work. Hugs Rita xxx

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  6. Julie, that butterfly is gorgeous ! I love the color , and the daisies !

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  7. Stunning butterfly and an absolutely beautiful card to show case it. Perfect.

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  8. Woooooow, was für eine herrliche und tolle KArte.

    Liebe Grüße
    Ulla

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  9. A very beautiful card Julie, so delicately done and layered!! Coco xx

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  10. Fabulous card, the butterfly is very beautiful.

    Love and hugs
    Maarit

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  11. I love the way you use dies! This butterfly is so beautiful, the layering looks fantastic! Fabulous use of the flourish band! Chrisx

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  12. Beautiful, I adore the layered butterfly xxx

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Thanks for visiting, I love to read your comments so I know you have stopped by and look forward to visiting your blog.

Julie x