thank you

Lets get straight to it shall we?! This card is for todays class at Online Card Classes which concentrates on shaped cards. I don’t have a lot of larger dies, so this card is quite tiny – it uses the largest of the Spellbinders labels 4 dies.

Supplies: Stamps – Hero Arts newspaper background, antique engravings, thank you messages; Inks – Distress Inks peeled paint, broken china, pumice stone Versacolor split pea, Hero Arts shadow ink wet cement, Versafine onyx black; Dies – Spellbinders labels 4, circles; Ribbon – Papertrey Ink

I must admit to being very inspired by Cristina‘s card here where she used neutrals with black die cuts and a pop of colour. Thanks for the inspiration Cristina! For my card base I added the newspaper background from Hero Arts in wet cement ink before inking the edges with pumice stone Distress Ink. The main embellishment is similar to one I created for my Dirty Dozen gallery last month. I masked a circle on white card stock and applied ink directly to the paper before sewing around and around. Finally I die cut the circle out then added the butterfly coloured with distress inks and the sentiment.

This card turned out to be quite detailed and inky for me – not so much my CAS style but it’s always good to mix things up a bit!

I’m going to pop this over to Hero Arts April challenge gallery  for their shaped card element. Until tomorrow :) Although tomorrow will be quite busy with my CASE study card and For Your Inspiration card as well.

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  1. Robin K.
    Robin K. on April 18, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    Love the stitched circle element! Your butterfly is just gorgeous!

  2. Luckysmom
    Luckysmom on April 18, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Beautiful card. I love the stitching behind your greeting.

  3. Mel M. M. McCarthy
    Mel M. M. McCarthy on April 18, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    Beyond stunning! Every bit of it is simply perfection.

  4. Kathy Eddy
    Kathy Eddy on April 18, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    Beautiful card!

  5. Carla Crosby
    Carla Crosby on April 18, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    I with you…I don’t have many dies either BUT we both have this one lol! Love the tiny card and yellow and gray is one of my favorite color combos :)

  6. Ginny
    Ginny on April 19, 2012 at 12:43 am

    Lots in this card, and it’s totally amazing!! I too love that neutral look, black die cut and a pop of color. Your butterfly is exquisite!!!

  7. Suzanne
    Suzanne on April 19, 2012 at 1:53 am

    I’m crazy about that stitching, Debby!

  8. Peg Robinson
    Peg Robinson on April 19, 2012 at 7:08 am

    Wow, stitcherd and all!

  9. Jane
    Jane on May 3, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    Congrats Debbie on this card, i see you are a Hero Arts Fab 5 winner!!
    I like everything about this card,but particularly like the shape.

  10. Suzanne Russell
    Suzanne Russell on May 3, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    Congrats on the HA Fab 5 win! Well deserved for this outstanding card!

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