Helllloooooooo! I'm excited about the card I'm sharing today! It has A LOT going on! I am SO inspired by people who sew on their cards and scrapbook pages, and it's been a long time since I've done that myself. So I challenged myself with sewing! I ended up making a cool, funky card with vivid 80's colors and a neat alphabet...and sewing! All the stamps and dies for this project are from Fun Stamper's Journey. Their new seasonal catalog launched this week and I used some of the brand new stamps. I love their stamps and dies. Super easy to work with and super high quality. I traveled to Phoenix a few weeks ago to meet with their creative team and tour the warehouse. I got to see the new items coming up - you're going to love it all!! I am not an affiliate for FSJ - they are sold by Journey Coaches. PLEASE CLICK HERE to shop FSJ!
I started with a crisp white A2 card base and layered on some of the FSJ patterned paper that looks like denim!! (LOVE) The center panel has all kinds of things going on! Liquid watercolors, die cuts, gems, stamping, butterflies, sewing, paint splatters.... Should I go on? LOL.
I die cut out the letters to spell OH HAPPY DAY from the Marquee Type Die Set. I used a beautiful lime green. I splattered black paint onto the letters and set them aside to dry. I watercolored the background in green, purple and aqua with water and liquid colors. Kept it very organic and free hand. I dried the panel with my heat tool.
The butterflies were stamped and die cut and then colored with liquid colors and a bit of water. The are from the new stamp set called Small Things.
The sentiment is from another new stamp set called Celebrate Everything! Whoop Whoop! Don't mind if I do! I attached the green letters to the card panel with just a small touch of adhesive tape to hold them in place. Then I went over to the sewing machine and gave them a quick back and forth. I tried to make wavy crooked lines and I think it came out kinda fun! Another AMAZINNNGGGG product from FSJ are these Rainbow Drops gems! OOH LA LA! They are so beautiful and sparkly!
When I attached the butterflies onto the card, I only glued down the center of them. Then when the glue was dry, I gently bent the wings upwards with my fingers. They can fold back down flat for mailing.
SUCH a fun project! I hope I've inspired you to sew, or make something a bit different! PLEASE CLICK HERE to shop Fun Stamper's Journey! Have a wonderful, blessed day! XOXO
Oh my goodness ! That color combo is so gorgeous !
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Posted by: Marjorie DUMONTIER | 04/09/2018 at 02:13 PM
What lovely butterflies!! The way you used the letters on this is so cool!!
Posted by: Nora | 04/05/2018 at 03:05 PM
Those butterflies are gorgeous—lots of detail on the stamps.
Congratulations on your judging gig at the state fair. I haven’t been since I was about 8 years old.
Posted by: Julie | 04/05/2018 at 07:29 AM