Friday, 1 May 2026

Birthday Butterflies

I was pleased to see my Honesty Heart card was one of the Top Three at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge and I was invited to be Guest Designer on a future challenge.  As I love making cards with butterflies, I chose the 'One or More Butterflies' challenge.  My card has six butterflies - four on the paper and two die cut from grey card.


To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Lawn Fawn 'Giant Happy Birthday to You' and Creative Expressions 'Finishing Touches - Dainty Butterflies' dies
     BoBunny 'Isabella' paper
     Grey pearlescent card

I trimmed the pink paper to 5" x 5" and layered it onto a slightly larger square of grey pearlescent card before die cutting the sentiment from the centre.  I set the sentiment and small pieces aside and attached the panel to the centre of the card blank.  I die cut the sentiment twice from grey pearlescent card, the first sentiment was inlaid into the card together with the small pieces from the pink paper sentiment.  I attached the second grey sentiment on top to give some dimension.  The paper sentiment was attached slightly offset to give a shadow effect.  To finish I die cut two small butterflies from grey card and attached them above and below the sentiment.

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Challenge - Anything Birthday Goes
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Alphabet Challenge - A for Air (my card has butterflies)
     Moving Along With The Times - One or More Butterflies
     Seize the Birthday - Primarily Pink




Kath x

10 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful birthday card, love the colour, all the butterflies and stacked sentiment.
Carol x

Liz said...

Beautiful card, Kath. The shadow shows up so well on the sentiment and the two butterflies finish of the card perfectly. Thank you for sharing your lovely creation in the Allsorts Challenge.
Liz xx

Pat said...

The background paper is extremely pretty Kath, and the inlaid large birthday sentiment backed with the two layers of grey really pops, and I love the sweet little grey butterflies to finish..a beautiful card. x

Donna said...

Fabulous card, like the shadow effect and how you used patterned paper for your background and the sentiment, can never go wrong with butterflies! So glad you shared with us at Allsorts challenge!

Ellibelle said...

So beautifully designed, thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge.

shirley-bee said...

Great card! I like how you've stacked the sentiment, really makes it pop, and the butterflies finish it off nicely. Thanks for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday.

brenda said...

A very stylish Birthday card, many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Jane said...

How pretty! great idea to add the black behind the sentiment letters, makes them pop. Thanks for joining in with AAA Birthday's 7th celebration. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Nancy said...

The stacked sentiment with a shadow was really smart! This is a lovely card, Kath! Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday!

Lori Turner said...

Great to have you at LTCCB this month, Kath! Beautiful card - I love the stacked sentiment - pops out! xoxoxo