My Blue Butterflies Slimline Card

I hope you like blue as much as I love this "Brilliant Butterflies" set from MFT stamps.  I decided to try this in shades of blue for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge , this week the theme is " Midsummer Blues".

 The base for the card is a teal blue heavy card stock 8"X 9" that I selected from my stash because it closely matched the color theme.  I used the from "Slimline Card Builder" die from  Whimsy Stamps to cut out a panel from Canson XL watercolor paper.    I used my watercolors from Daniel Smith to paint three evenly spaced background swatches of blues.

Once completed dried,  my butterflies are stamped using Hero Arts "Splash" and "Blue Hawaii" ink with VersaFine "Onyx Black" for the black portion.  There is a backing layer cut from black card stock measuring 3 1/2" X 8 1/2" that is adhered to the panel.  Then I added both to the card base.  The sentiment is cut from Simon Says Stamp "CZ Design SENTIMENT STRIPS REVERSE HAPPY"  strip sheets.  For embellishment I added a gemstone from my stash to the center of each butterfly. 

Thanks for dropping by my blog.  Your comments, questions or suggestions are always welcome.

Supplies:

Stamps:         My Favorite Things "Brilliant Butterflies"

Dies:                Whimsy Stamps "Slimline Card Builder"

Inks:                Hero Arts "Blue Hawaii" & "Splash"

                            VersaFine  "Onyx Black"

Paper:             Canson XL watercolor paper

Sentiment:    Simon Says Stamp  "CZ Design SENTIMENT STRIPS REVERSE HAPPY" 

Hero Arts MMK July Underwater Slimline Card

This is a fun slimline card that I created using the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for July and the add-on set called "Deeply in Love".

The underwater scene at the bottom of the card was done using a stencil that I cut from the die included in the kit.  If you are interested in the details I made a YouTube tutorial with all the details.

Supplies:

Stamps:   Hero Arts            My Monthly Hero Kit July 2020 & "Deeply in Love" with Dies

                     Lawn Fawn         "Wavy Saying" coordinating dies "Fancy Wavy Sayings"

Dies:          Lawn Fawn          "Large Slimline with Sliders"

Inks:          Distress Oxide    "Salty Ocean" & "Chipped Sapphire"

                     Hero Arts             "Splash" & "Blue Hawaii" from the kit. 

                                                     Also "Intense Black"

Misc:         Ranger                   Glossy Accents

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