Spring Butterfly

It’s the end of March (where has the year gone), and here in New Zealand Autumn is starting to make itself know.  But it’s time to wrap up the Die Cut Divas March Challenge (Spring is Coming),so I’m sharing my final card for the month. We’re lucky to have Gina K Designs as our sponsor, so I pulled out one of my most-loved staples: the Gina K Master Layout dies.

I reach for the Gina K Master Layouts all the time—they make putting a card together feel simple For this one I’m featuring Master Layout 18, including that beautiful black frame that pulls everything together and gives the design a clean, finished look.

I started by cutting a rectangle panel with one of the dies from Master Layout 18, then ran it through the Tapestry embossing folder for that pretty texture in the background. Next, I stamped the butterfly and flowers from Blooming Butterfly, die cut them, and added soft colour with watercolour brush markers from K-Mart.

To pull everything together, I layered on that black frame from Master Layout 18 (it instantly makes the design feel crisp), and I even tucked the leftover centre piece behind the butterfly to give it a little spot to “land.” A white heat-embossed Woodware sentiment on black card was the final touch—simple, clean, and it balances the frame nicely.

If you’d like to join in, there’s still time to enter the Die Cut Divas MarchChallenge. You have until 9:00pm Pacific Time today, and we’d absolutely love to see what you create— remember to use your die cut machine to emboss or die cut!

Dawn and the Divas