Today is my daughter's 24th birthday.. I'm sitting here wondering where all the years have gone!!!! It only seems like yesterday that my darling Emma Jayne was born.... ( That means I'm getting older too!!!!)
Last week she saw one of my monochromatic butterfly cards are mentioned she would like a Flutterby on her card!!!! So I came up with this
it caused me no end of trouble..... First version - the mask moved and my sponging went wonky... next one got it right but then ended up with inky marks over it... 3rd time perfect.... except it was upside down on the card!!!! At least I was able to selvage that one - cut it down and put it on the olive card base.... finally got it how I envisioned it in the first place.... I used Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters distress ink on a very light cream card. The background was a HA Cling stamp - Antique Background - and the butterfly was stamped from the same stamp... I made the mask by cutting the oval out with the nestie and using the negative like a stencil. Really pleased with the result.
My son (Kieran) also got me to make a card for Emma as well.... I chose her favourite colour - Purple- to make a monochromatic card as well.... based on the easel card I made in the weekend at Stamp Camp.
I used HA Silhouette Grass with Dusty Concord distress ink to make the background. I used an Kaisercraft stamp of a dragonfly and stamped it twice on acetate. One layer I coloured with a Copic and the other layer I smeared Kindyglitz over. Cut out and layered together. As Kieran has not yet given her this... I have told her she is not allowed to read this post, till she gets it!!!!! So it will be a surprize... We are all going out as a family for dinner on Sunday to celebrate her birthday and Mother's Day...
So to my darling daughter... Happy Birthday!!!
