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You Fill My Day Butterflies with Joy Clair Designs

   

Hello everyone!  Today I'm here with more inspiration from the 

Joy Clair Designs

Summerlicious Release 

You Fill My Day Digital Stamp Set

This is such a beautiful image to work with.  Let me show you how I made my card!

As usual, I started in the computer with the butterfly image.  I sized it.  I would get back to the sentiment later on in my process.  I printed this out onto white copy paper.

This quite an intricate image.  I wanted to stamp it onto patterned paper.  The paper would have to be  quite plain without too much of a pattern.  I wanted to make 3 butterflies.  I took my patterned paper and taped it to the copy paper over the butterfly image and sent it through my printer.

I did this 3 times on different colors of paper: blue/green, blue and aqua.  Then I trimmed them down so I could color them with my Copic Markers.  I let the paper color govern the marker colors here.  I used more of a green color combo on the blue/green paper, a blue blend on the blue paper and an aqua blend on the aqua paper.

I did minimal shading on these and I didn't color everything.  I just filled where I thought it would bring out the pattern in the butterfly.  After coloring I fussy cut them.

For the Green I used: G00, G02, G12, G05.  For the Aqua I used: BG01, BG05, BG18.  For the Blue I used:  B32, B23, B24, B28.  There are some tiny dots of black throughout the design.  I used a gold glitter pen and went over these dots.  I also filled in a few places.

I chose a piece of background paper.  It had a similar feel as the paper I printed the butterflies on but it was from another company.  I cut a panel of it for the background at 4" x 5 1/4".  With a scrap of that paper, I printed off my sentiment.

I felt the background panel was going to need something else besides the A2 white top folding card base that I had made, so I cut a piece of gold glitter paper just 1/8" bigger.  These really looked beautiful together.

I die cut my sentiment with a banner die and backed it with the gold glitter paper, leaving a narrow amount showing.  I also used a shimmer pen on the bodies of the butterflies and then put Gloss Accents on them and let them dry.  Time to put my card together.  I adhered my main panel to the card base.  Then I played around the with the placement of the butterflies.  I soon realized that using all 3 butterflies was not going to work visually.  So, I adhered the Blue and the Aqua butterfly to the front.  I bend up their wings before gluing them on.  The I tucked my sentiment in-between them.  For the last bit of sparkle I used moonstone confetti.  I was going to use gold but I realized that they would detract from the butterflies and the gold glitter paper.  The moonstone still gives sparkle without overtaking the background!

Thanks so much for coming today.  I hope you'll give this a try and make your own beautiful creation!

You can find the entire Summerlicious Release here!

Joy Clair Designs

Til next time

Betsy

 

First of All with Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing another gorgeous card from

Joy Clair Designs

First of All

with another gorgeous digital stamp from the Summerlicious Release !  This has the loveliest  Lotus flower image!  Let me show you how I created my card today!  I started by first choosing my background paper which was rather putty gray flower pattern.  Then I chose a coordinating plain card stock close to that gray.  It was on this plain card stock that I printed off my lotus flower and sentiment.

I Google-imaged a lotus flower to get my colors right.  I decided to go with the very deep pink one at the base that tips in white.

I colored a few petals to make sure I was on the right track with my colors.

I was pleased how this was looks.  The tips needed to be whiter so I used a white colored pencil.  This really helped.  For Copic colors I used:  RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV17, RV69, Y02, Y17 & Y38.  After I finished the coloring, I fussy cut the image right up to the line and then went along the edge with a black water-base marker.

I prepared an A2 white card base.  I covered it with the patterned paper.  I took a panel of the gray card stock and and embossed it with a 3D embossing folder.  Using a die set, I cut a larger panel with the biggest die and the sentiment with the smallest die in that set.

I adhered the embossed panel with liquid adhesive to the base.  Then I added the bigger die cut with foam panel.  I adhered the lotus flower and the sentiment flat on top of that.  I added a clear pink heart to the sentiment, a few tiny dew drops to the flower and shimmer pen to the flower center.

This was not a complicated card and it came out so pretty!  I already have someone in mind to send it to!  You can find this gorgeous digital stamp set at

Joy Clair Designs

First of All digital stamp set 

 Summerlicious Release 

Happy paper crafting!

Betsy 

In my capacity as a design team member for Joy Clair Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

 

Summerlicious Release with Joy Clair Designs

 

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new release at

Joy Clair Designs

Summerlicious 

For all of you Joy Clair Designs fans this is such a beautiful release!  So

many florals and beautiful images and meaningful sentiments.  Today

I'm featuring the "My Path" digital stamp set.  This is so pretty and the

butterfly really set my creative mind into high gear!  Let me show you

how I made my card!

As always, I started my card by composing it in my computer.  I only

have an inkjet printer so no fancy equipment.  I printed the image out

onto copy paper and then tape my piece of watercolor paper over it and

send it through the printer again.

My watercolor paper is Bee paper that is 140lb weight.  It prints up

beautifully and is nice to paint on.  I decided to use watercolor color

pencils.  Any brand would work well.  I started by coloring my big

butterfly.  I lay in all my color first - shading colors and base colors,

blend it out with a wet paintbrush.Then, when that layer is dry I can 

go in with another layer.

I moved along with my colors trying to balance out tones and trying new

color combos on each flower.  

Once the coloring was complete, using a rectangle die, I traced around the

die with a pencil where I wanted to cut the image.  I couldn't actually use the die because

the wing of the butterfly was deliberately off the page.  I cut it by hand, cutting

right up again the butterfly wing bits.  I ran a black waterbed pen around the

wing parts that were sticking out.

Next I made a white top folding A2 card base from white card stock.  I cut

a black/grey plaid panel to 4" x 5 1/4".  I cut a piece of black card stock that

is 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  I mounted the plaid onto the black and then that whole

panel onto the card base.  I backed the stamped panel with a bright yellow/

orange card stock.

When I went to adhere the stamped panel onto the card, I realized I had to

off set the stamped panel to accommodate the butterfly. Even though it's not centered,

 I liked how this looked.  To add something sparkly to this card, I used a gold glitter

 pen and filled in all the little berry parts on the image and the inside bits of the

flowers.  I also added a bit to the veining in the leaves.  I used a shimmer

pen on the body of the butterfly as well as the white dots on the wings

and where the wings meet the body.  And that finished my card!

Here is another card I made with this same set!

Here is the link to the entire collection:

http://joyclair.com/collections/summerlicious-2022

Here is the link to the Joy Clair Blog that will show you all

of the beautiful cards the team has made with this release!

https://joyclairdesigns.com/new-release-summerlicious-2022/

Are you new to digital stamping?  Not really sure how to do it?

Please feel free to ask any one of us your questions.  Digital

stamping is such a great way to stamp on a budget or buying a

stamp set when you need it immediately!  Just ask us!

Thanks so much for stopping!  I hope you love this release as much

as I do!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Joy Clair Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.