Sunday, February 9, 2020

Ladybug, Ladybug

It's minus 17 degrees Celsius and snowing, a perfect combination for craft time. I've really been enjoying the SAB offerings this year, and the accessory dies now being offered with some of my favourite stamp sets makes it that much easier to make those wow or simple cards.

Using the dies with the Little Ladybug stamp set, I made this card. Because of the darkness I couldn't quite get the lighting right, so the white card stock looks a little pink.


I just love these little Ladybugs so I got a bit carried away and stamped and coloured all 3 of them, then realized I didn't need three for my card.

The basic card is Real Red, layered with Whisper White.  The art piece is a strip of Whisper White embossed with the Parisian embossing folder and matted with Real Red card stock.  Adhered to both long sides are banners of Garden Green die cut with the Playful Pennants die.

One of the die cut Ladybugs is adhered to this art piece with dimensionals, the flowers in a cluster below with the tuft of grass at the bottom.  A bow made of the dotted organza ribbon is added just above the tuft of grass. The second ladybug is at the bottom of the card trying to reach the flowers.



So, what happened to the third ladybug?  It's on the inside of the card.

Little flowers and stem with leaves on them, and a patch of grass are extra dies that go with this stamp set.  Four flowers were die cut in Whisper White and sponged with So Saffron and Calypso Coral inks.  A basic black marker with the addition of a small black rhinestone added some markings and definition to the center of each flower. The stem and leaves as well as the tuft of grass were die cut in Garden green and sponged with the same ink colour before being adhered to the card front.

Supplies:
Stamp: Little Ladybug
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Real Red, Basic Black. Ivory) So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Garden green, Basic Black marker
Papers:  Real Red, Whisper White, Garden Green
Accessories:  Ladybug dies, Black Rhinestones, Playful Pennant dies, Parisian embossing folder, Dimensionals

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