It’s not often that I’m under pressure to get a birthday card made. I keep a calendar of upcoming birthdays and try to be sure the card is made well ahead of time. Tonight, however, I discovered that the young lady I tutor twice a week will have her birthday while I’m in Wisconsin. Tomorrow will be our last meeting before her birthday. Fortunately for me, I have a stash of prestamped and die cut images that I’ve saved. I thought butterflies were a safe bet for a sixth grader, and I had a stash of pretty butterflies from Papertrey Ink’s “Butterfly Folks” set as well as a sentiment stamped and die cut with “Penned Elegance.” The sentiment had been stamped with the same ink as one of the butterflies. How lucky was that?
I found a piece of glittery, textured cardstock in the same teal color for the card. I recently purchased some wonderful patterned paper from The Stamp Market, and used one of the papers from the “Color Crush” set to layer on the card before adhering my butterflies and sentiment.
I added some glitter to the butterflies with a Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen, and three enamel dots to finish it off.
I’m linking this up to the Simon Says 10th birthday party, and to the new AAA Birthday Challenge where “Anything Goes.“
Such a pretty card with the trio of beautiful butterflies and bright vibrant colours. Thanks so much for playing at AAA Birthday’s first challenge.
That is such a pretty card. Your 6th grader is going to be thrilled that you made a card for Her.
Oh perfect! And just “knocked together” in a trice!? I couldn’t achieve that with a week to spare!
Love those butterflies and the colors! Having been a volunteer school librarian for 25 years, I know butterflies are perfect for elementary girls!
Oh, I am sure your young lady will love this! Such a bright and pretty card! Great color combo! I saw your card linked near mine at the AAA Birthday Challenge!
I think butterflies are always perfect for girls so you did a great job! Thanks for joining our first AAA Birthday challenge.
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