Butterfly Woman for Mother's Day

Happy Saturday Technique Junkies fans! Janelle Stollfus here with the new Butterfly Woman stamp and sentiments from the April release!

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Besides the remarkable Butterfly Woman stamp, I've added sentiments to make them excellent Mother's Day cards. Here's how I made them.

Happy Mother's Day Spattered Ombre Background Card (first card in my post)

• Butterfly Woman
• All The Moms
• Spattered Ombre Paper - previous post with instructions
• Two colored cardstock for the card base and image frame
• Black Ink Pad
• Adhesive

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman with black ink onto Spattered Ombre paper (mine was leftover from another project, but it's so easy to make if you don't have some prepared.)
2. Stamp sentiment with black ink from All The Moms below the image.
3. Trim to 3-1/4 by 4-1/2 inches.
4. Frame with a complementary color cardstock, mine is 1/16 inch (about .1 cm) bigger on all sides.
5. Adhere to folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

Colored Butterfly Woman on Sponged Background

• Butterfly Woman
• Began to Fly
• White and colored cardstock
• Black waterproof Ink Pad
• Distress Oxide Ink Pad (Carved Pumpkin used)
• Pan Pastels or Chalks
• Alcohol Markers or Colored Pencils
• Adhesive
• Sponge or Dauber

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman and Began to Fly with black ink onto white cardstock.
2. Color Butterfly Woman with markers or colored pencils in a 3-4 color theme. Blue, orange, yellow and brown were used.
3. Trim to 3 x 5 inches and color around the woman with blue pastel or chalk on sponge or dauber.
4. On a 4 by 5-1/4 inch white cardstock sponge Distress Ink starting from the bottom or top edge until the ink is very light almost to the middle. Sponge from the edge stopping farther away from the center until the desired look. Repeat on opposite edge.
5. Adhere sponged background then colored image onto folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

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