...I had made this card a while ago but was debating whether or not I should even post it.
My Goddaughter's 1st Communion was coming up, so of COURSE her crafty Godmother (c'est moi!) would be making her a card! I don't have very many religious-y type things (yet) so I stuck with something pretty simple like butterflies, because it reminded me of spring and new life, etc.
Have a look:
So there it is...my archnemesis. Don't let the picture fool you, this thing is UGLY. I am NOT kidding, nor am I being artistically hard on myself. At first when I started, I embossed the paper with D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder (P.S. I just got my snowflake embossing folder from that place that I shall not even refer to lest I advertise for them in any sort of way. I placed my order from them at the END of February, and I got the order three weeks later and was informed that the Snowflake one would come when they get any in. Tsk, tsk...)
Anyways, I digress! After I embossed it, I affixed my butterflies, started with the smaller ones and added the bigger, fluffier butterflies (all of them from the dollar store) only after to cover up an embossing mistake. I also had these see-through irridescent butterflies, I sewed one on top of the middle butterfly and bent up the wings, for whatever effect, I really have no idea.
I thought it would be neat to Stickle the embossed areas and I think I went overboard when I got the idea to clear glaze over the Stickles to give it a smoother finish.
Tedious task, let me tell you! Halfway through, my hand got so tired of squeezing, I was just doing everything all half-effort anyways, and things got blotchy. For some reason, the opposite effect happened with this picture.
Ever have those times where you made an AMAZING card and took a picture of it and it only looked so-so in the picture. This time, I took a picture of it and it kind of makes it look okay in the picture. Trust me though, in real life, this was a D'Vine mess! But, my Goddaughter liked the money that came inside it!
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