My First Post

I have debated starting a blog for sometime and after joining the docrafts forum and meeting the wonderful ladies on there and seeing their fabulous blogs I decided it was finally the time to start my own. I am not a very advanced crafter but hope to continue to grow and progress with my card making skills. This is the longest hobby I have kept to (and in the past there have been quite a few) and I still enjoy learning and trying new techniques.

I decided that for my first post I would post the card which has received the most pins on my pinterest! This card was inspired by a card made by Julie Hickey on Create and Craft when craftwork cards was promoting their botanica range. For her demo Julie cut butterflies out individually from one of the butterfly papers and pasted them around an aperture. For my card I also cut out the butterflies individually, however not as many and I also decided to emboss my butterflies. I used clear embossing powder to give them a different texture/feel. I then stuck the embossed butterflies around one of the sentiments. Prior to this, I highlighted the sentiment by distressing the edges with vintage photo distress ink.

Here's a close up:

The background is another of the papers from the set. I cut down the paper to the size I wanted and distressed the edges, again using vintage photo distress ink. I highlighted the flowers using some glossy accents for the centers and glitter on the petals. I was really pleased with the outcome.

Here are the flowers up close:

Here is the finished card!

Thank you for reading my first post and visiting my blog xx