You Are Pretty Amazing

Hi bloggers!  Today's card is a really simple layout, but I just love the negative space from swirl dies myself.  I picked out some Graphic 45 papers for this one.  They may not appeal to everyone, but I just loved the colours in them.  The patterned stripe paper was light enough to be used on top and show off my sentiment.  I really liked the darker background paper, which has small butterflies on it (so appropriate I thought) and thought it would look smashing peeking out through the swirl cut outs.  I used my favourite swirl die for this one too.  It is part of the Heartfelt Creations Dutch Iris die set.  I taped it into place in the lower corner and ran it through the machine to cut my first swirl.  Adding a small piece of waxed paper between the die and your card really helps aid in the removal too.  I used the die a second time to create the look of one long die cut by slightly overlapping the cutting edge on the die with the area that was previously cut.  I stamped my sentiment using a black archival ink pad and then added 3D foam mounting pieces to raise the entire piece over the background below.  Using the same paper that is showing through the swirls, I cut two of the butterfly die that is part of the Heartfelt Creations Butterfly border set.  One was simply cut and embossed, but one was cut with a sticky adhesive sheet attached.  I micro beaded that butterfly and adhered it to the top of the other butterfly by gluing only the body.  The butterfly wings were left free and were formed to show off both of them.  I added three black rhinestones to the body as an accent.  The entire piece was matted with a thin mat of soft gold to give it a frame, then I finished with a black pierced edge layer.  Can you see the tiny butterflies in the background?  All for now, Sue x