Happy Birthday Wishes To You

Good Sunday morning all!  Today's card is a result of one of my weekly "play" sessions.  I do sit down about once a week and just try something new, whether it be a product I have never used or some that I use often, but tired in a new application.  This background was the result of simply doing a bit of inking my craft mat and picking it up with white card.  I do this when I want to try new colours together to see how they look.  Sometimes it is successful, sometimes it isn't, but at the end of the day, it is only a bit of card.  No harm, no foul is the way I see it!  I liked the way this one came out.  I mixed some distress ink, distress stain and some Adirondack inks as they are all water based and mix well.  I just liked the mixture of Stormy Sky and Clover and Picket Fence.  Once dry, I added some flicks from a white paint pen and a gold paint pen by tapping on the barrel with my ruler.  I love the randomness of that, but it does go absolutely everywhere so be warned! I used the gold paint pen around the edge of the piece when I finished using a ruler to guide it.  Then I matted it with black card to frame it.  The butterfly is from the Stitched Flower set by Justrite and I stamped it on black card and heat embossed it in black for a tonal look.  I did this twice and hand cut it (which was very easy as I cut off the antennae).  I stamped the butterfly in black directly on to the background and used the antennae from the stamped image.  I glued the butterfly only in the centre and let the wings flat upwards.  I used the swirly dashed stamp as it's flight  trail.  I stamped the sentiment on to coconut white card beneath it for a clean and simple look.  Finished it off by doing a bit of matting and layering with black and gold in between my white pierced mat and final white mat.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.

Time for winners to be announced.  This weeks winners are:
Jacqui Oakes-Alcock!!!
Carol Clarke!!!
Chris Curry!!!

For the extra qualifying post of June 11th, the winners are:
Sandra P!!!
Kiraneries!!
Lindsay Martin!!!

Congratulations all!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your prize.  All for now, Sue x