Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Flying Free

While working on cards for this month's post, I started with the idea of making cards for Mother's Day and Father's Day. After they were completed, the possibilities of using them for other events and holidays came to mind.

A butterfly strikes me as being full of possibilities.


First, I challenged myself to use digi papers. I've never ordered digi papers before. They've always seemed fantastic but did I really want to print paper? The answer now is yes! You can print off as many pieces of "paper" or "printed cardstock" as you need for a project. If you need 2 sheets, you can print two sheets. Easy peasy. For these cards, I printed on glossy paper and wowza - it's so pretty and shiny. Perfect for some fun projects. There are other times I'd definitely want a matte finish but for these I wanted a sheen.


This is Robyn. Isn't it pretty!! So happy to have this at my fingertips. And, you can have it too because it's FREE!!! Seriously - how awesome is that!!

So, back to the cards. I started with the Butterflies are Free digi from Pickled Potpourri Designs. This is a great collage image and looks awesome in watercolor, sponged for a sepia type look and also colored with copic markers as pictured below.


This is a great mother's day card because it's full of flowers and beautiful butterflies and gorgeous papers. It's an opportunity to thank Mom for being there for your support and giving you the tools to manage life so you can fly free and explore on your own. That's what triggered the thought that flying free is what happens at graduation as well. Whether you're flying on to further educational opportunities or to a career, what a great card to send someone on their way. It could also be part of a great notecard set. Definitely a versatile image. Did you notice the light pink sponging on the edges of the image - great way to soften the look. And, the card is edged too. A pretty and easy detail.

Did you notice the Robyn paper? Isn't it pretty behind the butterflies?

Speaking of the butterflies, here's a close-up of the big butterfly. I used three pinks and one salmon-y orange to color and shade. Fun stuff.


So, looking at the papers, I thought it might be fun to make a masculine card that plays with pink, lime and grey and uses some of the same copic colors as the butterfly card as well as the same green patterned paper from Robyn.


A bit of fun coloring accentuates those super fun ties for a fun Father's Day card. The ties are layered on the green paper and then on a strip of embossed cardstock. The circles are remnants from another project. I had die-cut a bunch of circles with the dies nested one inside another. It made great rings and it was great to have these extras on hand to work into this project. Two colors of twine and a little edging with green ink finished off the look.

Again, this is a masculine card that you could use for many occasions including graduation and birthday. Love the versatility of these images! The digi is named Father's Day and each of these ties are separate images so you can use them as a single, double or a triple as shown here. Fun stuff! I purposely didn't line them up or make them the same size as I wanted the whimsical feel of the images to carry through.

Here's a close-up so you can see how the rings are layered and how the two twines look up close. It's a great way to add some pizzazz without a ton of work.


That's all I've got. Looking forward to catching up with you again next month!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Seleise, Design Team Member for Pickled Potpourri Designs

5 comments:

  1. Seleise, your designs are gorgeous! I love the details, such as tucking flowers behind a tag, or overlapping circles to accentuate the image. You rocked this!

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