Butterfly Eclipse

Good morning and welcome back to the inspiration blog.  Today I am working with the Butterfly Eclipse Dies, which are stunning and so versatile.  Let me show how I put this card together!

I started with an A2, white card panel and cut it down by 1/4" on each side.  I then adhered one of the Valentina Aquaink Transfer Sheets to the center of the card panel.  If you haven't worked with these Aquaink products yet, you need to try them.  They are DIVINE!!!  And so beautiful!  So easy to use and each pack comes with 5 designs and 2 copies of each design.  Just wet and set aside and the transfer is magic.  

Once the card panel was dry, which just takes a few minutes, I die cut the Butterfly from the center using both dies.   Be sure to try and keep all the pieces within the butterfly for the next step!

I added liquid glue to the back of the white card panel that now has the hole in the middle and centered it on the burgundy, A2 card panel.  I then flipped the butterfly over and added a thin line of liquid glue to each of the cut outs on the wings of the butterfly.  I centered that within the butterfly shaped opening of the white card panel and punched out each of the cutouts so they were left behind when I lifted the butterfly from the card panel.  At this point you should have the white card stock outline and just the cutout lines in the middle.

To finish, I added foam adhesive to the back of the butterfly and centered it over the opening to adhere with dimension.  You can then see the flower design of the Aqualink sheets, but you also see the butterfly.

The sentiment is from the About THANKS Collage Stamp Set, which I stamped in Olive Branch hybrid ink on cream card stock.  I added a few enamel dots in a coordinating olive color for a little shine.

I am really in love with these Aquaink Transfer Sheets.  The finish and texture they add to a card is beautiful.

I hope you've enjoyed this card today and find some time to get crafty.

Hugs, LeeAnn