Time to share another 18th birthday card… this time for the lovely Niamh. The brief was yellow and I wanted to play with the Concord and 9th butterflies again so they became the focal images for this card.
I decided yellow and green would be the colour scheme so inked the butterflies using daffodil delight, hello honey and parakeet party.
I then did the same colours for the Altenew layered stencil. I also added some splatters of gold wink of Stella over both the background and the butterflies. I find the gold wink of Stella has a green hue to it so it worked well with the colour scheme.
Next I inked up more cardstock with the parakeet party and die cut some leaf shapes using the Sizzix dies I used these to ground the butterflies and also to add more texture and interest.
I decided to cut a Polaroid frame from the same set and inked the central portion and then added die cut numbers which I inked, added clear wink of Stella and then added glossy accents to so they are super shiny and stacked three times so very dimensional.
I then stamped the sentiment in the same ink and clear embossed to give it some shine and darkened the colour a little. I cut a mat layer from the same inked panel as I had die cut the leaves.
I then mounted the panel onto the parakeet party cardstock and then a panel of Hello Honey cardstock I had embossed with the Pinewood planks to give it texture.
I love offsetting the layers so that it is purposefully wonky and also it helps then if a layer isn’t quite adhered straight … far more forgiving!
I added some glossy accents to the bodies of the butterflies and then coloured some clear gems with alcohol inks to give them a coordinated look for the project and added them as embellishments.
Hope you like this card … I love making it and of course Happy Birthday to the fabulous Niamh whom it is a pleasure to know.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Gorgeous!!
Thank you x