Create Beautiful Gift Sets with Easy Card Designs

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Hi. Welcome to a little bird crafts.

These cards only use a few supplies and the design is very easy to adapt for different occasions. They can all be the same for mass production or create a gift set with variety of cards by simply changing the colors and sentiments.

I used a piece of heavy cardstock cut to 4×5.25 inches. Soft Finish Cardstock or watercolor paper would also work well.

Use the ink smooshing technique. Press (smoosh) a water based ink pad or watercolor paint onto an acrylic block and spritz it with a small amount of water. Press the block onto the upper part of the card panel. When the first color is dry, apply your second color overlapping the colors a bit.

Tip – My goal is for the ink to look like it flows from the upper left to lower right and within the top two-thirds of the card.

Stamp the butterfly with VersaMark Ink or a pigment ink onto the right side near the midline. Add embossing powder and heat. Tip: use a colored ink and clear embossing powder so any stray embossing powder won’t show on your card

Loosely mask over the butterfly with torn paper that covers the butterfly image.

Stamp a dictionary/definition stamp with permanent ink allowing it to overlap the mask. Before stamping, you can use your finger or a cloth to remove some of the ink from the bottom right of the stamp to help fade out the image and soften the lines.

Add a sentiment. Here I’ve added sentiments just below the butterfly, but the sentiment also looks good on the upper left over the stamped definition.

Embellish or not. If you want to add more, splatter the panel using one or two of colors already on the card. That helps to bring all the elements together. Enamel dots, small gemstones, or tiny flowers are nice if you want some bling. I like to run a black or brown ink pad along the edge of the panel to help define it from the card base and add a hint of a frame around it.

Adhere it to a card base and done!

Is this a design that you’d use? I’d love to see what you make. Please tag me if you are inspired to create it. Feel free to contact me with questions.

I have included my supply list and affiliate links below. You can receive a 10% discount by using my links and I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

Di/a little bird crafts

Published by Di Wong

Wife, mother, and maker of pretty things.

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