Butterfly Fathers Day Cards (Hero Arts)

I used the Hero Arts February 2023 kit to make Fathers Day cards.  This kit contains butterfly rub-ons which can then be cut with the included dies.  Since the butterflies are so realistic they made great cards for Fathers Day!

For these cards I used:

• Hero Arts - February 2023 Kit - Dies and Rub-ons
• Vellum
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Master Layouts 7
• Simply Defined - Be Inspired Journey

To make the cards, the mini-slimline card bases were created.  The white panel and black mat were then cut using Gina K ML 7 and attached to the card bases.  I used vellum paper for the butterflies, since it provided a bit of transparency in the butterfly wings. The butterflies were attached to vellum paper and then cut out using the associated dies.  The butterflies were then attached to the white panel and the sentiment from the Simply Defined set stamped to complete the card.

Golfers Birthday Card

 Here is a birthday card perfect for a golfer:

I used the following for the card:

• A Cricut image
• Gina K - Master Layouts 6
• Gina K - Powder Blue Ink
• Simon Says Stamp - Clouds for Days stencil

To make the card I chose the image using Cricut Design Space.  I merged the text into the image and cut it out.  The clouds were lightly stenciled directly on the card base.  The grass was cut using ML 6 and added to the bottom of the card.  The golfer was then added to complete the card.  

Happy Birthday using Happy Birthday Trio

The Happy Birthday Trio dies are so versatile and great for making "guy" birthday cards.  Here are 2 cards made with these dies:

 I used the following for the cards:

• Gina K - Happy Birthday Trio
• Gina K - Master Layouts 2

For the first card, I used a previously created alcohol ink background (made 5+ years ago!) and cut the shadow area from the center.  This was then cut with ML 2, along with the mat which was in a coordinating color solid paper.  "Happy" was cut from black metallic paper, and "Birthday" cut from silver paper.  These were attached and then the entire piece was added to a white card base to complete the card.

For the second card, I used the shadow area previously cut and added "Happy" and "Birthday".  I then found some patterned paper where the colors complimented the sentiment.  These were added to a white card base and the sentiment added with foam tape to provide a bit of dimension to complete the card. 

Radiant Roses Cards

I still love the versatility of the Radiant Rose Bundle from Gina K Designs.  For these cards, I used the stamps and dies from the bundle.  I used a variety of inks for the flowers and leaves and they ended up looking good with some of the patterned papers from some of the past kits.  Petite Flourish Foil Mates and Petite Patterns were foiled as well! 

I used the following for the cards:

• Gina K - Radiant Roses stamps and dies
• Gina K - Inks in a variety of Colors
• Gina K - Fancy Foils - Grass Green
• Gina K - Birthday Cheer, Love is All You Need stamps
• Gina K - Master Layouts 1, Large and Small Oval dies
• Gina K - Petite Flourish Foil Mates
• Gina K - Petite Patterns Paper Pack
• Gina K - Watercolor Floral Patterned Paper, Autumn Splendor Paper and Ephemera
• Thermo Web - Deco Foil Champagne

To make these cards, I first stamped the roses in a variety of colors.  The leaves were stamped using a variety of greens.  These were then cut out.  I cut several white ovals and associated mats from the large and small oval die sets.  The flowers and sentiments were arranged on the ovals, attached, and then the sentiments stamped.  I selected the patterned papers for the backgrounds including some I foiled!

These papers were cut with ML 1 along with the mats.  The backgrounds were attached to the mats, and added to the card bases.  The bands were matted and added to the cards.  And finally the ovals added to complete the cards.