Oh Happy Day - PTI Make It Monday Challenge

Melissa is sharing the loveliest card over on the PTI blog, using an ink-blending-on-cardstock technique. It's so darling, and I simply couldn't pass up this sweet challenge.

I've been meaning to create a few sets of cards, and this was the perfect technique to use. It's quick, simple, and really pairs well with heat embossing. Doesn't it just make the white details pop that much more?

For all of the cards, I started with a colored cardstock. I gathered a variety of colors: pink, orange, yellow and red. I used PTI's Basic Bookmark 3 die,  to cut out the beautiful shape.

On each cardstock bit, I stamped and heat embossed a beautiful butterfly and sentiment, stamped with PTI's What the Doodle: Butterfly Mini stamp set. I used Versamark ink and Ranger's Fine Detail embossing powder.

I used Melissa's ink blending technique to blend some ink around the center of each butterfly, and to add little accent flowers around the focal image. I used ink that was slightly darker than each cardstock, in colors of: Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Terracotta Tile, and Bright Buttercup.

I layered each cardstock piece onto a white cardstock shape, cut with Lawn Fawn's Small Cross Stitched Rectangle dies, as well as a polka dot stamp for some detail.

I layered each of the bits onto some colorful patterned paper, and added a puffy heart, some iridescent sparkly rhinestones (my favorite!) and a few liquid pearls.

I enjoyed this little challenge even more than I thought I would and I'm sure I'll be using this fun technique again very soon :) 

Thanks so much for visiting! 

Ivana

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