Butterfly Tendrils with Gelatos & Black Cardstock

Hello all,

This is my second post today specially created for Ranganjali Blog.  I am sharing some cards I made when experimenting with Gelatos on black cardstock. I used Simon Says Stamps Butterfly Tendril die as a main feature.

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Card 1:  

This card has subtle, pastel look. For the main focus, I tried to arrange the various pieces of the Butterfly Tendrils die-cuts in wreath form. I die-cut white cardstock 4 times with this die. I coloured various components using Tropical Gelatos but rubbing the creamy colours on the paper and then smudging them with a finger. I like that it is very quick and dry as well as fun method to apply colour. You can use Gelatos as watercolors too! I used black cardstock for good contrast, embossed it with woodgrain embossing folder and sprinkled some pearlized water.

It took some time to orient and organize different pieces to create a wreath shape. I built it up from bottom up and trimmed the die-cut pieces accordingly. I adhered them with double sided tape and Glossy Accent. I added Gold Embroidery floss for added interest. I added Glossy Accents on red berries and Platinum Pearl coloured- Liquid Pearls on butterflies.

I wanted to add a sentiment in the center, which I created with two layers of Vellum pieces, die-cut with Stitched Circle die, stamped with Simon Says Stamp’s   stamp and embossed in white. I added Inca Gold’s Gold on edges of the circle die cut. Lastly, I adhered everything on a white, vertical cardbase.

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Card 2:

The second card has metallic look. I have Metallic Gelatos, I love them. I have been thinking of using them in a way that show their metallic characteristics. I wanted to try them on black card stock.  Butterfly tendrils die-cuts in black provided perfect opportunity to try this. Again, I cut 3-4 tendrils from black cardstock. I applied Pearl Metallic Gelato on them. For some colour variation, I used Tropical Gelatos over it at some places and blended them with a finger. That creates colourful but soft metallic appearance.

I partially embossed black cardstock with Brick Wall embossing folder. The sentiment is cut from DCWV Foiled Cardstock using Simon Says Stamp’s Happy Birthday Die. I cut a contrasting cardstock piece from Craft Smith’s Tea Party Designer Paper. I arranged and adhered various pieces of butterflies and flourishes with foam tape, double-sided tape and Glossy Accents and added Pearl coloured- Liquid Peals on butterflies. Lastly, I added whole panel on to a grey, horizontal card base.

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Card 3:

After these two cards, I had a lot of negative die-cut pieces left. So, I decided to use them as stencils. On a black card base, I applied Metallic Melon, Icing and Mint colours lightly with a sponge. I had another die-cut in black on which I applied in different colours Metallic Blueberry and Gold Champagne with a finger. On black cardstocks- applying metallic Gelatos with finger gives better, brighter result than sponging or watercolouring.

I arranged the die-cut under and over a Stitched rectangle with foam adhesive. Lastly, I added ‘thanks’ sentiment, with Metallic Grape colour on white die-cut, with foam and double sided adhesives. I added white stitched marks and dots with Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen.

That is it for now about my experiments with Metallic Gelatos and black cardstock!

Enjoy!

Submitted to:

- Simon Says Stamp- Wednesday Challenge