Author: Sandy Cogdill, Brand Ambassador
Hi friends! It’s Sandy Cogdill, a Brand Ambassador, here today with a card that I made with the Make A Moth Die Set - Lorelai.
I am in love with this set and can’t wait to play with the other sets in future projects. As I was working on the first card, I decided to do another one because it was so fun to decorate their wings.
For this beautiful moth, I used a few colors of matte foil cardstock. I applied double sided 4”x6” adhesive sheets to the back of the cardstock. This is my favorite way to adhere all these little pieces together. It is not only easier, but it is neater especially when you are working on foil.
When I’m die cutting the pieces, I like to peel off the back tape and place my little pieces on a sheet of heat-resistant Teflon. This is really helpful when you need to use the same die multiple times.
This is the fun part! Now you get to put your moth together. The body and the wings definitely have only one way to go on, but the decoration on the wings is entirely up to you!
I used the largest background die from the Decorative Sentiment Die to cut out a piece of green shimmer cardstock.
For the sentiment on this card, I used the “Hey” from the Hi, Hey, Hello Word Dies – Big and Bold. For the shadow on the word, I used a black shimmer cardstock. The scripty lettering was cut from the silver matte foil.
For the bottom layer of my card, I cut a piece of gray cardstock, 4.25” x 5.5”. I also cut a piece of black shimmer cardstock to 4.0” x 5.25”. I rounded my corners so that everything looks cohesive. I glued those two pieces together.
I glued the sentiment on the bottom at an angle.
Next, I removed the back of the adhesive tape, put a little glue on the back of the moth, and placed it on the green shimmer cardstock. The reason I am putting liquid glue on the top of the adhesive is because it gives me a little barrier so I can move the piece around until I have it exactly where I want it.
I always like to pop up something on my cards if I can – I think it always adds a nice little touch. I used Crafty Foam Tape to pop up the layer with the moth on it.
To finish up this card, I attached it to a card base. To make the card base, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 5.5” x 8.5”. I scored it at 4.25” and folded it in half.
This was such a quick card to make; I decided to make another one since my supplies were already on my table.
Thank you for spending a little time with me and I hope you have been inspired to make a card guaranteed to put a smile on someone’s face.
Sandy
Marianne Lundquist
What kind of textured cardstock did you use? I really like it.
Thank you for sharing your talent.