Forget Me Not-Lori

Hello, crafty friends! I made a card today that's easy to mass produce; we always need birthday cards! I let the beautiful paper and stencil do the work for me. I know it's a floral, but this card would work equally well for male or female recipients. 

I began with a beautiful piece of Cyan Consortium Paper. I love the colors and design of this panel! I taped down the new Forget Me Not Floral Stencil with low tack tape.

I used white pigment ink from my stash over the stencil. I pounced the ink with a detail blending brush to add more product. I dried it and repeated the process for a total of three layers.

I had orignially planned to ink colors over the white ink once it was dried but, it looked so pretty white, I decided to keep it that way.

I stamped a butterfly from Heart of Nature Butterflies Bees Stamp Set in the same white pigment ink. It's quite faint in the photo, but you can see it better in real life. 

I stamped Happy Birthday with the Happy Birthday Calligraphy-Brush Style Stamp in Distress Oxide ink onto a white piece of cardstock. I then fussycut it out.

I added a black cardstock frame around the panel, once I trimmed it to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2". I like the contrast with the white and how it ties in with the black on the paper.

I took a 4 1'4 x 11" piece of heavyweight, black cardstock and scored it at 5 1/2" to create a card base.

Final Card, which showcases both the new stencil and the gorgeous paper!