Daisy Bed Ink Blended Card

My oldest daughter has been working very hard to prepare for the Cheese Monger Invitational competition in New York City later this month along with studying for the Cheese Professionals Certification Exam and working full time plus working on home projects with her husband, and I just wanted to make her a card to let her know I see the way she's working so hard. I'm so proud of how far she's come with her mental health and her ability to manage stress. 

I started her card by creating a top-folding A2 card base out of white cardstock. Then I trimmed an A2 size panel and embossed it with Altenew's Daisy Bed 3D embossing folder. I then masked off the edges of the panel using the largest rectangle in Altenew's Rounded Rectangle Mask Stencil set. I ink blended the following Altenew inks: Fresh Lemon, Orange Cream, and Magenta. 

For the butterfly and "I see your strength and beauty" sentiment, I used Altenew's Beautiful Butterfly Press Plates set and black ink. After pressing them in the BetterPress system, I die cut them with the coordinating dies. Then I ink blended the butterfly using the coordinating stencil and Sunkissed, Orange Cream, and Magenta inks. I decided to add a second butterfly on the bottom of the first one so I could lift the wings a bit, so I found one I had made earlier in my stash that has some Antique Silver Shimmer Relief Paste on the edges and pinks from the Bubblegum Dreams Ink Collection on the wings. 

To finish the card, I added the butterfly and sentiment with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape and then added some enamel dots from Altenew's Colorful Wonder and Bubblegum Dreams collections for the yellow and pink enamel dots. I then used Ripened Pumpkin Nuvo Crystal Drops for the orange dots around the sentiment. 

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 Challenges I'm entering: 

Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: At least one butterfly (2/3; ends 6/16/25)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Add a sentiment (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Craft Rocket Challenges: No design paper (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Catz: ATG with option: Use hot colors (5/5; ends 6/27/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 4 - Anything In or From a Garden: Anything in or from a garden (5/5; ends 7/9/25)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (1/3; ends 6/16/25) C10

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with a twist of butterflies (1/3; ends 6/25/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Fur, feathers, flowers (5/5; ends 6/18/25)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: diagonal from bottom left: ink blending, free, die cuts (3/3; ends 6/19/25)

No more challenges.