Part II of Journal Page into a Card

Welcome to the Altered Pages  Blog today. 

We are in the final days of our collaboration between the Altered Pages Design Team and Rubber Stamp Depot.  Can I just tell you that I had a lot of fun incorporating the  deeply etched red rubber stamps  into my projects this month.  Here is a sneak peak...

Today's post is part II of a journal page turned Birthday card

(original journal page pictured below) and the part I post can be found here.

I will be honest...I loved the journal page so much that it was hard to chop it in half, but I am very pleased with the end result and it is for a most wonderful person, my Gram who turns 86 this June!  So, this card just had to be beautiful.  Plus, she LOVES butterflies! 



Okay, on with the show...

I started by creating the actual card using a cream colored sheet of card stock and folded it in half.

I inked the edges of the front of the card using Stazon Midi  in Gothic Purple and Spiced Chai.   

Next, I grabbed the Circles Background Stamp , Versamark and Gold Embossing Powder  and created a little embossed edge on the right side of the card.

   

I then attached the portion of the original journal page that I tore from my journal and inked the edges.  I left justified this piece to show off the gold embossing.

 

Now, it was on to the inside of the card.

I began this step by lightly and randomly stamping the entire page with Delicata Ink Pad - gold.

I then grabbed another page from my Dylusions Journal that I previously used to off load my brayer when working with my Gelli Plate  as mentioned in part I.  This was made with pale blue and gold metallic acrylic paint.  I added the Circles Background Stamp using Stazon Midi in Spiced Chai .

This same stamp was used in the journal page so I wanted to repeat it on the inside of the card.  I then tore a section to fit on the main inside page of the card and attached it using double sided adhesive tape.

Next, I used another section of the pale blue background, stamped Happy Birthday with Versamark and embossed it in gold.  I hand tore that section out, inked the edges and adhered it with double sided tape .  I added one of the butterfly images used in the original journal page to keep everything tied together. 

And, here you have the completed inside of the card. 

I love how the blue ties in with butterflies flying in the blue sky.

Here is the final piece. 

I am pretty pleased I must say and can't wait to send it off

to one of my most favorite people! 

Thanks for hanging out with me today.  I hope you found some inspiration here.  Thanks to Rubber Stamp Depot for supplying the great stamps this month!  Please be sure to check out all the amazing supplies at Alteredpages.com .  I created a supply list below of what was used for this project.

Talk to you soon....Steph S.

Supply List -

Gelli Plate

Brayer

Paints and Inks

Waterbrushes

Dylusions Journal

Misc. Ink Pads

Delicata Ink Pad - gold

Double Side Tape 1-inch

Circles Background Stamp

Acrylic Blocks

Cling Mount

VersaMark

Gold Embossing Powder

Happy Birthday Stamp