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Altered Playing Cards

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I love this set, inspired by BoBunny's Enchanted Harvest collection.  The colors are fabulous and the butterflies big and bold.

This set was created for a bridal show.  I wanted to present some ideas that were a bit out of the ordinary, and the thought came to me that guests could sign cards or tags instead of a traditional guest book.  And - I happened to have a pile of unmatched playing cards.

So I grabbed a jar of Gesso and a paint brush and prepared the back of the playing cards, then followed that with Tim Holtz Distress Paints - I used "Twisted Citron" and "Abandoned Coral" and WOW - love the effect that settled on each separate card.  When cards were completely dry I attached a white tag (found in my never-ending stash of odds and ends) on each and layered a single butterfly on a corner.  The butterflies had all been cut from one sheet of cardstock.

With the same cardstock, I cut a box, using the reverse side as the cover.  I added a stamped sentiment tag, bow and part of a cut-out butterfly peaking up from the bottom. FYI - I scored the sides of the box at 1/16 inch larger than what the pile of cards measured and it came out perfectly.

Butterfly Thank-You Card

Next up, a thank you card created with the same paper.  I backed it with gold colored vellum paper. Added a cut-out butterfly, a gold-foiled tag topped by a chipboard tag that was stamped and heat embossed in gold, and a velvet ribbon to pull it all together. The patterned paper, butterfly and foiled tag were inked around the edge with distress ink colors in Twisted Citron and Abandoned Coral.  I just love this combination.

Yes, the flower barrel was also a paper project - maybe for another blog post!

Products used:

BoBunny cardstock, Bazzill Basics Cardshoppe Cardstock, Vellum paper from Worldwin Papers, Stamps from My Favorite Things and Avery Elle, Distress Inks, Distress Paints and Embossing Ink from Tim Holtz/Ranger, Studio Gesso from Ranger, WOW Embossing Powder, ribbon from American Crafts.
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