Fireflies Look on the Bright Side

Fireflies Look on the Bright Side

Another mini card for a colleague who is leaving end of the month due to 'organization restructure'. I made a mini card because I am going to insert the card into a transparent gift pouch together with the farewell gift. I hope the sentiment would bring some new lights and hopes to her because she been working for the company for 15+ years and in the end, she got retrenched. She says that this is her first job since her graduation. I know it must be hard for her.

Pals Paper Arts - PPA196 - A Sketch Challenge

I adopt the simple sketch from Pals Paper Arts - PPA196 - A Sketch Challenge as shown above.

Close-up : Gold embossed 'glow'

A black card stock is die cut and stamped with the firefly 'glow' using Versamark ink. It is later embossed using gold powder. The black card is attached onto a yellow card base as in sketch. The excess of the black card is trimmed off. The yellow card base is corner rounded on the top and bottom right corners. I choose a yellow card base so that it would match the sentiment - 'on the bright side'.

Close-up : Customized sentiment

The sentiment is customized using alphabets in which stamped on a light yellow die cut fishtail banner. The edges of the banner are distressed to bring up the sentiment.

Close-up : Glossy accents on the firefly 'glowing butt'

The fireflies are stamped on white card stock and colored using Copic markers. It is later die cut using the matching dies. It is attached into the embossed circle using pop dots. The fireflies' tails are added with glossy accents to bring some shinny.

Dimension : 11.43cm x 8.89 cm or 4.5" x 3.5"

Type : Horizontal fold

Inlay : None

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This card is entering the challenge(s) organized by :

1) Pals Paper Arts - PPA196 - A Sketch Challenge (ends on 25 March 2014)

2) Lawnscaping Challenge #78 - Clean and Simple (ends on 26 March 2014)

3) Eclectic Ellapu - Wings (ends on 05 April 2014)
Edit to add : This has card won Eclectic Ellapu - Wings Top Five. Please read here or refer here.

Stamps and tools used :

Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm	Lawn Fawn Harold�s ABCs	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade	Ranger Inkssentials� Ink Blending Tool	Ranger Inkssentials� Ink Blending Foam
Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad	Lawn Fawn Basic Blocks	Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder - Gold (EPJ00198)	Johnson Embossing Heat Tool
Copic Sketch C6 Cool Gray No. 6	Copic Ciao B00 Frost Blue	Copic Ciao B02 Robin's Egg Blue	Copic Ciao E21 Baby Skin Pink	Copic Ciao Y06 Yellow
Copic Ciao Y17 Golden Yellow	Copic Ciao YG06 Yellowish Green	Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm Lawn Cuts	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn STITCHED JOURNALING CARD Lawn Cuts Dies	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn TAG YOU'RE IT Lawn Cuts Dies
Cuttlebug Machine V2	Warrior Mini Corner Cutter (L)	*03559 Fiskars SURECUT CARD MAKING Paper Trimmer Cut Line 9 Inches	Ranger Inkssentials� Glossy Accents�	Sticky Thumb Sticky Dimensionals
PLUS Norino 8mm Glue Roller

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