Silhouette cards are striking and usually involve nature. To make one, you need to create a light source for your background. This can be a sunny afternoon, a moonlit night, a flickering candle or any other light source you can think of!
I chose to create my silhouette card with a sunny afternoon background. I loosely ink blended Darling Duckling ink in a circle on the top left side of my card to represent the sun. Then I ink blended Azure Afternoon ink on the rest of my panel. I trimmed my panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and ink blended a little heavier around the edge of the panel. Then I adhered it to an A2 card base cut from Azure Afternoon card stock.
Once I had ink blended my background, I added some text and splatters from the Elements of Text stamp set. I used Azure Afternoon ink with second generation stamping over the blue part of the card and Darling Duckling in over the yellow portion of the card.
I stamped, colored and cut the swallowtail butterfly from a retired set. I colored it using ink blending brushes and Stampin' Write markers. I also added Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.
I used the dies from the Floral Charm Suite to cut some leaves out in Basic Black card stock. This is the key to creating an effective silhouette card... it appears that the light source is casting a shadow on the greenery.
I used a bone folder to bend the tips of the butterfly wings outward before gluing it to the card front. I stamped my sentiment in Azure Afternoon ink on a Stylish Frames banner die and adhered it to the card front with dimensionals.
I used a piece of Balmy Blue twine to add a bow to the left side of the card and a few faceted dies to finish it off.
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