Encre, papier, ciseaux: Llama Hugs

Inspiration: Sunday Stamps #330

I squeezed one more card out of the Mama Llama collection from Simple Stories. The long rectangle on the sketch was the perfect occasion to use the Mini Fringe die from My Favorite Things, which I had put aside when I had pulled this paper collection as I thought it might pair nicely. I cut it out of the polka dot paper, added gold to the end with a gold foil marker, and I sewed it in place with my sewing machine on my die-cut background.

For the main image, I die-cut a piece of banner patterned paper with the Pinking Edge Squares Die-namics and I matted the square with aqua paper. In my Lucky Limeade cardstock pack, I found the negative piece of a grass border I had cut, so I used that to create my own grass on the scene, which was perfect to ground my little fussy cut llama. I also used the leftover piece of vellum I had on my desk, tore it just a little longer than the square, colored the edges with the gold foil marker and glued it under my main square.

For the sentiment, I used the Simply Sentiment Hugs dies from Trinity Stamps with pink holographic cardstock and Soft Sky cardstock. I popped it on foam adhesive to add to my card. I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits again on white holographic paper to create little butterflies, two of which I added to my card, topped with opal rounds.

I used my Banner punch to cut two banners out of the pink holographic paper and the aqua paper. It was a tight fit, so I cut the aqua banner to a narrower size and I stuck to two rather than three like on the sketch. I added gold around the edges to make them stand out against the busy background, and I topped them with a sequin and a mini enamel dot.

Over it, I added a wood veneer circle, also rimmed with gold, and I created a couple of matching flowers out of my remaining Floral bits, and I topped them with buttons threaded with white twine. I used my last heart sticker in the wood circle as well, decorated with an opal round.

Supplies
Cardstock: So Saffron, Lucky Limeade, Soft Sky, Vellum Paper (Stampin' Up!); Mystical Opulent Cardstock Pack (Sizzix)
Patterned Papers, Cardstock Stickers: Mama Llama (Simple Stories)
Dies: Simply Sentimental Hugs (Trinity Stamps); Pinking Edge Square, Mini Fringe (My Favorite Things);
Zig-Zag Stackers (Penny Black); Beautiful Wings Embosslits (Sizzix for Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds, Stampin' Dimensionals, White Baker's Twine (Stampin' Up!);
Lights Floral Bits (Simple Stories); Buttons (Foof-a-La); Mini Enamel Dots (Violet Studio);
Iridescent Mini Star Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh); Gold DecoColor Marker (Marvy Uchida)