Butterfly Love

Hello!

Can you believe July is a breath away from being over?  This summer is going by so quick!  We've reached the point in the summer where most of my plants are begging for mercy from the heat.  I plan most of my day around where I can plant my butt in front of an A/C vent - that is, if I can get there before one of our dogs or cats has claimed all the good spots! 

Today's card features Concord & 9th's Butterfly Love Stamps, and Butterfly Love Dies (also available as a bundle).   This card uses a vellum panel as an overlay to soften the stamped background.  This still allows the pattern to show through, but keeps the butterfly elements on top the stars of the card.

I wanted to pull in some fun blues and purples for this card, so I began by stamping the largest butterfly in Tin Pail ink onto some Whip Cream card stock.  I colored it in, with Color Burst pencils,  using the stamped areas as my guide.

Colored Pencils Used:

025, 027, 031, 033, 034, 042

Continuing with the same color scheme, I stamped the turnabout butterflies onto a piece of Whip Cream card stock, using Tin Pail, Pool Play, another round of Tin Pail, and Pretty Amethyst. I layered that panel onto a panel of Denim Days.  I die cut my colored butterfly, along with the body from Black Licorice, and a few smaller butterflies out of the Denim card stock.  I laid the butterflies out to figure out placement for my sentiment, before stamping and heat embossing the sentiment in gold, onto a vellum panel, the same size as the stamped panel.  

I adhered a strip of Denim, and Mirror Gold card stocks under the sentiment, and attached the butterflies.  I used the edge of my bone folder to slightly curve their wings for some dimension before attaching.  Then I was able to place adhesive underneath these elements to adhere the vellum to the panel stamped with the turnabout stamp.  The card front was mounted on a white card base. 

If you've been following my blog for some time, you will know this final step.  Butterflies always get a little shimmer, so I used my Nuvo Shimmer pen to add a bit of shine in the center of their wings.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

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