Jeweled Butterfly

Hi everyone!  I have a surprise post for you today.  Normally I post on the weekend but I made a butterfly card last night and really wanted to share it!

I love butterflies.  They are so delicate and add whimsy and dimension to any project.  I used the latest Frantic Stamper butterfly dies to make this card.  I love that they made a solid one to match the cut out butterflies.  I always mat my butterflies so that I can stretch their wings!

This card uses only the solid butterfly die.  More room to decorate!

 

 

I had this really great butterfly paper that I rediscovered in one of my 6x6 pads while I was cleaning up my small but crowded work space...LOL.

 

I used Robins Nest Dew Drops in the dark blue rounds and some diamond shapes.  I also added some lavender and white pearl Liquid Pearls to the wings.

 

Here is a side view.

Thanks for stopping by!
Lis

Thank You Card

 

I wasn't sure what to call this design. It reminds me of old Italian or Byzantine.  This is, of course, one of Tim Holtz' new Frameworks dies - called Trellis.  I really love dies that have designs tat I can play around with and change to my liking.  I can see the Frameworks dies being one of these.

 

I cut the framework out with some of the Tim Holtz paper stash I have.  I also cut it out of some dark purple and also out of grungeboard.  I used the little pieces from the purple ad the grungeboard to fill n the design in my card.

 

To prep the grungeboard, I simply added Tarnished Bronze Distress Stain to it. After it dried, I stamped some writing in StazOn Black.  If I had to do it again I would pick a stamp that had thicker lines as it's difficult to see my stamped image. One nice thing about the grungeboard is that its thicker than the surrounding paper, so it really adds a nice bit of dimension to my card.

 

 

 

I used glue stick to adhere everything onto a navy blue card base.  I added the blue bling last.

 

I colored my label (which was plain chipboard) and my ribbon (which was white) with Vintage Photo Distress Stain,  I also added some touches of the Tarnished Bronze to my ribbon.  It created a nice shimmer to parts of my ribbon.

 

I added a gold sentiment (Dazzles) and done.  I am thinking of changing this to a Happy Fathers Day card.  It has a nice masculine feel.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Lis