Butterfly Basics And A Beautiful Birthday!

This pretty butterfly card is comes from an idea I got in workshop the other night. I was trying to bring in a stamp set from the main catalog.  So many good ones get forgotten in the excitement of an Occasions catalog that these excellent sets get forgotten.  Butterfly Basics has been a favorite set from the time it was launched.  I also wanted to use In Colors because I love how all the colors play together in those families and they are fun to demonstrate.  I originally did the card in the design shown below.  And this is the card most of my customers completed.  The DSP shows all 3 In Colors I used.  And it is a very pretty card as you can see below.

One of the the stampers in the workshop decided to flip her DSP over and when I saw it, I thought, now that is a WOW card!  I came home and tweaked the colors a bit and the large image above is my final interpretation of that card.

I also needed a card for this week’s  Global Design Challenge.  And this inspired my workshop card as well.  The challenge is “Case the Designer”.  And it is a good one, so I highly recommend you take a look at everyone’s entry this week by clicking HERE or the image below:Design for this card was easy to come up with because the idea was easily inspired by the challenge.  The centerpiece was the Stitched Framelit Circle.  I seem to use the stitched framelits all the time now.  I really don’t know how I lived without them!  I didn’t try to stamp perfect as I like to show in a workshop, it is okay not to be perfect.  Cards all have some handmade irregularities to them and this gives them charm.  And with a vintage look card, having some uneven tones is perfectly fine.

Lace doilies were a complete afterthought!  I happened to see one on my desk and I knew it would be perfect cut in half and layered under the circle.  With vintage looks, you can layer it on and it all works.  With that in mind, I added some pearls to the butterflies and decided to tie a linen thread bow on the burlap ribbon.  I stopped myself there because I can really pile it on a card sometimes! And this is a workshop card and we won’t have all night!

Recipe

Papers: Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Succulent Garden DSP
Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Papillon Potpourri
Embellishments: Lace Doilies, 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread, Basic Pearls
Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch