Wonderful, uncomplicated sketch, Roxie! I tweaked it a bit in that my horizontal band doesn't go all the way across. It would just be hidden by the flower anyway, so I confined it to my sentiment.
For my card, I stamped the background on turquoise paper with lime ink. I used the tiny specks image and teal ink on the teal, olive and grass green card stocks, then stamped the different sizes of flowers and cut them out. The sentiment and butterflies were stamped on grass green c/s that was spritzed with bleach. A little color was added to the large butterfly with a marker.
On the green frame, I used an embossing border to create my frame and sponged it w/ calypso blue ink. The teal card was also stamped with the specks background image. I used a stylus on the back of the butterflies and flowers to give them some shape and used foam tape to elevate the wings and petals.
Thanks so much for looking! Close ups and links are on my blog: The Write Stuff
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Wed, May 26, 2010 @ 3:27 PM
Ooooh, the colors on this beauty are sooo gorgeous, Julie....I love how you tweaked the sketch to make it your own and the butterflies and flowers are STUNNING!!!!