This card uses the sketch from Our Creative Corner . When I saw the circles I thought it would be fun to make flowers and have butterflies sitting on them. I wanted my flowers to be more than just punched so I used stamps that were outline and stamped them in a darker complimentary color on the cardstock. I wanted the butterflies to have the same effect so I stamped the Baroque Motifs swirl in a darker complimentary color on the cardstock then punched them out. To add some more punch (no pun intended ) I used stickles to highlight the butterfly body. I didn't think that was enough glitter so I used Gelly Roll pens and Spica microflake pens to trace over the stamped image on the flowers.
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, Delight in Life, Simply Said (all retired), Baroque Motifs, In Full Bloom
Paper: Almost Amethyst, Always Artichoke, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Le Jardin DS Paper
Ink: Always Artichoke, Brilliant Blue, Lovely Lilac, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Small and Large oval punches, Martha Stewart rose petal & butterfly & branch punches, ribbon, Orange & Olive Spica microflake pen, Blue Star & Purple Star Gelly Roll pens, sponge dauber, sticky tape, dimensionals
Registered: May 9, 2008 Location: N.Tonawanda, NY between Buffalo and Niagara Falls Posts: 2748
Sun, Feb 15, 2009 @ 9:28 AM
Your card turned out beautiful. Sometimes I think we are on a constant quest to get more stuff, when we should be finding ways to use all the stuff we have. Thanks for the inspiration today. Very nice card.
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