February Blog Hop

 Spring = Flowers and Butterflies

This card features the DSP called Tea for Two. I layered 2 pieces from the same sheet of paper using one side as the mat and the other side as the background for the heart cut from Very Vanilla using the Hearts a Flutter framelit which is the focal point. One of the Antique Brads, Soft Suede 3/8" Taffeta ribbon and sentiment from Occasional Quotes  finish off the design. Papers were distressed using the new distressing tool and Soft Suede ink. Base card is Certainly Celery.

Tea For Two Birthday

Calypso Coral and Pool Party Combo

 Starting with a base card of Pool Party card stock, I layered first with Calypso Coral and then with paper from the Sycamore Street DSP collection. The flower is constructed from Pop up Posies using a button from the Sycamore Street Button and Ribbon set and a large rhinestone. Then a strip of the fabric from the Tea for Two group. I could not find my box of Vintage Trinkets so used a safety pin from my sewing box colored with a Sharpie marker to pin the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped on a piece of Pool Party punched with the 7/8" Scallop Circle punch.

                                                  

Creating this card I looked up the coloring for real butterflies to color mine. My base card is Crumb Cake and I used the First Edition Specialty DSP for the layered piece. I used the new distressing tool again and after stamping it with the Swallowtail in Soft Suede and edging it to "antique" it. I used the Papillon Potpourri set, stamping with Versa Mark and Black embossing powder.  My Watercolor Pencils came out of the drawer and were used to color each butterfly as realistically as I could to mimic a Blue Admiral, Zebra Monarch  and another exotic swallowtail. I then used the Bitty Butterfly Punch and the Elegant Butterfly Punch. I used the linen thread and the ticket punch stamped with a sentiment from Bloomin' Marvelous.

Butterflies...Real or Not??