Butterflies

Hello there my crafty friends!  I have actually done this card before in a different colour scheme and using different stamps, but I thought it was interesting to show it in the purple-blue version here.  I started by stamping my sentiment in black in the corner of a piece of coconut white card.  I used one of the aperture dies from my Magical butterfly set as I love the edge it gives the aperture!  I cut it twice, turning the butterfly at a different tilt each time.  I added mounting foam to the back of this piece and then started on the stamped parts.  I personally find it easier to stamp a separate card for each aperture and then add it behind each of  the openings, but you could also trace your butterfly through the aperture so you know where to stamp if you only want to do one piece.  I stamped the Dandelion Meadow stamp (which is a stamp that matches my Austrian Collection dies) in black Archival.  I then inked the centre of the stamp with Shaded Lilac.  I added a ring of Peacock Feathers around that and a final ring of Dusty Concord.  I blended all three colours together lightly and dried them well with a heat tool.  I added each of the stamped images behind the openings so they were recessed due to the added mounting foam.  I cut three of the smallest butterflies from the set in black and added them to the open corner in the card.  I finished the card with a white pierced mat layer and a final white mat behind that.  I'm not sure if you recall the yellow, orange and red version of this card last year, but curious which one you prefer?  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x  8 1/2" in size.

The winner of the Wednesday Card Giveaway is:

Maria Alder!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your card!  All for now, Sue x