Butterfly Buckles

 A very good  Christmas Eve's morning to all!  Sometimes when I finish a card, I end up having some nickname for it and this one was my buckle card as that is what it reminded me of.  I cut the "buckles" using two of the large label dies to create little frames that were just the right size for the cotton hemp ribbon to fit through.  The teal piece I cut to go across and secure the ribbon was one of the fancy tags and I think it worked a treat for this.  I decided to tier them down so I would have a place for my sentiment in the corner.  I offset it with a bow in the opposite corner.  I really like how the backing paper (Graphic 45) has a real country feel to it and so does the ribbon and twine.  I inked around the edge of the paper with Frayed Burlap to distress it a bit more too.  The butterflies were actually cut out of tracing paper I found (I was looking or vellum for these originally) and I really liked the softness that all the layers of the tracing paper gave them.  I added three small pearls to the centre of each of the butterfly bodies to define them.  There is a close up below for you.  And piercing, where would I be without my trusty piercing ruler!  I hope you like it as it is a bit different.  All for now, Sue x