Sparkly Butterfly
It’s Monday and I just finished typing up the BIC7 challenge. I looked at the image and wrote down blue and brown as colors (totally ignoring the touch of purple) and butterfly and leaves as images. I was about to get ready to stamp a sample when I looked at my pile of cards that I hadn’t posted yet. Check it out. I already had a sample. LOL
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Close to Cocoa cardstock, folded in half with the edges of the cardfront sponged.
Next is a 4″ Blush Blossom square. The edges were punched with the ticket corner punch.
On top of that is a 2″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Petal Patch designer paper (retired) on the top half, a 1 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Close to Cocoa Prints designer paper on the bottom. The corners were ticket corner punched as well and the edges were paper pierced. I tied 5/8″ wide Celery Grosgrain ribbon around the blush blossom and DP layers. I love this ribbon. I wish we had it in even more colors. It’s such a nice width.
For the main image I stamped the butterfly in Close to Cocoa on Blush Blossom paper from the Petal Patch pack. It was cut out and adhered with dimensionals first on a 1″ Certainly Celery Prints Designer Paper circle, then on a 1 1/4″ circle of bashful blue Petal Patch paper. I paper pierced the blue circle.
Next I stamped the frame from Frames and Flourishes in Close to Cocoa on the Blush Blossom paper from Petal Patch. I colored the flowers with bashful blue ink, the leaves with Certainly celery ink and blender pen. I cut 1/8″ all around the frame and layered it on a sponged Close to Cocoa scallop square that I made with my Nestabilities. Have I mentioned lately that I LOVE my Nesties??? I am so addicted to scallops as I am sure you can tell by my uploads. I adhered the butterfly circles in the middle of my frame and attached the frame to my card with dimensionals.
For the sentiment I only inked up kind from Kind Thoughts with Chocolate Chip and stamped it on the Blush paper from Petal Patch pack. It was punched out with the small oval punch and paper pierced. The flower from Kind Thoughts was stamped in Bashful blue on the Bashful Blue paper of the Petal Patch paper, topped with the outline flower from the same set in Chocolate Chip. I added a brown brad in the flower center and adhered it with dimensionals.
For the final touch I outlined the Butterfly and the oval with Stardust Stickles. I also added some of that on the inside of the flower.
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This is just beautiful, Beate! Love it!
Posted by: Charmaine | April 1st, 2008 08:32
I am constantly amazed by your attention to details!!! It inspires me to step it up a notch!!!! I love this card!
Posted by: Renee Clark | April 1st, 2008 08:57
Wow, Beate !!! This is gorgeous !!!! I love how you pulled all these colors together !
Okay….stop reading this right now and go hug your husband !!!….go on….go hug him !
Posted by: Corinne (aka Roxy) | April 1st, 2008 09:06
I am amazed! Again! So Beautiful and so many little details!
Posted by: Jamie Sears | April 1st, 2008 09:45
Beate - your card is gorgeous!!! Love how you used all the colors and I wish you would have added a touch of purple - he,he,he!!!
Love the glitter on the butterfly too - nice touch!!!
Posted by: Silke Ledlow | April 1st, 2008 09:52
This is beautiful!!
Posted by: Robyn | April 1st, 2008 10:00
Beautiful card! Love the piercing!
Posted by: Alesha Walls | April 1st, 2008 10:31
Beautiful - I totally love that butterfly!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Posted by: Alexandra Hobson | April 1st, 2008 10:40
This is just super Beate…love every inch of it!
Posted by: Allison | April 1st, 2008 10:49
This is absolutely STUNNING Beate! STUNNING!!!!!! Did I say STUNNING????
Posted by: Alli Miles | April 1st, 2008 10:56
All of those layers under the butterfly are so gorgeous. Great card.
Posted by: Bethany Paull | April 1st, 2008 11:08
Oh my gosh…it’s so gorgeous, Beate!! I love the frame around your butterfly…and everything is sooo beautiful!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | April 1st, 2008 11:34
Oooo….so pretty! Of course! Couldn’t you pass some of that talent round to the rest of us?!?
Posted by: Lynn | April 1st, 2008 12:00
Beate, this is absolutely beautiful!!! Thanks for always sharing your work with us:)
Posted by: Amy Hoogstad | April 1st, 2008 12:03
Oh WOW — this is so gorgeous, Beate!! Beautiful colors!
Posted by: Christina Fischer | April 1st, 2008 12:52
Love the colors and all the details!
Posted by: Jessica | April 1st, 2008 12:54
WOW, beautiful colors…Deine Karten sind immer eine absolute Augenweide..:-) h&s Silke
Posted by: Silli | April 1st, 2008 12:58
This is so gorgeous! Fabulous details!!
Posted by: Maren | April 1st, 2008 14:29
wow, another good one!!!!!
Posted by: antje | April 1st, 2008 14:56
This is so pretty. I love all the matting you’ve done. I also need to remember that it’s okay, in fact a fantastic idea, to stamp a word onto designer paper and use it. I don’t know why I haven’t yet…it will come!!! Joan
Posted by: Joan Jeffery | April 1st, 2008 15:16
This is beautiful! Love the butterfly and all the details!
Posted by: amy g. | April 1st, 2008 17:36
I just love this! Thanks for sharing…I can’t wait to play!
Posted by: Jennifer Buck | April 1st, 2008 18:43
This is a very pretty card!
Posted by: Maria Matter | April 1st, 2008 19:18
Sooo pretty! You are so the Queen of mixing everything together!
Posted by: Angie Tieman | April 1st, 2008 19:56
Would it be a dream come true for you if SU! added Nesties and Stickles to the catty? This card makes me feel happy. Like spring would make me feel happy if it would ever come!! You must be so warm and toasty down in Florida to make such a springy card!!! LOL!
Posted by: Brandi | April 1st, 2008 20:35
Beautiful card Beate!! Wish I had your vision with these inspiration pieces!
Posted by: Dawn E. | April 1st, 2008 20:38
The touch of green is fabulous! Great card Beate! Hugs, Deb
Posted by: Deborah | April 1st, 2008 20:44
This is so incredibly beautiful! I really like how you colored the frame with markers!
Posted by: Danielle | April 1st, 2008 20:46
I’m just lovin’ your sparkly butterfly card…It is just spectacular!
Posted by: ~amy~ | April 1st, 2008 22:08
I’m out of town for work right now but couldn’t resist checking your blog - don’t know when I’ll have internet access again. The card is amazing as usual and I can wait to try the BIC when I get home on Sunday.
Have a great week and take care.
Posted by: Glenda | April 1st, 2008 23:25
Wow! You really inspire me. Love it!
Posted by: Goldie | April 1st, 2008 23:28
This is so elegant and gorgeous Beate. Great work!
Posted by: Lauren | April 2nd, 2008 08:34
OK….I’m hooked. Checked out the Nesties site. Can’t figure what small and large are (as the large looks small and the small looks large) And….how do you use them? With a Cuttlebug?? Sorry…Just feeling rather stupid! Just got the Cuttlebug today…and found these great samples from info on SCS
http://www.heartprints.net/gallery/cuttlebug/page/2/
Posted by: djolet | April 2nd, 2008 17:26
Beate, this is totally amazing and gorgeous!
Posted by: Debbie Olson | April 3rd, 2008 22:51