Monday Monday....

Mondays.. mean back to work... Blah Blah... I held back a card that I finished yesterday just to have something to share today because it is Gymnastic's night for one of my girls... which means no cards for me today. :(

The butterflies are so beautiful and I couldn't capture their beauty on the camera. :( The background is very plain because I wanted to let the butterflies be the focal point and show off their beautiful wings.

I will share how I made the background and my butterflies.

Recipe:

Background:

1. Stamp the flowers using a light dye ink.
2. Stamp Versamark watermark ink on entire background. (The background ended up being slightly yellow as I used the same ink pad I used in my summer flowers. :)
3. Cover in Clear Embossing Powder and heat.

Butterflies...

1. I started with a very heavy gold cardstock. I purchased it at Xpedx http://www.xpedxstores.com/
2. I used a Zig Memory Makers glue pen and attached Fantasy Film to a 3" x 4" piece of the gold cardstock.
3. Stamp flower on the fantasy film using StaZon Ink.
4. Using the heat gun heat up the fantasy film. Hint: You need to keep watch if you get too hot the fantasy film will melt and leave holes.
5. Cut out butterflies from the stamped fantasy film/gold cardstock using my Cuttlebug with Nestabilities Butterflies.
6. I accessorized my ladies with some pink pearls.

I assembled the card and stamped the saying on the bottom corner.

Materials:

• StaZon Royal Purple Ink
• Spellbinders - Butterflies 2
• Adirondack Lights - Pink Sherbert
• Scrappy Cat - Inspirations
• All Night Media - Anna Griffen 48363A
• A Stamp in the Hand Co. - Q-1802 Tall Poppies
• Art Institute Glitter, Inc. - Strawberry Fantasy Film
• Crystal Stickers Pearls