Stamp Act: If nothing ever changed, there would be no Butterflies....

Hi!

Gina K Designs is having multiple technique challenges that will be going on over a period of 10 days. So far there have been 8 challenges so there are only a couple more. One of the techniques for the challenge was shimmering background. You can find the tutorial HERE along with all the other challenges! My photos aren't real great but the shimmer is really pretty, believe me!!! LOL!!!

The base of this card is Blush Blossom with a mat of Basic Gray CS. The rest of the paper is from Basic Grey's Capella Collection. I embossed the grey background paper using my Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I then used my Stardust glitter pen and colored the raised portions left from embossing. The butterfly and sentiment are from Take Flight. The butterfly was stamped on another pattern from the Capella Collection using Basic Gray ink and then I added some color with my Blush Blossom marker. The sentiment was stamped using my Going Gray ink pad.

I then added the peach organdy ribbon and tied on a Basic Gray flower button with White Scrapper's floss. Here is a closer look at the background ~

Now on to my second card. The technique I used on the second card is to tie a button on a bow! I love doing that, in fact, I did it on my previous card as well!

The base of this card is Select White and is 4 1/4" square. I then added Night of Navy and Kraft CS that I faux stitched around. The frame is from Lovely Labels 1 and was stamped on Daffodil Delight using Night of Navy Craft ink. I then cut it out and matted it with Select White which was cut using my Labels 1 Nesties. I stamped the frame again on Select White using Daffodil Delight ink and the sentiment using Night of Navy ink. I then used my Circle Nesties to cut out the center, added the butterflies and then tied on a clear heart button using navy twine on Daffodil Delight ribbon,