Butterflies and Birthdays

I think butterflies and birthdays are a great combination... and take a look at this image from Sweet Pea plate #2!!!
On this birthday card I stamped the image onto white glossy paper that was lightly sponged with pale pinks and blues. In fact, so light that I think it may be difficult to see in this picture. I used a pink marker to add more color to both butterflies. I got out my Cuttlebug and used a butterfly die and embossing folder to create the butterfly I attached to the front of the card. I lightly rubbed a dark peony chalk ink pad across the butterfly to catch the raised areas. I also ran a piece of core'dinations black magic card stock through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder. After the piece was embossed I sanded the piece to reveal the deep pink core of the paper. I used a decorative corner punch and attached a pink ribbon to the right edge of the core'dinations piece before assembling all the pieces onto the pink card. I used the dark peony chalk ink pad to color the edges of the pink card.


For this card I stamped the image onto a piece of multi-colored background. After trimming the image I mounted onto a slightly larger piece of dark blue card stock and then onto a piece of gold card stock. I attached the mounted piece near the top of the dark blue card. I took a strip of the dark blue card and ran it through the Cuttlebug with a border embossing folder. I attached it to a slightly larger piece of the gold card stock using matching flower brads. I then attached the strip to the bottom of the card. I like the clean and simple look of this card.





For this card I stamped the image onto a piece of alcohol ink background. After trimming the image I mounted onto a slightly larger piece of metallic silver card stock and then onto a slightly larger piece of dark blue card stock. I ran a narrow piece of the same metallic silver card stock through the Cuttlebug with an embossing border folder and then mounted onto dark blue card stock. Before attaching both pieces to the blue card, I sponged iris blue chalk ink to the blue card to add some texture to the card.