Vintage Butterflies

 

Would you have thought that this card started from the scrap of Merry Merlot, and strip of Fine Art Floral designer series paper?  Well it did!  I am really enjoying these papers!  I didn't really have a plan for this card, so I kept adding different bits and pieces.

 

I cut a piece of Petal Pink the same size as the Merry Merlot (2 3/4" x 3 3/4" each) - then decided that they both needed to embossed using different folders.  More texture!  I used Painted Texture on the Merry Merlot piece, and Parisian Flourish on the Petal Pink piece.  I almost glued those down on the Mossy Meadow card base, but then I thought....that base was too plain.

Textured Essentials stamps to the rescue!  I went a bit overboard with the "flourishy" stamp - I started with just the 4 corners, but didn't like what was peeking out...so I covered the card base.  Even overlapped some.  :(  That was maybe a smidge too much.  Anyway - moving on...I glued the embossed pieces down directly to the card front. 

I was ready to glue down the strip of designer series paper too, but decided I wanted to rip the edges.  Make it a little shabby chic.  I was undecided what to add next, but I had a teeny tiny scrap of the dsp - I looked to my left, and saw my new Brilliant Wings dies and thought - perfect!   

Here's a tip - when you are trying to cut something very detailed out of designer series paper, it helps to glue/tape the dsp on to a piece of cardstock first.  You can cut the dsp just by itself, but sometimes a very detailed die makes the die-cut very flimsy to work with...even hard to get out of the die sometimes.  Make it a wee bit sturdier like this, and then die-cut.

So I did that with one of the butterflies, and cut another one out of Merry Merlot.  Not all of the bits came out of the buttefly wings, but I left it!  GASP!  I liked it...   Since I was getting a shabby or vintage vibe from the card, I tucked/glued some Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace trim under the dsp strip.  

I finished by stamping "hello" from Quite Curvy, and hand-cutting it.  Pop that up, and then added a few Elegant Faceted Gems (the clear ones).  

I hope you find some little scrap of paper or bit of something that inspires you!  You never know what's going to get your creativity going!

Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted.  Items may be retired.):

Stamps:  Quite Curvy, Textured Essential

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot, Petal Pink, Very Vanilla, Fine Art Floral designer series paper

Other:  Brilliant Wings dies, Painted Texture & Parisian Flourish embossing folders, Elegant Faceted Gems, Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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