The butterfly long loved the beautiful rose…

My card today features the elegantly beautiful Cameo 14 from Fitztown.

I’ve made this card for a friend’s birthday and, as she is more elegant than alternate, I’ve turned what looked like a tattoo into body jewellery through some very fiddly paper tole.  Not to set myself too easy a task I also paper tolled the tiny butterfly in her hair, very fiddly stuff indeed!

I started out with the image in mind and then used the photo inspiration from Live and Love Crafts to help me decorate my card.  The palette of browns and creams from the photo gave a lovely vintage feel to the card and I picked up the pink in my butterflies.  I used the roses themselves in my floral embellies.  I also used the lace and various trims as inspiration to add to my embellies.

At Paradise of Stamps, they are looking for ribbon, lace and pearls, all of which I have covered.  I added tiny pearls to both butterflies for their bodies and also twisted some Memory Thread around some pearl trim to put round my flowers.  There was a lot of space in the lace I used so I threaded through some ribbon and finished off with three large pearls (just realised they look like metal screws in the photo!).

My card follows the current sketch at Sparkles Monthly.  I decided not to cut paper for the round element but instead made this from flowers coloured with PanPastels.  I nestled a butterfly I punched with my new Tim Holtz punch among the flowers to break up the browns and also to tie in with the image.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B91, B97

Lips R14, R46

Hair E42, E44, E50, Y21

Outfit B21, B23, B26, BV02, BV13, BV17

Earring B12, B14, B37

Butterflies RV11, RV32, RV34, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

PanPastel ~ Bronze, Red Iron Oxide Extra Dark & Rich Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Noor! Design Die ~ 6002/0356 Frame and Three Corners

Tim Holtz Punch ~ Medium Butterfly

Embellishments

Brown Pearls from stash

I Am Roses ~ Gardenia (GS2-15), ¾" Open Roses (ZR3-15) & Sweetheart Blossoms (S10-15)

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso & Tea Dye

Wink of Stella ~ Dark Pink & Gold

Papers

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Brown

Maja Design It’s Christmas Time ~ Spirit

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC Memory Thread ~ 6030 Dark Ecru

Green Tara ~ 3mm Pearl Trim Cream

Guipure Lace from stash

Embroidered Satin Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Fitztown ~ Cameo 14

Challenges

Live and Love Crafts #39 ~ Photo Inspiration Collage

 Paradise of Stamps #26 ~ Ribbon, Lace & Pearls

Sparkles Monthly #72 ~ A Sketch

 

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