This week, City Crafter Challenge Blog uses a vintage, graphic image of this butterfly. selected by Linda Robnson…
I copied the image a total of five times…
The largest copy is of the butterfly on it’s card. Copied again at the same size, I fussy cut and positioned it to sit on top of the butterfly card for dimension.
I made a little envelope from kraft card stock, sized for the butterfly panel, then stamped it with a flourish and wrapped it with a hand dyed silk ribbon.
Three butterflies, each progressively smaller, were cut out and adhered with their wings folded up a bit for interest. To keep the wings in shape and elevated, I coated the back of the paper with matte sealer. On the front of each butterfly, I drew over the black areas with an iridescent gelly roll pen to add some lightness and reflection to the matte paper surface. I love the look of a flurry of butterflies escaping from the envelope! A sentiment can be added to the upper left portion of the background paper or as a tag and attached to the envelope.
Thanks for stopping by~
*Hugs*
Rebecca
| Card stock | very vanilla | Stampin’Up |
| classic kraft | Papertrey Ink | |
| Pattern paper | dragonflies | Pink Paislee |
| Stamps | vintage labels | Papertrey Ink |
| Die ink | classic kraft | Papertrey Ink |
| Fibers | burlap | Joanne’s |
| Ribbon | silk | hand dyed |
| Glimmer pen | irridescent gelly roll | Sakura |
What a beautiful creation, I love it! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!
FYI – The butterfly image from Graphics Fairy was selected by our DT Linda Robinson and not our GD Linda Breedlove. : )
I’ve been looking at the butterfly image for an hour and haven’t gotten a single inspiration. I’m amazed at what you’ve made! It’s intriguing, attention holding and I truly don’t know how you cme up with your ideas!
What a beautiful cards!! Love the butterfly comming out of the envelope!! Very creative!!
SOOO GORGEOUS such a great idea!
This is so lovely … I adore the way you have the butterfly card coming from the envelop … thanks so much for playing along at CCCB … always lovely to have you here!
Love the way the butterfly appears to come to life as it leaves the envelope and then gently floats and flutters away! This is so beautiful!
Oh, wow! What a great idea to create a flurry of butterflies coming out of the envelope. YOu always have such a neat take on things, Rebecca.
Love what you have done here with the butterflies escaping from the envelope
Oh my.. Your card is Beautiful. I just love how you used this weeks image. I am so glad you played along with us over at CCCB!
So GORGEOUS! LOVE the different sized butterflies and how you used them! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CCCB!!