Butterfly Smiles

Welcome back!  It is almost the end of a cold wintery month, and I am dreaming about spring…

For the Facebook SU! Color (January) Palette, I chose to play with the 3-2-1 Recipe suggestion at Double Trouble (#183) who is partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#662).

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Highland Heather Dotted patterned piece of paper from the 2024/2025 Subtles Collection Designer Series Paper pack.  (Pattern Paper #1)
• Vertical Cross Strip: (2¼” x 5¼”) Navy and White Floral patterned paper from the Serene Love Designer Series Paper pack, and On-Line Exclusive product. (Pattern Paper #2)
  • The patterned paper Floral design was colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Cabbage Rose – Dark Highland Heather, Open Flowers – Light and Dark Lemon Lolly; Mini Blossoms Centers – Dark Lemon Lolly; Eucalyptus – Light Old Olive; and Mums – Light Blackberry Bliss.
• Decoration – Butterflies: Three different sized Butterflies were selected from the Paper Butterfly Accents pack. (Images – All 3)
  • The Butterfly Wings were colored with Lemon Lolly ink applied with a Sponge Dauber.
• Sentiment: Berry Burst cardstock scrap. (1 Smile sentiment)
  • The sentiment, You Make me smile, from the Happy Hibiscus stamp set, also an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder and then closely trimmed with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.

I grabbed Berry Burst instead of Blackberry Bliss for the sentiment by accident, but I like how it is a bit brighter and pops against other colors.

A pretty all occasion card…

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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Like this card? Want to make one similar?
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