I first met her when she loved all things pink, anything with glitter and polka dots. She was just a tiny girl with such an imagination and loving heart. Through the years she has gone through many phases, including loving all thing black, or even nothing at all. Glad to report that she again loves all things pink. She loves all things glittery and she loves all things with polka dots.
By using the simple and sweet sketch at the Limelight PaperCrafts Challenge (thanks Lynn!) and the colors for the Play Date Cafe Challenge, this card came together in just the right ways for me. I pulled out a scrap of pink paper that had been embossed and die cut a large butterfly. After sponging it with ink (to make it a raspberry color and for depth), I added painted Stickles to make the design pop a bit more. Have you ever done this? Quite fun, I must say! I cut some ruffled ribbon in half and added that for the scallops and then added some additional white highlights to bring the card together.
Supplies Used: Cardstock: Kraft (PTI) Pretty in Pink (Stampin Up) Patterned Paper: Just Chillin Girls Collection (Making Memories) Stamp: Communique (PTI) Hybrid Pigment Ink: Fresh Snow (PTI) Pigment Ink: Rose Red (Stampin Up) Ribbon: White Ruffled (May Arts) Embossing Plate: Backgrounds 1 Die Cut: Beautiful Butterflies (Stampin Up), Other: Rhinestones (Michaels), Stickles: Ice (Ranger), White Gel Pen (Signo), Thread (DMC) Tools: Corner Round Punch (Stampin Up)
Super cute Karen! I love butterflies. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card! I love this butterfly!
ReplyDeletesuper cute!
ReplyDeletewell you know how I feel about pink... :) Love this- that butterfly is really fun! And the white ruffle looks so sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Karen! I LOVE the random white outlined circles - very clever of you! It makes the dotted paper just that much more interesting -
ReplyDeleteHugs!
nice work...love your choice of colors on the kraft...the stickles add some fabbie zing:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely butterfly! So cute the way you made the body!
ReplyDeletevery sweet card, karen! love the white circles around the dots, and that gorgeous butterfly:) isn't this sketch fun?!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card, Karen! The white sponging really gives it a soft, dreamy feel! Love the stickles on the butterfy and the way you highlighted some of the white circles too!!! Such incredible attention to detail!
ReplyDeleteooooh, what a fantastic colour combo and beautiful card design. Love the little details like the Stickles, but especially the lace ruffle!
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Delightful Karen... Love that sentiment font...so pretty.
ReplyDeletegreat job with the colors...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Karen! I love the colors and the little ruffle on the side! I'll be featuring your card on my blog tomorrow...so glad you played along! :)
ReplyDeleteso pretty - oh how I love any excuse to use Stickles!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE everything butterfly!! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteWonderfu like the 3d look!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, love the beaded looking body of the butterfly - thanks for playing along at the play date cafe :)
ReplyDeleteso pretty! that butterfly really pops!! love it!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful love the butterfly!!!
ReplyDeleteso adorable, I just got the pti butterfly die, cant wait to use it ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is darling, Karen! Love the blingy butterfly! Thanks for playing along with the Play Date Cafe!!
ReplyDeleteSo PRETTY! LOVE the white ruffle and polka dots1
ReplyDeleteLove what you did with the butterfly...the glitter and beads. Beautiful ribbon scallops and sponging on the kraft. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteL O V E this!!
ReplyDeleteThis card is JUST dreamy! Yeah, for the girl who loved, forgot and then fell in love with pink, polka dots and life! What a perfect Birthday greeting!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous!! I love butterflies to begin with and so this is just too beautiful for me!! :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE your butterfly!! So much awesome texture!
ReplyDeleteLovely clean design. Very pretty card. Thanks for joining us a the PDCC this week.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great sketch to use with the color combo! Beautiful card:) Thanks for joining in the fun at the PDCC:)
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