Mocha Morning with vellum butterflies

I was blown away by this sketch at Clean and Simple stamping on Friday and have been thinking about how to use it over the weekend.

When I was thinking about what image to use for my group of three embellishments I immediately thought of the challenge at Make My Monday: the theme there has been Nature throughout January and this week's particular challenge is to incorporate butterflies and dragonflies into our projects. Come and see what I've come up with:

The thing that really grabbed me about the sketch was the dotted line round the main panel and I immediately thought of piercing a border. It was easy to do this to my rich Early Espresso card base using my mat pack stencil and piercing tool and I love the way it turned out!

For the panel within the pierced border I chose this fabulous gold and Early Espresso designer paper from the Mocha Morning speciality range. As well as some papers with a gorgeous metallic finish like this one, the pack contains two wonderfully tactile flocked designs. I used my Beautiful Wings embosslits die to create these textured vellum butterflies and I like the way they contrast with the heavier background.

I tried embossing my sentiment in white but felt it was too defined compared to the vellum butterflies so, in the end, I stamped it in Whisper White craft ink which gave the right colour and finish.

Supplies needed for this card:

Stamps: Thank You Kindly

Ink: Whisper White craft ink

Card stock: Early Espresso

Other: Mocha Morning speciality designer paper, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, mat pack, paper piercer, paper snips

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Today when I was in the supermarket I saw a mum shopping with her toddler. They were walking through the vegetable section and I heard the little boy saying "Look Mummy, there are the mushrooms! We don't like mushrooms do we?!" His mum looked down at him. "Well actually I quite like them," she said. The child just couldn't understand this at all. "WHY do you like them Mummy?" he asked. Later, at home, I passed the door of my eldest son's bedroom and noticed that he'd dropped his clothes on the floor instead of hanging them up (yes, I know it's a lost cause!) I called for him to come upstairs only to be greeted with the same word - WHY? Ah the development of the male of the species!

Thank you for dropping in today. I'll be back with more crafting fun tomorrow and it would be great if you could join me!

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