Purple Bloom

I thought I'd have a break from Christmas cards this week so here is a birthday card that I made for my Daughter in law. This beautiful flower is  from a Chocolate Baroque set of stamps called Breath of Spring. I stamped it with Memento elderberry ink onto white card and coloured it with Promarkers. After trimming it down I inked the edges with shaded lilac Distress Ink.I mounted it onto some mirri card which I think is called gunmetal, a sort of dark silver colour, leaving a narrow border, and then onto mauve pearl card. The base card is a 5"x 7" folded card blank, and I used a stencil called Quatrefoil from The Crafters Workshop and a duster brush with the lilac DI to add some interest to opposite corners. I wrapped some matching ribbon round the folded edge and added a bow, and then stuck the image panel on. The sentiment stamp is from the same CB set and I stamped it with the elderberry ink, and mounted it to match. This is fixed with foam pads to overlap the flower panel. I used the tiniest snippet of the mirri card to cut a butterfly with a Cheery Lynne die, I just managed to fit it on so that it cut properly. Using another die from the same set I cut the solid butterfly to go behind it using some very old shiny paper that has a kind of interference effect of changing colour when it's moved. I have a little stack of this paper some of which is bright colours and some like the bit I used here are pale. I don't know why it has stayed unused for so long except that it is quite thin and I wasn't sure what to use it for, but it is perfect for these butterflies.

As I have used up some snippets for the butterfly and the sentiment pieces I am off to join in the fun at The Pixies Snippets Playground. They are a lovely bunch of friendly playmates there, if a little mischievous at times. All you have to do to join in the fun is to use up some of those snippets of card that we all seem to collect.

I am also entering at Great Impressions Challenge - Floral Images
                       
                               Crafter's Cafe Challenge- Use Ribbon and /or Lace in Your Design