Black & White Hope Butterfly

The Crafter's Companion Statement Butterfly die has made another appearance on this card. I fell over in the garden on Tuesday afternoon and smashed my left knee quite badly into a large rock in the rock garden. It is fair to say it very bloody hurt so I had to put the decorating in hold while the pain subsided and swelling went down. On Wednesday I cut out lots of pretty butterflies in different cards and papers. I have 2 drawers of offcuts so I selected lots of combinations. 

My plan is to make cards for my neighbours based on the same butterfly and sentiment using different papers and card layouts.

I used the current sketch for the layout from Stella Says Sketch.

The butterfly back layer is solid plain black then a solid layer of a glittery vellum. The top layer is the more ornate one cut from black card. I have added gems to the centre body.

The back layer of patterned card is an offcut from DCVW with lots of silver glitter on it. Following the layout of the sketch I added a self adhesive ribbon which was stuck to a strip of silver holographic card. The paper flowers have been coloured with a metallic silver pen and a black Promarker with a black gem added to the centre.

Finally I used a digital sentiment from McMahon Five Designs who retired some years ago from designing stamps. I coloured the hearts with a silver glitter gel pen.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Digital Sentiment - McMahon Five Designs (retired)

Dies - Statement Butterfly by Crafter's Companion 

Colouring Medium - Sakura Glitter Gel Pen, Pentel metallic silver pen, Black Promarker

Embellishments - gemstones, self adhesive ribbon from Papermania, miscellaneous paper flowers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #37 Anything Goes with a Critter
• 613 Avenue Create – #232 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #113 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 Anything Goes
• A Place to Start – Use Ribbons and/or bones
• Alphabet Challenge – A is for Anything
• Artystamper - #13 Things With Wings
• Arty Divas - #19 Anything Goes
• As You Like It - Favourite animal (butterfly, symbol of hope & metamorphis out of the darkness of a cocoon into the light in a different form)
• Aud Sentiments  – #248 Anything Goes With A Sentiment
• Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - # 32 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #4 Anything Goes
• Corrosive Challenge - #4 Anything Goes
• Country View Crafts – Animal Magic
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #552Create your own embellishment/flower
• Crafter’s Castle - #28 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore – #74 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - #37 Anything Goes with an Animal
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Add a Butterfly
• Crafty Catz - #501 Anything Goes [Max 3E]
• Crafty Creations  – #408 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Any Patterned paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #184 Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - #183 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #188 Anything Goes
• Die Cut Divas – Animals
• Dies R Us - #142 Anything Goes with a Store Die (Crafter’s Companion)
• Digi Choosday - #14 Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams – Add a Flower/Flowers
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – Bugs, Blossoms and/or Butterflies
• Happy Little Stampers Die Challenge - ATG with a Die / Diecut
• Ike’s World Challenge - #131 Anything Goes
• Jan’s Digi Stamps - #11 Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread - #117 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #129 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #45 Anything Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #36 Anything Goes
• Morgan’s Art World - #4 Anything
• Moving Along With The Times – #117 Diamante Embellishments
• Paperminutes - #635 Make Someone Happy
• Path of Positivity -  #78 Anything Positive/Style
• Polkadoodles - #14 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – #393 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #37 Show us Your Wings
• Simon Says Stamp Monday – Add Some Texture
• Stamper’s Delights – Anything Goes
• Stella Says Sketch - #807 Sketch for Layout
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes
• The Paper Funday Challenge - #16 Anything Goes 
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Through The Purple Haze - #166 Anything Goes
• Try It On Tuesday – Beauty of Nature
• We Love 2 Create - #4 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #434-435 Anything Goes