Butterfly, butterfly, fly away

      It's butterflies galore for this week's challenge at Papercraft Star.  Rilly recently added these gorgeous Flowers and Music images to The House Across the Bay shop and I thought they would make the perfect backdrop for my little flutterbys.  Those little beauties came from another digi sheet called Nature Book Plates.  I printed them out, cut them out, sprayed them with Glimmer Mist so they would sparkle, and then covered them with Glossy Accent.  IRL they look like porcelain!
     The card itself is a faux book card that measures 4.5" x 5.5".  I hadn't made one in a while and it gave me the chance to use almost all the images from the first digi sheet.  I printed them out, distressed the edges and inked them too.  For the cover I created a little envelope pocket for one of the music sheets to fit into.

      The inside cover is another musical sheet as well and so is the background of the faux page section.  It's hard to see, but all the images are layered on top of a mat that's been edges with gold ink.  I used the same ink on the faux pages to give them a gilded look.

      Another one of the beautiful flower images covers the back of the card.  The next pic is a close up for the front cover.  I was trying to capture the porcelainized look of the butterflies but it didn't show up all that well. :-(

     Everybody loves butterflies and I bet you've got a stamp, die, Cricut cartridge, or embellishment somewhere in your stash that would make a perfect butterfly entry for our challenge.  Link 'em up and let us see.
     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Recollections
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Flowers and Music (221)" and "Nature Bookplates (153)"
• Ink:  Frayed Burlap Distress ink, Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist
• Tools:  Martha Stewart score board
• Miscellaneous:Glossy Accents, Prima Flowers, Martha Stewart ribbon