Summer Butterflies

Today's card was inspired by the sketch over at Totally Gorjuss.  I decided to go with a summer theme using strawberry pink, aqua and cream.

The papers were Spring Jubilee by Pink Paislee and I've used my Martha Stewart scalloped edge punch and Nestabilities die.  The butterfly was created using a Marianne die in my Cuttlebug.  Mini pearls from my stash were used to embellish the card edge and butterfly.  The sentiment was found online but sorry I can't remember where now.

I would like to enter this creation in the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - #139 It's a sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Strawberries & Cream

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A butterfly sympathy card

My brother asked me to create a sympathy card for him to send to a friend so I decided on a blue and ivory theme using butterflies.  I ordered some pearlescent card from Ebay and a new embossing folder and decided I would use a die-cut butterfly to finish off the design.  Unfortunately, although dispatched some time ago my Marianne butterfly die has not arrived and I think it's looking less and less likely that it ever will :(.  Due to this I've used a mirrored butterfly instead that I bought a while ago from a sale at Hobbycraft.

The embossing folder is 'Garden Flowers' by Crafts Too and I've used my Nellie Snellen die to cut the circle.  the flowers, ribbon and pearls were from my stash and I've printed the sentiment using a grayscale shade.  I'm quite pleased with how the overall card came out and I think it's definitely a design I could use for other occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays etc.

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