Spotlight on border stamps: Butterfly Chevron Card

Hello

Today I am continuing on with my spotlight on border stamps mini series.  I decided to stray from the normal sized card and make a mini one instead.  This card caused me a lot of grief, but then again I was having one of those days where things didn't want to co-operate with me......  While crafting I broke a wire in my bra, got pink ink everywhere and gave up on making the envelope for it.  Even after all this trouble I'm super happy with how the second version turned out (yes, I had to start again!).

Butterfly Chevron Card

Materials:

• White card (Trophee, 240gsm, white linen), silver paper (Rosie's studio).
• Pink ink (Tim Holtz distress, picked raspberry), silver ink (Martha Stewart) and a sponge 
• Chevron stencil (Memory box)
• Lace patterned border stamp (Cre8tiv)
• Butterfly die (fairly certain mine was from a magazine)
• Alphabet dies (Cuttlebug)
• Silver gel pen
• Pink gems

Directions:

1. Create a card base measuring 9cm wide by 10cm tall from the white card.  Die cut  the butterfly and the word 'hi' from the silver paper.  Cut an additional thin strip from the silver paper.
2. Using the stencil, sponge and pink ink, create the background.  Stamp the border image along edge with the silver ink.
3. Adhere the butterfly and 'hi' sentiment onto the front of the card, add three gems to the body section of the butterfly and use the silver gel pen to create the antenna and a trail for the butterfly.

That's it for today's card, stay tuned for Monday for the beginning of a week of celebration posts for the blog's one year anniversary! Again I've added this post to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog at http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ , check it out!

Till next time,

Stacey