Butterfly Birthday Wishes

I'm looking out my window this morning at a winter wonderland. It sure looks beautiful! Right now some of the biggest snowflakes I've ever seen are coming down...so slowly...so peaceful. However, I'm content to be inside where it's nice and warm! I think maybe I was longing for Spring when I created this birthday card for my Mom. I also think maybe I was trying to see just how many embellishments I could add to one card and still get it to fit inside an envelope! In other words, I think I got carried away...

I gave myself a little color challenge as I was creating this card for my Mom. It seems when I make her a card I tend to use the same colors...purples or golden yellow shades...or sometimes both. Also, I don't think I've ever colored this image from Elements of Style using shades of blue, so I chose Marina Mist, Certainly Celery and Crumb Cake as my color scheme. I watercolored the image using Classic Inks & my Aqua Painter. Then I used the Linen background stamp (retired) inked in Crumb Cake over the top of the design.

Stamps: Elements of Style, Linen & Watercolor Trio
Card stock: Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla and Vellum
Ink: Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist & various other Classic Inks for watercoloring
Accessories: Beautiful Butterflies & Scalloped Square Bigz Dies, Large & Scalloped Oval Punches, Victoria Crochet Trim, Basic Pearls & Antique Brads
My Mom loved the card, and I hope you do as well! Have a wonderful weekend!