Take Flight

A special card today for three challenges!  Ha ha! I'm catching up from all those months I seem to lack in free time :)  The challenges are the A Muse Lounge Challenge #17: Taking off some layers (create a one-layer card), Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple challenge #71: Things that fly, and a challenge from my girl Glenda, Glenda's Random Amusing Challenge #70: Kissing Technique :

 

 It took a lot of restraint for me to NOT layer this sucker, LOL.  After inking the butterfly stamp (with two different colors), I then pressed A Muse's modern wood block stamp against it to get the "kissing technique" texture, then stamped on the card.  I thought it needed a little *more*, so I hand sketched the veins in the butterfly's wings with a pink Spica pen (if you haven't tried one yet, you need to get one!  They are fabulous! They have gorgeous tiny glass flakes that give a fabulous sparkle effect).  

 
Really hard to show how pretty this is in a photograph, but I did manage to pick up some of the sparkle.  

On a side note, I did just post my class schedule for this year's  A*MUSE*A*PALOOZA!  You can check it out here.  

Hope you are able to find some time to play today! :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: flutterby, modern wood block, and dreams take flight fl A Muse.  

Paper: popsicle pink by A Muse

ink: Colorbox chalk orchid pastel and blush rose

Other: pink atyou Spica pen

For A Muse products click here 

Comments

[Glenda]

Wow - this looks amazing! What a beautiful effect! Thanks for playing.

[june g.]

absolutely gorgeous!

[Traveling Mama]

I love this! I have some of that paper in the background that is blue that I am hoarding!

[Elena]

Very pretty! I've been wanting to draw on the wings of the butterfly but have not done it yet. Gotta try it soon!

[Lindsay m.]

How gorgeous is this???!!!! Omg!!! I love it!!!! I have to try that kissing tecnique!!! Awesome!! Wonderful card!!!! ;)