Chloe and Tristan Butterfly Card

Designer Papers are always nice to use, but I do tend to like embossed card stock for backgrounds too!  Our challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlights is to use no designer papers, but that's easy when we have so many other fun things to use to create our own backgrounds.

I wanted to try something different with these beautiful butterfly dies by Memory Box.  I've cut out the background Tristan Butterfly in craft and the outline of Chloe Butterfly with white and then I cut out another Chloe in the salmon color.  I used only a few of the cut out pieces of the salmon color, but ran them in a brocade cuttlebug folder first before gluing them in the butterfly frame.  Added some pearls for accents and I think it makes a striking butterfly.  I'm also thinking this might be fun to do a mosiac style or stained glass look.  Have some more experimenting to do!

You can find the butterflies and the other great dies I used at Sweet Diana's Magnolia-licious Store:
MB 126 TRISTAN BUTTERFLY DIES
MB 103 CHLOE BUTTERFLY DIES
MB 204 NOTTINGHAM BORDER DIE
DH 68 SPRAWLING FERNS DIES
DH 2 PEONY PETALS DIES
DH 22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES
DH 34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS DIES

Also like the fact that both butterfly dies come with a separate die for the body/antenna.  The border die makes a nice delicate edge.  I used the salmon flower cut out from the border in the center of the flower.  Love getting "extras"!!!

Be sure to check out all the other wonderful dies and stamps at Magnolia-licious.  Great prices, special offers and grand service!!!

I hope you will join us for the challenge of No Designer Papers!  You can find all the details HERE at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and of course that generous Diana has a wonderful prize for some lucky winner!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I so enjoy your comments!  I appreciate you taking the time to leave them!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo