Butterfly Birthday

Well, my supply of cards to post has pretty much come to an end:) I had a streak of three days where I got to spend most all day in my stamping room. I had lots of cards to share after that. However, that was almost three weeks ago, and I've hardly had any stamping time after that. This is the only one I've made since then.

The butterfly and the leafy swirl were both cut at our Group Gathering in June with Memory Box dies. I used a Stampin' Up! embossing folder on the butterfly and added a gem. The patterned paper is from an old SU! pad. I rounded the bottom corners and matted with black. I stamped the sentiment (from TPC Studios) with black on a separate piece of the patterned paper and placed it on the right edge. (I had tried stamping with Versamark and embossing with white, but it did not show up well enough.) After attaching the butterfly, I added the antennae and body with a black marker.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!