butterfly congratulations

Saturday my husband asked me if I could make a card for him to send a former coworker of his, who is getting married soon.  I assured him I could.  To try to get some idea to work from, I asked my husband what the wedding invitation looked like.  He said, “Um, I threw it away already.  But it was red and gold.  And they won’t care what it looks like.” 

So I kept that in the back of my mind and searched through the gallery at Splitcoaststampers for some inspiration.  Ta-da.  I try not to blatantly “CASE” other people, but this card seemed to be just what I was looking for and my husband said it looked nice.  I changed it up a bit by adding a narrow layer of gold cardstock between the white and red layers, and using a gold pen to highlight the centers of the embossed flowers.  I gave the largest butterfly some dimension by slightly bending up the wings and gluing down only the center of its body. 

It was a quick and easy card to make.  And anyone who’s been reading my blog for a while knows that I loved the chance to do something with butterflies!  🙂

Supplies:
Stamps: Americratika congratulations (Purple Onion Designs)
Cardstock: Real Red, Brushed Gold, Whisper White (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Other: Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Beautiful Wings die (SU); gold Painty pen (Zig)