butterfly in the round

This week’s Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge forced me to think out of the box, quite literally.  Joslyn Nielson came up with a sketch for a round card.  Although I’ve made a few shaped cards in the past, doing them is not within my comfort zone.  I finally came up with this:

None of my Nestabilities circle dies seemed large enough for a card, so I pulled out my old Creative Memories Cutting System stuff so I could create a 4.25″ diameter card. Instead of a plain circular element for the focal panel, I decided to fussy cut the butterfly.  I even got daring and cut around the antennae.  (Have I ever mentioned how much I love my Cutterbee scissors?) I gently turned up the butterfly’s wings and attached only its body to the card, to give some dimension.  I’m no butterfly expert so I don’t know if there really is a yellow and coral pink butterfly in nature, but I have to admit I like the way it turned out.  I used textured cardstock for the card base for some subtle visual interest, and I hope that shows up on your monitor.

I made this card with a certain recipient in mind – my sister!  Today is her birthday, and she really likes butterflies.  I hope she has a wonderful birthday!  (And I hope the actual card gets to her in today’s mail!)

Supplies for today’s card:
Stamps: Au Naturale, Everyday Sayings (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Barely Banana textured, Whisper White {for stamping the butterfly}, Spring Flowers designer paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Premier colored pencils and blender pencil (Prismacolor)