White and blue with felt butterfly

Continuing in the butterfly spirit...

The top of this card is stamped with Polka dots, a background stamp from DRS Designs, and heat embossed. 

Below that you can see a sentiment ribbon which I colored from the reverse with watercolour pencils. 

Then comes a white faux grosgrain ribbon with debossed roses, dotted with sequins, and below that a length of white sequinned ribbon, embellished with an ornate felt butterfly. 

Challenges:

Blue and white butterfly trail

I'm not sure how I feel about card designs that don't have a centre focal point, but every now and then I seem to end up with one that I just can't NOT make if you know what I mean. Here some faux stitching along the edge is all that holds the two focal points in this card design together.

I placed a lace butterfly on top of a dotted foam butterfly and embellished it with a sticky back jewel and a trail of sequins resembling rain drops which are going to fall on the flowers.

Above the sentiment ribbon - which I colored in from the reverse with a blue Copic marker - is a foam flower with a sequin flower on top, and two fabric flowers with beads in the centre.

Challenges:
At Joan's Gardens Ch. #11-4-13; 

Blue and white birthday basket

This cardstock in a cloudy blue and white pattern reminds me of the sky on a nice weather day - it somehow makes the white basket appear as if it floats like a hot air balloon. It is cut from a wallpaper sample, decorated with a gingham bow and a button, two butterflies and three kinds of flowers: fabric, jewel and brad (the white one).

Challenges:
At Joan's Gardens Ch. #11-4-13, PanPastel UK Ch. #15;

Bunny paper card

Sometimes a pretty paper and a bow is all that is needed for a nice card...

Basket weave basket card

The basket was cut out of a wallpaper sample in basket weave. I thought about highlighting it with a brayer but decided not to as I also like the tone in tone effect on the white card. This way the card is not too busy and allows me to complement the flower basket with a birthday greeting.

For my embellishments, I let myself be inspired by the bright orange flowers I saw in a photo on the PanPastel UK blog.

The background stamp is from DRS design.

Challenges: DRS Designs Ch. #63; PanPastel UK Ch. #12; Fun with Shapes and More Ch. #130 (spring birthday)

Dark blue with silver twigs and clover

... and with a little bit of white to highlight it. A multipurpose card which could be sent to either men or women, toned down and sombre though with a bit of glitz factor. I like the slight japanese-ey feeling conveyed by the formal composition and the three shamrocks.

The topper is from Kanban and the twigs are a background stamp from DRS designs.

Challenges: DRS Designs Ch. #62;

Sympathy card with twigs

I used two DRS stamps for this sympathy card which complement each other nicely. The twig was heat embossed.