Less is More#16 - Butterflies and the PDC

Morning Everyone ,

This weeks theme challenge over at LIM is Butterfly/Butterflies .... sounds easy but that depends on how many variations of butterfly punches or stamps you have , and in my case not many.

I turned to my recently acquired Martha Stewart punch and the colour combination  red , black and white popped into my head for some reason and this is what I came up with

The text is a Waltzing Mouse stamp and I've embossed it in black ...... yes , I returned to the embossing powder after last weeks revival , and then embossed the greeting onto a piece of white vellum to wrap around the card .
I pricked the spiral from a template and hand stitched it with white thread before adding the butterflies , which have tiny bugle beads for bodies .

The red card is then mounted onto a white card blank and both are edged with black distress ink to make them pop .
I had inner arguments over the number of butterflies to add but settled with three as it seemed too over crowded with more .

My daughter has been inspired to play along this week , she's been crafting to give her a break from studying for AS exams , she'll post hers later in the week . I think this will be a popular challenge this week as butterflies are always a favourite on cards , so pop over to see the entries and play along too .... the details are here .

I also made a card for the Play Date Cafe as I really like the colour combo this week and I had an idea how to use the Paper Smooches stamp set again

I just love that little element in the stamp set , I wasn't sure what it was supposed to be at first , but I noticed it made quite a cute little chick , so I popped him in a nest for a new baby card . The nest is made from stamping the little fir branch over and over and cutting into shape .
Just love this new stamp set :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and sorry for the long post X