Butterfly & Poppies

Hello!  Today I made a card for a challenge at Mod Squad where red and brown were the theme colors.

I usually begin with a base card but this time I will begin with my focal point. When I think of red, I think of beautiful red poppies which I love. So, the first thing I did was to die cut a panel in ivory using Marianne Creatables Small Ovals by Petra die.  While still in the die, I sponged GKD Kraft ink around the oval.

In the next step, I cut out poppy flowers using Memory Box Prim Poppy die. In order to have red flowers and green stems, I cut the poppies twice - once in red and again in green - and then paper pieced them. I also added some shading to the poppy flowers, although you may not be able to see it in the photo. I wanted to add some foliage to the stems so I used another poppy die from Memory Box Perky Poppy and used the foliage from that die. I then popped the poppies on my focal panel with dimensionals. 

So that the poppies wouldn't stand alone, I stamped a butterfly in Memento Espresso Truffle ink from GKD Celebrate the Season stamp set and colored it with Copic markers. I stamped the butterfly a second time on another piece of card stock, colored it, cut it out and then popped it over the stamped butterfly.

I then prepared my base card in kraft card stock. I added a layer of ivory and then another layer of red which I had embossed with a lattice embossing folder. My finished focal panel was then popped on to my card and my project was complete.

Thanks for visiting! See you next time!

This card was entered into the following challenge(s);

Mod Squad  -  ColorfuLEE Yours
613 Avenue Create  -   Challenge #64 - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday  -  Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday  -  Chgallenge #125 - Anything Goes
Sister Act  -  Challenge #49 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Challenge #103 - Spring or Easter
Crafty Girls  -  Challenge #14 - Anything Goes