Thank you for everything! I really enjoyed designing this card. I was using the criteria for the Dynamic Duos challenge #37 this week: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.
I love the monochromatic look, especially in the neutral shades. It looks so old fashioned like a sepia photograph. I took a photo of our backyard this week, covered in a new blanket of snow. I added a sepia filter and it does make it look aged.
Have you ever been really excited about a card design you've created, and then gone and checked your files and found a swap card you'd been given that was so similar that you couldn't take credit for the design without acknowledging at least the subconscious impression left by the other card's designer. That's what happened with this card. After I finished it, I was looking at my swap cards and came across a similar one created by Sandra Ross of Truro, Nova Scotia! Thanks, Sandra, for the inspiration!
The card, of course, uses a palette of Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla as a neutral, and uses the Amazing Family stamp set from the Spring Mini Catalogue. It uses some of the lovely embellishments from the Spring Mini as well, like the 5/8" Flower trim and the Paper Doilies. The little butterflies are stamped with the Papillon Potpourri Stamp set and punched out with the Bitty Butterfly coordinating punch.
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Stamps: Amazing Family (w129189; c129192), En Francais (w109521), Papillon Potpourri (w123757; c123759)
Papers: Soft Suede (115318), Crumb Cake (120953) and Very Vanilla (101650) card stock
Ink: Classic Stampin' Pad in Crumb Cake (126975) and Soft Suede (126978)
Embellishments: Paper Doilies (129399); 5/8" Flower Trim (126869); Pearl Basic Jewels (119247); 5/8" Crochet Trim (118481); 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Soft Suede (122967)
Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976); Bitty Butterfly punch (129406); Ovals Collection Framelits (129381); Big Shot (113439)
Amazing Family
En Francais Stamp
Papillon Potpourri
Flower Trim