Butterflies As You See It

It's Friday again, and that means it is time for another As You See It Challenge design. I started late to design this one and squeezed it in between preparing for and holding my Technique Night class, but I had been working out the design in my head all day, so I had a very good idea what I would be doing.

Here is Amanda's wonderful sketch for As You See It Challenge #069:

The one thing I hadn't quite figured out was my colour palette, so off I went to look at my Pinterest Colour Palettes board and I found this unique combination:

Cactus Colours is the title!  Who would think of using cactus colours as a design feature?  Whoever did is a genius!  I love this combination!  Here's a closer look at my design:

• In order to approximate the Cactus Colours, I used Perfect Plum, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, Island Indigo and Very Vanilla, with a little neutral Sahara Sand thrown in for the "shadow" butterfly!
• The stamp set is, of course, Butterfly Basics, and what a beautiful set that is, especially with the intricate butterfly dies, one of which I used here. The sentiment and the fern leaf image is also part of this set.
• The Banners Framelits die cut the Very Vanilla banner for me, making the edges straighter and crisper than I could do fussy cutting the flag end on such a large scale.
• I learned a very cool technique for die cutting with intricate dies such as this butterfly and easily separating all the little inside pieces without having to poke each one out individually.  It involves drier sheets and I watched a video by Deb Valder that explains it. It's a good video but rather long, so I thought I might do a video myself and shorten it quite a bit for you and post it sometime next week!  I agree with Deb, though!  It's the best technique ever!
• The Pear Pizzazz Chevron Ribbon adds a decorative little note underneath the banner, and the Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon adds the final touch to the butterfly!

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Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today! 

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set [138816]	Butterfly Basics Wood Stamp Set [138813]	Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Bundle [138865]	Butterfly Basics Clear Bundle [139323]	Butterfly Basics Wood Bundle [139322]
Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Bundle [138865]	Perfect Plum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101889]	Pear Pizzaz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131201]	Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122922]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986]	Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	Pear Pizzazz 3/4" Chevron Ribbon [130011]	Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon [119256]
Butterflies Thinlits Dies [137360]	Big Shot [113439]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]