Butterfly Brilliance for As You See It Challenge #294 - Spring Clean your Stash

I have an unusual challenge for you today from As You See It Challenges today! It's called Spring Clean your Stash, and it's a Theme Challenge! Take a look at the Challenge Banner:

I had no idea what I was going to do, until I opened my craft stash and had a look at what scraps were in there. But inspiration struck as soon as I saw several butterflies embossed in white on crumb cake and then white washed with the White Craft Ink and water. These had been prepared earlier for a different project and then, due to a change of direction, not used! They were prepared for the whitewash technique, where, after the whitewash stage dries, you add coloured inks to the images with a Blender Pen and it mixes with the white craft ink for a beautiful muted tone.

• I started with a card base of Crumb Cake, which was one that I had in my stash from unpackaging dozens of left over card packs that weren't used from classes in the past. As I down size my craft room in preparation for my move on Apr. 26th, I'm finally dealing with these problem piles!
• On that is a 5" x 3 3/4" sheet of Basic White, again, from that same source, and on that is a piece of Petal Pink laser cut framework, I believe from the retired Beautifully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper.
• On the three butterflies, I added Petal Pink, Mint Macaron, and Highland Heather ink, using a Blender Pen, which mixes the ink with the White Craft ink that they had been whitewashed with previously, to give a really muted tone. When they were dry, a coat of Wink of Stella was added.
• Each butterfly also had a die cut outline in vellum, also from my stash. I adhered each on the card front, where I wanted each butterfly, and then curled the wings of the butterflies slightly, carefully using the bone folder. I added them a little offset on the vellum outlines so the vellum could be seen, using Mini Dimensionals.
• The sentiment is from the retired bundle, Many Messages, and I had it in my craft stash as well.
• Finally, I had some opalescent pearl embellishments left over from a Paper Pumpkin kit, and added 1 to each butterfly's head.

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Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Bundle [155821] $74.50	Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $25.00	**Many Messages Bundle [156272] $68.25	**Many Messages Cling Stamp Set [154510] $30.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.75
**Beautifully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [148812] $19.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $25.00
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $13.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $11.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $11.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $11.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Water Painters [151298] $18.00	Blender Pens [102845] $16.50	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $60.00	**Messages Die [154422] $46.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00

** Retired Products - no longer available