Shop Your Stash - Big Butterflies

Today's card is a revisit of the same Gina K Multi-Color Inking that I used in this Techniques Used post and in this butterflies card.  I'm sharing the third look at this technique to share how different stamps will give you variations.  I have three cards in this post today.

I'm not ashamed to admit this was the first time I used this big butterfly.  It's from a Sixix & Tim Holtz exclusive for Michael's, that I've had for years.  When I say shop your stash, I want you to know that I practice what I preach.  I used the same butterfly stamp with its coordinating die on all three cards.  

The two yellow/orange blend butterflies were created with Distress Inks in Pumpkin spice, Fossilized Amber, and Black Soot.  I really love the way the Distress Inks work in this technique.  The blue butterfly was inked with Gina K. ink in Ocean Mist, Tranquil Teal, and In the Navy.

I wanted the butterfly to be the focal point of these cards so I kept the backgrounds simple.  I pulled some of my piercing dies from my stash and used the Taylored Expressions Dimond plate, the Concord and 9th Polka Dot and Stitched Hearts card front dies.  I paired the bold butterflies with clean black and white sentiments.  

To complete the cards, the yellow butterflies were popped up on foam tape, added to a white pierced panel, and matted with charcoal card stock.  There was a panel of blue card stock in my stash that perfectly matched the blue butterfly, so I opted to use it for the mat.  From there I finished all three cards similarly, adhering them to white card bases, sentiments were built with die cuts and a few word stickers from my stash, and a few gems were added for the finishing touches.