It’s time to play at PPA! This week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge is “Monochromatic—Purple”. Be still my heart…purple is my favorite color! I had a blast creating this 6-1/2″ by 3-1/4″ card featuring the new Butterfly Prints stamp set and the “Flourish” from Elements of Style. Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, and Perfect Plum are the yummy trio of purples I selected. Enjoy!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:
- Random stamping! The Flourish from Elements of Style was inked with Elegant Eggplant and randomly stamped onto Whisper White card stock. Remember to stamp off the edges of the page! Follow this with a sprinkling of speckles, using the Color Spritzer Tool and a Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Marker. Finish by distressing the edges with Elegant Eggplant, and layer onto Rich Razzleberry.
- Punch a trio of card stock butterflies! I punched Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, and Rich Razzleberry card stock with the Butterfly Punch! These were then adhered to the randomly stamped Whisper White layer.
- Ink a trio of butterflies! The three butterfly images from Butterfly Prints were inked with Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant and Rich Razzleberry. Mini Glue Dots were used to adhere them to their card stock counterparts. Their bodies were inked with Basic Black, and snipped out with Paper Snips.
- A bit of bling adds zing! Rhinestones accent the heads, while an Antique Brad livens up the Rich Razzleberry bow.
- Finish with a Flourish…down the side of the envelope, that is! A rhinestone or two makes this an “envie” to envy!
For fun, I popped up the wings, and curled up the antennae just a wee bit! I hope that you enjoyed my little trio of “flutterbies”, as my niece used to call them. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of today’s card. And don’t forget, I am always here to answer any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use! Until next time…
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Stamp Sets: Butterfly Prints (W 121049; C 120738); Elements of Style (W 118611; C 120045); Inks: Perfect Plum (101437), Elegant Eggplant (105210), Rich Razzleberry (115658), Basic Black (101179), Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Marker (120970); Card Stock: Whisper White (100730), Perfect Plum (101889), Elegant Eggplant (105126), Rich Razzleberry (115316); Tools: Butterfly Punch (119848), Paper Snips (103579); Glitz and Glam: Rich Razzleberry 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon (119957), Basic Rhinestones (119246), Antique Brads (117273); Other: Small Open Ended Envelopes (107286)
I like how you made it look like shadows behind the butterflies. I am following you from Stampin Connections..
I just love everything about this card. Right from the size to the colours to the stamp set the whole thing is just amazing to look at 🙂
Hi Ann, I love the style of this card. -Sue
This card is so gorgeous! I love the antique brads!
awesome card with brilliant and stylish design!
love it!
xoxo silvi (germany)
gorgeous card love the colours best wishes Lesley x
This is stunning…I love all the purples together! Enjoy your weekend Ann! 🙂
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Wow! What a perfect card.
Yikes, is his gorgeous or what?
Beautiful card! I love what you did with the ribbon and how you popped up the wings!
Once again, you’ve stunned us with the beauty of your creation! Thanks so much, Ann.
Beautiful Ann, and what a great color combination, I would never have thought to use rich razzleberry in that mix
Oh I love this! I love butterflies and this is sweet. Love the ribbon and brad, fantastic finish to the card.
Wonderful creation with all the multiple purples! Love the ribbon treatment too!
How in the heck did you get all those purples to work together? Beautiful.
Mike
Help . . . I want to be able to do what you did with ribbon . . . what a smashing card! Hugs, M
So pretty. Love the antique brad with the purples… something sort of “royal” to the feeling. So nice.
Ann, I LOVE how you love purple! A beautiful choice of monochromatic colors and the ribbon treatment is exquisite with the Antique brad.
Great job! I love the size of the card and the way the butterflies look like they are flying. Thanks for sharing!
Ann, absolutely “frameable” – yep, I just invented that word! What a great excuse to go do something with purple this weekend! Thanks for inspiring me!
hugs
jaydee
Hi, Ann! I have been on vacation, so I have some catching up to do! Love this card! The bow is so unique. I will have to try it. The whole effect is stunning! ~Bonnie~
Ann, this is such a beuatiful card. What a great color combo. I may give it a try myself. TFS!
Love those 3D flutterers – love the ribbon and the different size! Beautiful card!
Gorgeous card! And, purple is my favorite color too.
What an inspiration! I love the background technique. I’ll have to buy a spritzer now! The solid punched butterflies under the inked butterflies is GENIUS! The ribbon technique is awesome. Thank you for sharing your talents with us! I am so impressed!
I love your flutterbies… When I saw your card one word came out of my mouth… WOW !!!!! I like the size of the card.
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Darlene-Joy
So rich and elegant! I love that size of card, too. Hugs,