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One Layer Butterflies

Happy Wednesday!  Have you had a good week so far?  It's been pretty a-okay here!  I even got some time last night to make a card that's been floating around in my head for at least a week now.  It's the first chance I've had to stamp without a sketch for a while and I'm so pleased that it actually turned out like I imagined!  First off, don't go clicking around thinking you're on the wrong blog!  {teehee}  It's still me, Julee,  {the not-so-clean-and-simple gal}, but I actually fooled my creative compass for a few minutes and accomplished an honest-to-goodness clean & simple one layer card!


The butterflies and sentiment are from the new Blue Skies set.  I stamped them with Black Soot Ranger Distress ink, embossed with clear detail embossing powder and then colored with Copics.  For the larger butterfly, I stamped an extra butterfly, colored, cut out and popped up, then added just a bit of Smooch Pearlized Top coat for some shimmer, and a couple black rhinestones for his body.  The base is A2 size, and I embossed a line 1/4" from the top and bottom, then finished off with some black grosgrain.  Easy, breezy, beautiful!  :)

Hope you have a fabulous day and get some time to create!  Thanks for stopping by!

What's In It?
Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve Stamps)
Paper: White CS
Ink: Black Soot (Ranger Distress), Copic markers
Accessories: black grosgrain (SU!), Pearlized Top Coat (Smooch), black rhinestones (KaiserCraft), clear detail embossing powder (JudiKins)

21 comments

Bev J. said...

Beautiful card and I love the butterlies-great placement. tfs

Wendy said...

I love it, Julee! I may have to CASE that...lol

Regina Mangum said...

WOW, this is gorgeous in its sheer simplicity!

Noor Nahdi said...

A new design that is nothing but fantastic!!!
Love your cards a lot...

delightfuldaisy said...

Wonderful card! Love how that butterfly stands out!

Pat (mspfd) said...

This is gorgeous. I love your fresh, clean, crisp design. It really makes those butterflies stand out.

Maureen said...

easy, breezy...FABULOUS!!! I can't wait to get this set :) I'll have my whole classroom moved before they get here and then can spend some serious time with the new sets :) Love the large popped off butterfly and the black ribbon...easy, breezy, stunning!!

Jackie Pedro said...

This is STUNNING, Julee!! I never think to stamp with my Ranger ink.....note to self...stamp with Ranger ink!!

Julia Bettencourt said...

Very pretty, Julee! The butterflies look fantastic.

Marisa said...

LOVE it!!! The butterflies are fabulous and all that white space is sooo yummy. Fool that creative compass any time :D

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

Julee~ This card is just gorgeous! I'm curious--what brand of white CS did you use for this? Does it prevent bleeding thru from the copics?

Jamie N. said...

Wow...what a gorgeous card. I love the clean & crisp look of the white space and the embossed line at the bottom. It really sets off those butterflies.

Sharyn said...

Goodness Julie! This is so simple and yet so stunning. Love the whole thing.

Kerri said...

How GORGEOUS, Julee!!! Wow girl, what a fabulous CAS card! I absolutely love that butterfly:)

Regina Mangum said...

Hey Julee! Me again. Just wanted to share that your card really inspired me today to create a simple butterfly card. Nowhere near yours for beauty, but I wanted to thank you for the inspiration!

Mina said...

ooooohhhhhh I love this...its so simplistic and elegant...beautifully designed
Mina xxx

Jenny said...

This is simply stunning! :)
Jenny

Jessie/knightrone said...

What a gorgeous card!! I love it!!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Oh my GORGEOUSNESS!!! This is stunning Julee! I absolutely LOVE it!

Tanya said...

This is so pretty! Love it! I just adore these butterflies, I've already used them a couple of times.

Alma de la Rosa said...

Stunning. Just stunning.