Mr Cardmaker Gets on a Jag

I decided that I just COULD NOT put away my Beautiful Butterflies stamps from Papertrey Ink.

I made the bright rainbow ones HERE, and I wondered what would happen with a tighter color scheme.

I looked at my ink stash, and saw that I had several varieties of purple at my disposal.
SO, I made these--



So, staying in a tighter color scheme definitely makes for a "quieter riot", but I am pretty happy with the results. Purples seem to live in a more "stately" place anyway, in my mind's eye.

 

Oh, and the sentiment?

Yeah.

So, the hubby, aka Mr C's Mr., talked me into doing a handwritten sentiment. Good idea; BAD execution. I don't really have the right pens, and I didn't take the time to sketch it in pencil first, so it just looked lousy.

 

 

 

AND, I had stamped four of  these cards, and each one looked worse that the one before.

Happily, we all know all about taking desperate measures to save our creations, and I came up with this.

There's a vellum circle under the designer paper one, and the letters are clear embossed to give them some shine.

I think the little veneer butterfly is a nice natural touch, and helps fill some negative space that I was unhappy with.

 

 

 

I am now happy to let these stamps have a rest and cool off for a minute, but I know I'll be back with some more color combinations soon. Happily, butterflies last aallll the way through summer!

(Red, white and blue butterflies for July 4th, anyone?)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

All Best--

Richard