More Butterfly Mother's Day Cards

I'm stuck on butterflies this week!  Here are a couple more Mother's Day cards for Operation Write Home.  The first one is based on a challenge sketch seen on their website.  I didn't like the way it turned out so I changed the layout.

The sketch indicated to use three strips of paper, 1/2" wide beside the center rectangle.  I wound up with the sentiment being on a piece that wasn't tall enough for the three bands to look appropriate beside it.  If the sentiment had been on a long narrow rectangle, it would have been okay.

I had multiple card bases prepared so I cut out some shapes using Elegant Edges and printed my sentiment on those.  The shadow was made using Design Studio.

I used Martha Stewart and Stampin' Up punches for the butterflies and added some accents with inks and Pearl Pens.

Inside sentiment was printed using card making software.

Very Versatile Card

The idea for this comes from Splitcoast Stampers.  It's a very versatile card and easy to do.  I can see changing the sentiments and colors for a variety of occasions.

It's an A2 card so you only need a 2" wide strip of paper to do the bars.  That's a great use for scraps that you just can't seem to throw away.

The sentiment is from an old set of SU stamps and the butterfly was punched with an EK Success three step punch.  I added some Pearl Pen dots and rounded the corners to finish.

Butterfly Valentine Card

Yesterday my friend, Shirley called to tell me she'd found some good deals on scrapbook supplies in a discount store.  She bought Memento ink pads, Memento dew drop ink pads, stamp sets, punches and paper stacks at 40% off, and she picked up a ton of things for me too!

I used items she picked up to do this card.

The ink I used on this card is Memento Bamboo Leaves, the leaf stamp is a Cloud 9,  the small butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch, the larger butterfly is from an EK Success three step punch.

I made several versions of this card, all with slight differences, trying to decide how to lay it out.

I like them all but the last one is my personal pick.