Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge

With snow and ice here in east Tennessee, our local schools have been closed for eight days running, and my UPS order has been returned to the terminal for four days. Luckily, my PTI package was shipped USPS, and although the mailman has missed a few days, he did make here Monday with my PTI goodies.

Despite the cold and gray days, while making this card, I could imagine warm days, blue skies, and floating butterflies.

All the challenges, excitement, and inspiration of  PTI's recent anniversary celebration have helped rekindle my joy in spending time with stamps, ink, and paper. So I am glad to be able to participate in PTI's blog hop with this inspiration.

I began by cutting a 4x5 1/4 panel with a butterfly with my Silhouette Cameo. Then I tamped my palette of inks-- Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, and Royal Velvet on an acrylic block and painted a piece of Bristol paper. After it dried, I attached it under the white panel and attached both to a card base of Hawaiian Shores.

The butterfly still seemed somewhat drab, so I added some shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen.
The sentiment from Birthday Basics is stamped in Hawaiian Shores on a banner die cut. I also ran a Copic marker along the edge of the banner. I attached it and the butterfly's body with dimensional tape.

Thanks for making my blog one of your stops on the hop and thanks to everyone who participates and provides such wonderful inspiration.



Supplies:
Stamps: Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Royal Velvet (PTI)
Paper: Hawaiian Shores (PTI), white (Recollections), Bristol (Strathmore)
Other: Double Ended Banners die (PTI), Silhouette file #59805,