Gold Butterfly

Hello! I made this card for a challenge at the Color Me Creative Classroom. The gold and cream inspiration photo was so gorgeous! I used images from my new set, Dogwood and Butterfly, along with a sentiment from Whimsical Wishes. 

To start, I heat embossed the butterfly with Ranger Superfine Gold Embossing Powder on Pure Luxury Ivory. I used Versa Mark to stamp the image, then sprinkled embossing powder over it, gently blowing away the excess. Then I used my heat tool to melt the embossing powder. 

I used Copics to color the butterfly, starting with Y23. 

Added Y21, then used my blender pen to soften the edges of the highlights. 

I used Y17 to deepen the shading a bit. After color, I cut out the image. If you look carefully, you can see I forgot to use my anti-static pad and have a lot of tiny

I stamped the dogwood branch with Memento London Fog. 

Then colored with Copics, starting with E53. 

Added E51. 

Then started with  E35 on the leaves. 

Added E33. 

Then filled in with E31. I used the blender pen to push some highlights back in. I also used E31 to deepen the shading just a tad on the flowers. 

Used Y17 to added a shadow around the branch.

Added Y23. 

Then  added Y000.  After coloring, I cut out the branch using Circle Nestabilities.

I layered with Pure Luxury Gold card stock, using Lacy Circle Nestabilities to back the circles. The sentiment was also embossed with gold.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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