Lots of Butterflies... 2 cards

Here are 2 cards that I made about a month or so ago. I hope you enjoy. here is a sneak peek, click below to see the full pics...

I love how these 2 cards came out! They were super fun to make, too!

I used the long butterfly cluster stamp from the Inkadinkado "Patterned Bugs" stamp set. I stamped them in SU! Rich Razzleberry. I used the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" sentiment from the Inkadinkado "Collaged Expressions" set.

 The scalloped border strip is a strip of white muslin scalloped border from pinkpaislee. It's the "(MIST)-A-BLES", but instead of "misting" it I soaked it in a little big of water mixed with my SU! Tempting Turquoise reinker.  I love how it came it out!!
The gems are from Studio G, pack of 60 self-adhesive (though I did use glossy accents to be sure they stuck for good!
I used some of the silver christmas tag ribbon to wrap around the scalloped muslin and I love how it turned out!

 This flower was SO fun to make! I took several layers of white tissue paper and ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot with the TH "Tattered Floral" die. then I used a makeup sponge to color each individual layer of tissue paper with SU! Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise.
I used a white brad to hold it all together and then adhered to the card with 4 glue dots.

 Here is a side view of the card...you can really see all the layers of the flower!
The card is blank inside.

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Here's the 2nd card.
same as the first just a different sentiment and I used pearls instead of gems.

  I handmade the flower for this one same as above but I didn't use as many layers.

Well, that all I have to show for now. I've gotten my blog fully caught up with all my projects from over the last few months. I've been working on a few other cards over the last week that I need to snap some pics of, so as soon I get them snapped, I'll post them here.

Thanks for stoppin' by and please come back to see me soon.

Keep on Craftin'
~Melisa Marie