Teapot Tuesday Challenge

I have missed a few tea parties, as I've been allowing myself

to take advantage of the spring cleaning mojo while

it is here. LOL But I jumped back in this week, and so glad I did.

This week's teapot cards are to bring a birthday celebration to

Rita. You can read her story here. 

The challenge was to incorporate butterflies and birthdays.

Here is my creation.

Butterfly Birthday

The card base is perfect plum.

The white layer has its edges sponged

with marina mist ink. Both butterflies and

the curved sentiment are from SU's

Garden Whimsy stamp set.

I inked both butterflies using the

Rock & Roll technique. I first inked

the entire image with bashful blue ink,

then I rolled the outer edges in marina

mist ink, then the outermost edges

in perfect plum ink.

I wanted the same color effect for the

curved sentiment, so I inked it with

marina mist ink, then used the perfect plum

marker on the edges.

The birthday sentiment is from

SU's Hugs & Wishes stamp set,

stamped in perect plum and marina

mist ink. I used SU and EK Success

punches with whisper white and marina mist

cardstock for the sentiment, sponging the

white layer with perfect plum ink.

The final touch for this card is

prima flowers with a purple

flower brad in the center.

I hope Rita likes it as well as I do. :)