Runway Inspired Challenge - Textures!

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(This post was edited to add better pictures! I think I finally found a good way to photograph my cards that I am happy with!)

Hello! I think my youngest daughter is finally on the mend - so today I am planning on tackling and getting caught up on some projects that are on my to do list! In the meantime, here is another challenge card that I had completed and not had a chance to post:

This is for this weeks Runway Inspired Challenge:

The colors, the textures, and the design elements all popped out at me, so I went with a bit of all of them.

I used some yummy May Arts ribbon - thought the texture on the yellow was perfect, and LOVED the glitter ribbon run over the top! 

Jute twine, a nice rustic button, a doily, a Unity Stamp sentiment stamped with PTI ink, and some butterflies cut from Simple Stories paper - all layered on some pretty woodgrain/doily paper from My Mind's Eye.

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Butterfly Map

Just a quick post today since my day is going to be one of those crazy busy ones! I made this card for the recent Paper Crafts Magazine call for submissions...but I never submitted it. I really liked how it turned out, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I ended up submitting something entirely different - and that is what ended up being my first acceptance! So I'm okay with that!

I used some My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper, and the map paper is from October Afternoon's Sasparilla 8x8 paper pad.

The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. I punched each one out twice, inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink (can we say tedious?!?!?!) - then adhered the first one to the blue paper, the next one just in the center, and ran a couple lines of machine stitching through the center. After they were all stitched and dry, I curled up the edges so it is very dimensional. 

You can see it here too:

Finished off with a machine zig zag around the edges, a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's stamps, and the little butterfly stamps which are from the same Scrappy Mom's set.

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