Peonies and Butterflies

Hello friends!  Today I'm playing along with two challenges - Jacquie's fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and Nancy's fun Things in a Garden theme at Seize the Birthday.

FMS 578

STB 258

I thought I would use some patterned paper in the background, as I have several pads but don't use them often, and I was fortunate to find one that I liked, that worked with the STB theme and would be colors I could work with for my Copic coloring.  Peonies and butterflies are two things that eventually will be in my garden.

The patterned paper is from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Cottage Fields 6x8" pad.  I really like the small graph design in the background, along with the script and of course the butterflies.  While most of the butterflies on the paper are more neutral, there are a couple that have a hint of peach, so that and the aqua background formed my coloring choices.

I used one of the two floral images in the Build-A-Garden: Precious Peonies set from Altenew, stamping in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloring with peachy and blue-green markers.  The peach markers are ones I rarely use because it's hard to achieve a deep contrast between light and dark, but when I was done, I was really happy with how it turned out.  After coloring, I used the matching dies to cut out the image.

The sentiment is from Waffle Flower's Elegant Sentiments, die cut the the coordinating die.  I lightly ink blended some Salvaged Patina Distress Ink on the white panel then added the flowers and sentiment with thin foam tape.  After adhering the patterned paper to the card base and adding the black horizontal strip, I also used thin foam tape to add the panel to the card and that was it!  

Thanks for taking time to stop by.  I hope you have an enjoyable week ahead!

Take care!

Stef

Copics:  R32, 12, 00, 000, BG57, 53, 11, YR24, Y19, 15