Strength & Hope and Some Inspiration...

I made this card for Technique Class this Friday! I was inspired by a card I saw by Lisa Young (she's an amazing stamper!). I've had the card in my favorites for a while, and I decided that it was a great one to transform into a card for class!! Her card had a chair as the stamped focal piece, but I really love this new butterfly from the Strength and Hope set (and it was good timing for a SUO Challenge - In Celebration of Butterflies!), so here it is!!

The layout was really appealing to me, and probably what drew me to the card initially (or maybe it was the Crumb Cake!). But anyway, I really like how the little enjoy life little ovals anchor that side of the card, and then draw your eye down to the butterfly!

And, yep, I did cut out the butterfly. But did you notice the little trick to not have to cut out the antennae? I'll show it better in class (if you're coming), but the butterfly is stamped onto white (to be cut out), and also onto Crumb Cake (and punched out with the 1 3/4" circle) so that the antennae can be lined up with the cut-out!

Oh, and one of the big reasons I wanted to do this card for class was to show the Awesome Presto Patterns DSP!! Love them - they can be sponged to go with ANYthing!! Yess!!


I hope to be seeing you at class this Friday,


Julie