Happy Birthday

I wanted to play with the Retro Sketch Challenge for this week!

I think the designers for this site are so talented! I am always inspired by their creations!

And I chose my colors from the scrumptious color selection for the current

CR4FN Color Challenge!
Bright Pink ~ Tan ~Neutral

I used several stamps and inks to create the butterflies.

First, I die cut 4 butterflies (MFT) on copy paper. I then used this as a template.

I placed the template onto white card stock and taped it down with some post it notes.

I stamped the butterfly template with different stamps with Picked Raspberry ink.

 Second, I chose a different stamp and color (Antique Linen) and stamped over the butterflies again.

And last, before removing the template, I sponged the edges with Antique Linen ink. 

I removed the template and I had these beautiful butterflies!

This technique is called Reverse Masking with Die cuts. I read about it on

Heather Nichol's blog. She has a great tutorial for this technique!

I stamped 2 more butterflies from PTI Beautiful butterflies stamp set. I fussy cut one pair and adhered them to the bottom butterflies. Added some pink gems, and tied some button twine with a nice pink button to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Sentiments4Circles, Hip2Be, Backgrounds2Build (Stamps of Life)

Beautiful Butterflies (Paper Trey Ink)

Ink: Picked Raspberry, Antique Linen (Distress Ink)
Paper: Crumb Cake and Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Dies: Butterflies (My Favorite Things)