Hello Friend

Here's my card for the current Fusion challenge.  I combined the layout with elements from the inspiration photo (butterfly image and color scheme) for this simple design.

My butterflies were created with the Stitched Butterflies dies from Lil' Inker Designs.  I cut the three different sized butterflies out two times, once from blue cardstock and once from white vellum.  The pieces were layered with the vellum on top.  I adhered the vellum just at the center so the wings could be gently folded up for a fluttery look. Each butterfly has a clear crystal "body" at the center for a little sparkle. I used foam tape to arrange the trio on a white cardstock panel with a wide band of blue cardstock near the bottom.  I combined two sentimetns from LID's Sending You stamp set to get the "hello friend" sentiment.  The words were stamped in white pigment ink on a black stitched sentiment flag die cut, then heat embossed in white to pop against the black background. The sentiment strip was adhered to the blue panel beneath the butterflies.  I placed the finished panel on a matching bloue card base to complete the design.

Materials Used:

Sending You stamp set, Stitched Butterflies and Stitched Sentiment Flag dies (Lil' Inker Designs); Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Ocean cardstock, white vellum, Snow embossing powder, clear adhesive crystal strips (Recollections); foam tape