They Say A Yellow Butterfly...

Good morning all!  Today I have a card for you a little out of my usual style; but, then again, if we never experiment we never grow, do we?

In the field just outside our home we frequently see all kinds of butterflies.  Winter brings the migrating monarchs in clouds; spring brings yellow and white simple beauties and summer finds us pointing out big yellow and black swallowtails to each other.  There is an old weather-watching superstition that if you see white butterflies it means rain is on the way; but if you see yellow butterflies, watch for sunshine.

When I learned the Paperplay Challenge for this week was to be "Sunshine here", I thought immediately of this old superstition and decided I would do something a little different.

So, here are the challenges:

1) Paper Play Challenge Week 25 {It's Sunny Here}

2)  ABC Challenge {X-tra Dimension}

3) Simple Doodles #20 {Fun in the Sun}
4) Stamp Something {Something Summer}
5) Stamptacular Sunday #64 {Cute as a Bug}
6) Etsy Inspired Challenge:
The shop is White Birch Designs
and I took some inspiration from.....

 Decorated pineapple candle:

(I used ornate corner rub-ons and a summery pineapple tone)

and these Gold wire carnelian earrings:

(Awesome rich orange!)

So here is my card: 

 And another view:

And a few detail pictures:

 

 Materials used on this Card:

Cardstock {Parchment cardstock from office supply}

Chocolate chip cardstock

Patterned papers {My Mind's Eye - stripes and orange flowers; The Paper Studio - notebook paper}

Dimensional butterfly stickers {K & Company}

Butterfly punch {Martha Stewart}

Circle punches from 3/4" to 1 1/4"{EK Success}

Tiny Alpha stickers {Making Memories}

Rub-on corners {miniMarks by American Crafts - Accessories Book 2}

Sunshine stamp {Hero Arts - Sky's the limit set}

Inks {Tea dye Distress Ink and Stampabilities yellow pigment ink}

X-Acto blade to cut out sunshine

Daffodil Velvet brad {Making Memories}

Vintage lace {Spare Parts}

Adhesive brown rhinestones {e. by Prima Marketing}

Thin black strips of paper for butterfly antennae

ZOTS adhesive dots and Foam tape

And here's view of the inside:

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Have a wonderful day,

--Kathryn