Butterfly wishes could fit many occasions, but this one will be for Happy New Year wishes. I’m looking forward to a fabulous, fun-filled 2019!

Butterfly Wishes
I was excited to make some butterflies shine, when I saw the challenge at TGIF was to use Glossy cardstock.
First, I chose three colors of ink for my butterflies: Petal Pink, Pineapple Punch, and Grapefruit Grove. I dabbed a Baby Wipe on the ink pads, one at a time, and swirled the three colors around on a piece of Glossy White cardstock. This was so pretty, I contemplated leaving it as a background, but ended up cutting four, glossy, butterflies with the Butterfly Duet Punch.
Now that I was thinking of shine, I thought it would be fun to experiment with the Crackle Paint background stamp and heat embossing. After covering the Crackle Paint stamp with VersaMark, I stamped it on a pre-cut piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then, I sprinkled it with Black Embossing Power, and set the powder with the Heat Tool. Happy with the black shine, I layered the Crackle Paint background on Basic Black cardstock, which I layered on a Petal Pink card base to tie in with the butterflies.
The butterflies flew to their spots on top of Dimensionals, with “wishes” in the middle. “Wishes” was cut with a die from the Well Written die set. I used Basic Black cardstock, covered it with VersaMark, sprinkled it with Black Embossing Powder, and set it with the Heat Tool. I was “wishing” I had black, glossy paper, but it was worth the trouble to make “wishes” shine.
Thank you for checking out my blog today. I wish you a fabulous, fun-filled 2019!
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Su,
I just read your introduction as guest designer to the Papers Players DT. Congrats. The PP team is my favorite!
I look forward to seeing all you wonderful inspiration. You style and creativity is fabulous. I just know you’re going to give us some wonderful inspiration in 2019.
Hugs Diane —
Thank you so much, Diane! The Paper Players always make such nice comments, I’m excited to be joining this great group. I’ll look forward to seeing you in the gallery! Hugs!