surprisingly elegant butterfly card

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i thought this card was going to have A LOT more stuff on it. in fact, i was planning to pretty much fill all of the available space with butterflies, kind of like i did on this journal page. but try as i might, in the end, i could only get *one* butterfly on there. whaddaya gonna do, right?

oof--i suppose i should've started out by mentioning that i used laura's sketch #58 from 2S4Y, shouldn't i? ok, well, i did...here it is...naturellement it is awesome:

and now here's the card in question:

despite the complete absence of auxiliary butterflies, i did manage to get quite a bit of embellishment on this thing: there's vintage lace & battenburg flowers from nana hartpence's sewing box...some yummy pink bling...stick-on pearls...and a hand-stitched border. et voila--the first of the september birthdays is checked off my list! :)

(~materials~ patterned paper & diecuts: k&co; kraft cardstock: hobby lobby; vintage: lace & battenburg flowers; bling: recollections; pearls: kaiser: ink: colorbox; embroidery floss: dmc; adhesives: tombow monorunner, 3m foam tape, sewing machine)