Pink and Aqua

Today I had to make a "happy" card.  We are stuck in the house because it has been raining, raining, raining!!!   I think the Seattle weather has spread across the state to our area for all of Spring, because we don't usually get this much rain and wind.  To brighten my day,  I decided to use some of my favorite things, that I love to use to create my cards.   I always love to use the pretty Marianne Design embossing folders for a background, and of course, to create pretty flowers using dies or punches. 

I used the Marianne Cut and Emboss folder across the top of this 5.5" x 6" card.  It was backed with a piece of pink card stock to show off the cut out areas of the design.  I love butterflies and chose the Memory Box "Kaleidoscope Butterfly then lined it with the matching "Moonlight Butterfly".  I used a piece of pretty design paper for the aqua butterfly.   Along the very bottom of the card I added the very delicate Cheery Lynn "Mini Flourish Band".  

The flower was created using three different flower dies; the Cheery Lynn Miniature Rose; Sweet William; and Stacker Flower #6. I used different shades of pink card stock, then place a small Kaiser Craft Pearl in the center of it.   On each side of the large flower, I added a white Cheery Lynn Medium Rose.   Under the flowers I added some of the Marianne Design "Anji Leaves"; Memory Box "Chloe Stem"; and Marianne "Garden Branch".  The pretty flourish at the top of the flower is the MFT "Fancy Flourish".  

Marianne Design "Cut and Emboss Folder" (DS0907)

Memory Box Kaleidoscope Butterfly (98261)

Memory Box Moonlight Butterfly (98260)

Marianne Design "Anji Leaves" (LR0227)

Marianne Design "Decorative Elegance Leaves" (LR0156)

Cheery Lynn "Mini Flourish Band" (B176)

Cheery Lynn "Miniature Rose" (B152)

Cheery Lynn "Medium Rose" (B154)

Cheery Lynn "Sweet Williams" (D137)

Cheery Lynn "Stacker Flower #6" (SF-6)

Memory Box "Chloe Stem" (98321)

MFT "Fancy Flourish"