Butterfly Kisses

It's been a few days since I used any Bella stamps, so it was high time to ink one up. I've had this sweet Butterfly Kisses (Alice in Paris) stamp from Stamping Bella for a while now, so I decided to use it cause I still have a few Valentine's to make for friends {groan! yes...they'll be late...but my friends would expect nothing less}.  :)

I chose the layout for this week's Mojo Monday sketch #73. Alice is stamped with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury and coloured with copics. You can see in the detail picture that I added shimmer to the butterflies with  some Bella Liquid Watercolour Glitter. I created the opening for the ribbon with my SU horizontal slot punch because I didn't want the opening to be too large. But I used my word window on the chocolate layer underneath because it's hidden so precision wasn't an issue. 

The card base is Gina K 120lb pure luxury followed by a layer of Basic Grey Sugared patterned paper. My focal image is so large that I didn't have enough room for a layer of chocolate under the patterned paper so I inked the edges instead with Memento Rich Cocoa, to give it a little definition. I ran the Pink Pirouette piece (say that 10 times fast!) through my D'vine Swirls cuttlebug folder. 

For embellishments, I cut out a flower from one of the other Sugared patterned pieces and layered a 10mm Strawberry Parfait Bella dot in the centre. I finished off the details with three 5mm Strawberry Parfait Bella dots on the left side. I LOVE that most of Em's emBELLAshments are available in two sizes!

It's so windy here today...a good day to stay inside and stamp. Apparently I have a couple more Valentine's to make so I can at least get them in the mail before Feb 14th..LOL! And, my mom's birthday is next week...gotta get going on that one too. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen