10MSPC

True confession time. Are you ready? Because this one is going to seriously offend some of you. Really ready? Here goes... I don't really get the whole butterfly thing. I mean... the butterflies... they're like an obsession. They're everywhere. On everything. It seems there is no company in the paper crafting industry that hasn't at least dabbled in them. I mean, I get it somewhat. They're everywhere else, too. Target, Pottery Barn, Anthropology... you know... the usual suspects. But I still don't really get it. I could kind of take 'em or leave 'em. But some of you... some of you are diehards. You could take 'em or take two of 'em. Me... eh. Either way. They're all right. But... I will admit... after borrowing this little punch {yes, the Martha Stewart one that everyone else has had for, oh, about forever now} from my mom I called her up and told her I would be holding it for ransom. She was not a fan. Possession is 9/10ths of the law, though, so I think she's outta luck. Now, was this truly a 10 minute card? The design itself was super quick, but I'm not gonna lie... those tiny little suckers take some patience to glue down. I tried to dab just a tiny bit of liquid glue in the center, then I stuck them down and used the tiny end of a dry embossing tool to rub down the center of the butterfly. That acutally worked pretty well. Look... they're all flying away...

kinda pretty, huh?

I repeated the text in the butterflies (vintage bookprint) with the background stamp at the bottom to kind of ground the whole card. It might have seemed a little empty without it and it adds a bit or visual weight without overpowering the sentiment or tiny butterflies.

So, in the end... I like it a lot.

I'm still not sure I understand it all, but I am stealing keeping the punch.

Wanna play in the 10 Minute Scrap Pile Challenge this week? Just leave a link to your 10 minute card using whatever you find in your scrap pile and I'll stop by!

Later, friends!