Butterfly gift card

Hello again crafters of the world!
Well what a beautiful day it has been again today! I have done so much in the garden......planted 2 varieties of potatoes, red and white onions, sweetcorn, carrots, butternut squash, beetroot, courgettes & runner beans! I've also mowed my lawns, trimmed my hedge, re-seeded the lawn, fed the bedding plants and watered it all! A very busy day indeed! When I'd finished I decided to wind down a little by putting together a card......

 On my lunch break yesterday, I went for a wander in town and found that my favourite costume jewellery shop had everything discounted by 50%! So I picked up lots of these earrings, in different styles, for 50p a pair! I bought them specifically to make gift cards like this one!

 I have used the same embossing folder from Marianne that I used on another card recently. Behind it I added some purple shimmer card and pierced two holes for the earrings to go through. I then mounted it to a 6x6 card blank using double foam pads in the middle to allow easy removal of the earrings. I stuck it at the edges with silicone glue. I finished with a ribbon, some card candi and lots of tiny gems for plenty of bling!

As you can see, the earrings can easily be removed leaving a pretty card to display! The stamp used for the butterflies is a lovely one from a pair I picked up for £1.26 from my local craft shop! They're from http://www.cart-us.com/. I stamped them using my gold ink pad and cut one of them out to layer up and give a 3D effect.

I am entering this into the following challenges......

Diva's By Design's first challenge - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Open

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking....more like this coming soon! :)

Lizy x