Butterfly Tag and Sympathy Card

Greetings! I hope you are all well and still sane. We are good. Today I have a tag to share with you that I then put on a card. First, the tag, which I made especially for Tag Tuesday:

I love this Star Stampz digi. It's called Maiko in Spring. I printed it out on white Springhill card stock, cut it with an Elizabeth Crafts tag die and colored with ProMarkers. And I actually attempted some shading {GASP} :-) I forgot to take the pic before I'd stamped the Pink By Design sentiment at the bottom, but oh well.

I used DCWV's 4..5 x 6.5-inch Far East Mat Stack papers on a grey SU card stock base. After adhering the tag to the card front, I assembled a little pink flower mound with a few tiny butterfly die cuts. More tiny butterflies adorn the side in place of the sketch's dot embellies. I just had the urge to flower the umbrella, and I like it. I added a Skipping Stones sentiment sideways on the long side strip that I thought went perfectly with the butterflies.

 

I followed Stick It Down's March sketch, making an A2 size card. I thought the tag shape fit the sketch's parentheses pretty well.

I am trying to build an inventory of sympathy cards and have decided to leave them blank inside until I know who it's going to. I perused my stamps and thought of the Maiko digi. I know it might seem weird to use an Asian theme, but I find this a calming and peaceful image, as is most Asian images. I think it works! And that patterned paper is of butterflies but it's hazy like a dream or the sky, and it makes it a bit ethereal. I was nervous about choosing the colors for the image but I am very happy with it.

Thanks for dropping by. As always, I appreciate each and every comment. Please, everyone, take care of yourselves -- body, mind and soul. These are trying times, definitely the scariest of my lifetime. I'm praying we all get through it safely. Virtual Hugs to All! XXO

CHALLENGES:
1.   Tag Tuesday: Bunnies & Butterflies -- I have butterflies.
2.   Stick It Down March Sketch -- Sketch shown above
3.   Star Stampz Challenge #8: Bingo / Tic-Tac-Toe -- I chose diagonal top left to bottom right. I have a sentiment, a Star Stampz digi Maiko in Spring and flowers.

4.   TTTC056 - Featured Designer LeAnne -- I chose middle column (I used blue, an umbrella and designer paper).

5.   Use Your Stuff #394: Spring 

6.   Double D Challenge: Welcome Spring 

7.   Colour Crazy Week 10: AG with Colouring -- I used ProMarkers to color the tag image.
8.   Cut It Up #196: Spring Fever with Butterflies -- I used a die cut tag and 8 butterflies
9.   Aud Sentiments #247: Sentiment + Spring / Easter -- I went with Spring
10. Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes 3/22-4/4: Spring