Butterfly explosion

Our Craft Lounge has its Friday challenge up and running.  What could be more fun than to use your "BLING".  Use an OCL stampset (or more) and bling up a project!  At the end of each month, one contributor is picked to win a free stamp set.  Entering in the challenge also puts your name into the "Customer of the Week" pot and this person also wins a button for their blog and a free stamp set of their choice.  Lots of chances to get free stamps and a chance to show off your talent!

I am showcasing the amazing butterfly in the 'Notes of Nature' stamp set.  It is the best butterfly (IMHO) out there.  I stamp, color, cut-out and bling up lots of them just to keep around for embellishments on many of my projects.  On the outside, 'Dandy Days' made the perfect surround for all the beauties inside.

(Lots of photos)

The box is small-about 3.5 inches tall, 1.5 across.  Just love how the colors worked out.  Wasn't too sure about the lime green but it works! 

The larger butterflies are from 'Natures Notes'.  They are colored with copics and then sprinkled liberally with OCL crafty sparkles.  They really shine!   The smaller one is a MS punch.  The flowers are a punch and covered in crafty sparkles and a rhinestone center.  If you look closely, there is a button in the shape of  frog at the base of the box, hiding under the flowers.

The DP, cardstock and ribbon are all from my stash.  I have left the inside panels blank for a sentiment to go with whatever reason I decide to give this away.  I am thinking that it will be one of my Pay it Forward gifts.

Anyway, this explosion of butterflies makes me think/dream of spring and I am SO READY for spring!

This project may be entered in the following challenges:

Our Craft Lounge:  Supply challenge:  Bling

Pals Paper Arts:  Spring/Easter

Penny's Challenges:  Green

Paper Play Challenge:  Shades of Green

AiFactory:  Luck of the Irish or use green

Flutterby Wednesday:  Butterfly and photo inspiration

Scrap-Creations: Going green

House of Gilli:  Use green

Corrosive Challenges:  Green

ECP challenge: Use green

Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

Craft your Passion:  Anything Goes

Miami Doodles:  Greens

Card Makin' Mamas:  Something Green

Ann's creative Nook:  Lets hear it for green

The Three Muses:  Spring

Crafty Ann's Challenge:  Spring

The Pink Elephant:  Springtime

Kaboodle Doodles:  Go Green

Stampin For the Weekend:  Springtime

Raise the Bar:  G-green, R-ribbon, E-Embellishment (glitter), E-Embellishment (Flower punches), N-Notes of Nature(butterfly stamp set).

Stamp Insanity:  A pop of green