Hero Arts March Challenge - Hello Spring!

I made this card for the Hero Arts March2013A challenge to use the colors of soft purple, soft yellow, soft green, soft sky, and charcoal and use any theme. Obviously I went with a spring theme that includes flowers, a butterfly and being happy! I used a black background to make these pale colors pop! I cut 4 butterflies with the MB Vivienne butterfly die, and interchanged the negative pieces to make a colorful butterfly. Yes, it took a little time to do that, but I really enjoy it. The sentiment was done with a SSS Oh Happy Day exclusive die using the soft purple color. The HA flowers were stamped with versafine and clear embossed, fussy cut, and popped up on foam tape. The leaves were hand cut and run through a paper crimper, while the flower centers were punched from charcoal card stock, pressed into a mouse pad and coated with glossy accents.

Here's a close-up of the flower detail that shows the pattern a bit better.

I'm also entering this in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground #62 since I used all those left-over snippets for the leaves and flowers.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're all having a great week!

Carol