Birthday Butterfly Stripes

Hey y'all, I missed posting yesterday because we're getting ready for the hubs' extended family to visit next week.  I did make a card to share today and I've gotta write this blog post quickly so I can get to cleaning up.  So here we go!

This is a triple challenge card!  First up is the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I probably should have chosen a smaller sentiment to be a bit more in line with the sketch.  I like this one, I can see using it over and over.

Next is the Global Design Project theme challenge:

Butterflies are definitely the supermodels of the bug world ; )

Last up is the Cupcake Inspirations challenge:

You would think I would add bugs + stripes and get bees, but nope.  I started out by looking through several packs of patterned paper for some stripes and had lots of options to choose from, but I chose the gold and white stripes and went from there.  I accented the butterflies with some small gold sequins from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.

Okay, I'm off to go vacuum the boy's room, there's a sandbox at his daycare and I think he's trying to bring it home one shoe-full of sand at a time.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Artfully Layered
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Tahitian Tide, Polished Pink, Abstract Beauty DSP Stack
Accessories:  white EP, Brilliant Wings dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, gold sequins