Autumn thinking of you

I was inspired by a few challenges to make this card,

 although the project started out very differently !

I was keen to try a new technique that Loll from Stamping with Loll shared recently.

It's called Faux Mother of Pearl and she's done a fabulous video to show how it's done.

I thought I'd do a tag and smooshed some white paint mixed with pearlizing medium onto it using cling wrap. When it was dry I blended a few autumn coloured distress ink onto it. I loved the look of the tag but I didn't know what to do with it!

I decided it would make a great background for a butterfly and some leaves, I stamped a couple of Hero Arts butterflies, clear embossed and fussy cut them. The leaves are diecut from bits and pieces that were left. I managed to get enough from the tag to do 2 projects.

I should've taken a pic before I cut it up but you can see the white shimmer from the paint.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday where the theme is to make your own background. I hope making it then repurposing it is ok. I've used an embossing folder to create a background for the tag.

At Tag You're It challenge there is this gorgeous inspiration pic.

I've followed the layout and autumn colours of the butterfly.

Since I was using up snippets left over from cutting up the butterflies, 

I'm visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Materials used:

Hero Arts antique engravings butterfly; versafine ink & clear ep; Memory Box cherry blossom die; Elizabeth Crafy Designs curvy leaves die; Entangled embossing folder; distress inks; white acrylic paint; pearlizing medium; 

sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x