A Trio of Creative Elements Butterflies

These three card designs were inspired by needing to create a swap card at a regional training. I had won the Creative Elements stamp set at a raffle was wasn't sure whether I liked it and as I had some surplus Basic Black and Basic Grey card decided to set myself the challenge of using them combined and this is the result! Now I quite like this set as the butterfly can be coloured a riot of colours using marker pens and the 'swirl of leaves' makes a good background image.  Watch out for future designs using this set.

I liked the monochrome idea of the grey and the black with Craft White ink and it was thanks to my husband Kevin to stamp the butterfly using Cherry Cobbler as a contrast.  The greeting comes from the Just Believe stamp set and is set off with Whisper White bakers twine.
The card below uses the same design but with Island Indigo, Midnight Muse and Rich Razzleberry colours.  The greeting is created using Basic Phases stamp set which is now retired.

The following card again uses a monochrome effect using Soft Suede ink, Early Espresso card and ink with  Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla card.  The Scallop Trim Border sets off the division of the contrasting panels.  The greeting comes again from the Just Believe stamp set.