Rainbow pop... butterflies

Happy Thursday crafty friends!

Time for another Inspired By challenge, this week we are being inspired by....

Rainbow Pops #IB285

I was inspired by the sketch and COLOR... reallllyyy inspired by color... lol. 

So, as I've previously explained, my creative mind is a little weird.... 

when I first saw the cake pops I immediately thought of my new Pinkfresh Studio butterfly washi tape, don't ask how/why/WHAT?!.... I don't understand my creative mind either. 

But once I get an idea in my head, the idea will somehow turn into a card.... 

usually not in the form of the original idea (such is the case here) but some semblance of the original idea will make it through to the final project...

Speaking of final project, voilà, an explosion of color ...

A little more detail about the creative process...

I knew I wanted to incorporate the sketch into my design - my original idea was to do that somehow with the butterflies and some circles... yeah, that didn't work. Good thing I remembered I had this Spellbinders circle illusion embossing folder, which I thought was perfect.... and then I went ahead and covered it up with the rainbow explosion collage so it's now barely visible... but hey, I know it's there! lol

Since I was using primarily Pinkfresh Studio products, I was also designing the card to align with this month's Pinkfresh Studio challenge - Circles & Rings - hence, additional explanation as to why the card design took the direction it took. 

I had a blast creating this card... lots of layering, trying to keep the the butterflies and floral washi somewhat tone on tone to keep it looking less busy than it already was due to all of the color. 

Another weird creative mind confession... somehow I saw 'movement' in the alignment of the cake pops in the photo prompt, so I wanted to try to recreate that in my card as well. Lord I wish my creative mind would just chill sometimes!! ha

Anyhoot.... it all began with the colorful butterflies, inspired by the rainbow pops!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, appreciate it very much!!

xoxo ~ Rae

Supply List:

•Pinkfresh Studios

Washi/Stamp/Dies: Fluttering butterflies; Vines & Roses

Dies: blanket stitched circles; stitched scallop circles

Embellishments: gold metallic pearls

•Spellbinders

Embossing Folder: circle illusion