Olympic Inspiration

I'll admit it, I am a very tired woman.  Why?  Because I can't seem to go to bed without watching every ounce of Olympic coverage.  I am such an addict!  Does anyone else suffer from Olympic-itis? 

I decided to let my Olympic addiction/obsession inspire today's card.  I stamped the Periwinkle butterfly (B1181) five times onto white cardstock using black Versafine ink and then colored my butterflies using watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  I chose the colors found on the Olympic flag and then arranged them in the same order as the Olympic rings.  

For the background, I used some Frond 6" x 6" patterned paper and stamped it using the Distressed Swirl (D1333).  The Distressed Swirl works well with butterflies and birds to give the impression of movement. I then added the Sky's the Limit saying (B1076), which I thought paired well with the Olympic theme.  To finish the card, I added some jewels to the butterfly heads, layered the patterned paper onto Bayou cardstock that was cut with a Nestabilities Labels 8 die, and placed everything onto a Pool notecard.

If you will excuse me, I am off to watch some ice dancing....

Comments

[Chrisi]

ok WONDERFUL! So soft and pretty -

[shannon]

watched it! i have the same Olympic-osis that you have! and while you chose the rings as your inspiration, i've been loving the blues and greens of the vancouver games! keep enjoying them. we can catch up on sleep in march!

[Julie Ranae]

Beautiful creation!

I am sort of the same way about the Olympics...it's even tougher on my husband who is from the UK...he is SO used to seeing EVERY last athlete compete (they don't miss any on UK coverage) so it's frustrating how chopped up our coverage can be.

[Sonia]

Ooh, love all the pretty butterflies! And yes, I'm the same way about the Olympics - I've been up really late every night this week. Thank goodness there's only a week to go!

[dcorder]

I'm with you!! I'm a total Olympic Junkie. I love your inspiration piece!