Fusion Card Challenge No1 2014

I started out making a completely different card , but as sometimes happens, this one took a life of it's own! I was inspired by the photo in the Fusion Card challenge and was going to use the sketch as well, but then I took a tangent. I'm also entering this in the Penny Black 'sending hugs' challenge, because I have a friend who needs  a hug and a good laugh and this card was made for her!

The top tag was stamped with Penny Black flower flourish in rose red and then embossed with pearl embossing powder to get the 'pearly' look, then I went over this with pan pastel in light blue tint and wiped the embossed image. I then used the same ink and embossing powder on a piece of white card stock and then die cut the butterfly with a Penny Black die.

After I had die-cut the butterfly I swiped it with more ink and embossed it again and whilst hot, I pressed it on to the Hero Arts lattice background. i love the texture of the butterfly and tag. The lattice was to echo the pattern on the cushions and the pattern on the tag, was inspired by the rug and the coral colour of the bedhead.

NB: the sequins reflected the sunlight in the photo, but on the card they pick up the colour of the cardstock!