Butterfy Wishes

The challenge over at Less is More this week is to create a:

ONE LAYER CARD

This time we have the stipulation to

USE THREE STAMPS

not four, not two... but 3!

  

So I delved into my stamp collection (isn't it frightening when you look at it in its entirety) and selected one of the butterflies from a set by Martha Stewart.  The second stamp that I chose was from Hero Arts and looks a bit like an abstract wave. Lastly I decided on another Hero Arts Sentiment.

I knew the end result that I had in mind but the execution was more difficult than I had originally thought.  I think that the root cause was that the butterfly stamp did not like the Distress Inks that I used.  ( Tim v Martha!)  I had several attempts at this and have decided to post two of these as well.  The inks used here are walnut stain, brushed corduroy and pumice stone.  I used a paint brush and pumice stone to fill in the majority of the wings.

Here are my "rejects" . I switched to Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip for the 6" by 6" card.  The final card is finished by "distressing" the edges with old paper.