Birthday Wishes ~ The Next Level Challenge #4 & FBW & WT224

I found some extra time to play this week so I decided to learn to make a stair~step card. The design of this card is for the weekly challenge over at The Next Level . And the theme of this card is for Flutter By Wednesday where the challenge was to go and be inspired by the beautiful outdoors! The colors were inspired by the "Way to Use It" challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers, which it to use bold and bright colors this week. The main image is a vintage print of a sunflower which I've cut out and layered several times onto card stock that has been textured and shaded using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The butterflies are stamped and painted with metallic paints and then cut out. I also wanted to pull out my Cricut and give it a work~out since its been a while since I've used it. I made the "wrought~iron" trellis and the greenery using the Storybook Cartridge. The little yellow flowers were punched from a Fiskars flower punch and then I added the rhinestones to the centers. The background paper is from the Laundry Line Stack by My Minds Eye. Right now, this is my all~time favorite stack of dp!!! Thanks for stopping by to visit! I hope everyone has a great weekend! :)