Birthday Butterfly with Gold Accents

Hello, Crafters,

I'm posting a card today that uses several different patterned papers along with strips of gold paper. I thought it would be fun to lay them in a diagonal pattern. 

At first, I was going to use just the paper in the upper left hand corner which has gold accents, but it was PINK OVERLOAD!

So, by adding other papers from the same stack also with gold accents, it toned down the pink some.

The butterfly has two parts: they are from Spellbinders Wonderful Wings; the solid lower cut is of gold paper and the top one is the more intricate cut. The sentiment is from a retired SU Avant Garden set that I've had for probably three years, and it is gold embossed and cut out with a Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles die. Rhinestones embellish the butterfly and a gold ribbon runs across the lower half of the card.

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges ending:

 

Sep 30 Ellibelle's Corner - Things with Wings 3E #1 

Oct 03 Creative Fingers Challenge - AG + a Sentiment 3E #1

Oct 03 Always Fun Challenges - Die Cuts - 3E #1

Oct 03 Crafting Happiness - AAG UE

Oct 04 Lemon Shortbread Challenge - AAG 3E #1

Oct 04 AAA Birthday Challenge - Animals and Critters UE

Oct 07 Word Art Wednesday - AG 5E #1 

Oct 28 Classic Design Challenge - AG UE 

Oct 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - UE

Thank you for stopping by my blog; I always appreciate your visits; as always, I pray for God's highest and best to you today and every day.

Many rich blessings,

Ginny B

Romans 10:9-11
9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Acts 13:38-39
38 "Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. 39 Everyone who believes in him is declared right with God—something the law of Moses could never do.  NLT

A Simple Prayer for Salvation:

O, God!  I know that I am a sinner. I thank You that Jesus Christ, Your Holy Son, was born of a virgin, came and lived a sinless life here on earth, and died on the cross as a sinless sacrifice for my sin. He is no longer dead, but rose from the dead and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. I accept His atonement for every sin I have ever committed and receive Your salvation. I put all of my trust in Jesus Christ of Nazareth and receive Him as Lord of my life from this moment on. Thank You Father God for this grace given to me.

2 Corinthians 5:17  This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun.  NLT