Still in love with White on White.....a Springtime Card

This is the 3rd white on white card that I made for one of my spots in Ruth's White on White Swap..
This was a fun card to make...and I've posted 2 pics so that you can see the detail.... texture...and dimension...

I wanted to bring some lightness to this card..and so I opted to use sheer white medium weight vellum for the flowers and butterflies.....

There was a bit more work involved with this card..as compared to the other 2 white on white cards I posted..but only because I made the vellum flowers myself...which meant making the 3 layers with the Stampin Up! Birds and Blooms dies...

I zipped the dies thru the Cuttlebug (only becasue my Big Shot hasn't arrived yet...tomorrow is the BIG DAY!)...then I curled the egdes...used mini glue dots to layer each flower....added a clear gem to the center of each...and wha-la!..a nice dimensional vellum flower..I used a chunky 3-D glue dot to adhere the flowers to the card front..(LOVE those chunky 3-D glue dots...especially for flowers..)

The buterflies were punched with the Martha Stewart Butterly punch...one of my favs...I am ALWAYS using this punch..its the ideal size for A2 cards...if its not the only element on the card...(it's a bit too small to be the ONLY element on a card front by itself)

I creased the wings where they meet the body of the butterfly so that when I attached the body to the card front with a mini glue dot..the wings remained elevated...for additional dimension...finally...I added a bit of crystal Stickles to the body for some sparkle..

Both layers of white cs were Cuttlebugged...

and in keeping with the light airy feel of this card..I used sheer ribbon to finish it off..

I've got the 6 swap cards done..and ready to be sent to Ruth..but now I think that I am going to make a few extras..to keep on hand...

but first..im going to make a cup of green tea...relax....browse thru some card making magazines..and enjoy looking at the beautiful roses Gary brought me for my birthday (today)..and wait for my 2 storage drawers to be deliverd so that I can finally put away the 160+ (I've lost count!) stamp sets that I have in 3 HUGE bins...because I am out of storage space...

(If you'd like to see what I use for storing my SU sets.. you can see it HERE...each 3-drawer piece holds about 60-70 avg sized SU stamp sets...)

Once again..thanks to Ruth for hosting such a fun and inspiring swap..I have enjoyed this swap so much..Thanks Ruth!