Slimline Cherry Blossom Birthday Card Duo

Hello my crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a pair of Slimline Birthday Cards that started out with this cherry blossom patterned paper. I have had it for several years - it came in a package of other prints that I just LOVE, but this one? Not so much. I thought I'd see if I liked it better on a Slimline card, but ... nope. Still not a fan. 

The scalloped rectangle frame was cut twice - once from vellum and once from pink mirror cardstock. Then I alternated the pieces on each card. The white embossed butterflies were coloured with the coordinating layering stencils and I added die cut words with their shadows.  Oh, and I did add a little detailing to the butterflies with alcohol markers. The words were cut from the same pink mirror cardstock. 

Since the frames were popped up with thin foam tape, I nestled some coordinating bling around the different elements. So the cards are nice and sparkly at least!

Below are pictures of the inside of both cards, with a little stencilling, stamping and a punched butterfly. I also added another layer of the cherry blossom paper as I figured I'd use as much as I could on these two cards. 

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Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Park Lane, Paper Studio (old, from my stash)
Shimmer Spray
Butterfly stencil - unknown (old, from my stash)
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)