Into the Woods with a Watercolor Butterfly

The soon-to-arrive Into The Woods DSP (available beginning September 1st) is a great collection of bright fall bouquets, flowering vines and leaves, along with two wood grain backgrounds and plenty of acorns.  Here is just a tiny sliver of one of the vine designs:

I saw a version of this card on splitcoast stampers, and loved the color combo on the butterfly.  Making a few changes, I used the Into the Woods DSP, together with a pattern from my stash on top.
The gorgeous Mellow Moss stitched satin ribbon is still available ON SALE at 60% OFF in the clearance rack.  This style is so pretty, I can't believe what a great deal it is, but it's only while supplies last.

The butterfly is the larger image set from Watercolor Wings.  I used Tempting Turquoise, Calypso Coral, and Daffodil Delight for the wings, and Old Olive for the body.  If you look closely, however, you'll notice that there is some bright green in the butterfly's wings as well.  This is because the yellow overlaps the blue.

To get this effect, ink up the large "flat" wing image with Daffodil Delight.  Take a damp Q-tip and wipe a little ink off just the edges before stamping.  Otherwise, the edges of the wings will be all green.

You may stamp any of the stamps first, it doesn't really matter; but I found it easiest to line them up when I started with the darker colors.

I added a bit of Tangerine Tango ribbon to give a little splash of color in balance to the butterfly.  Wait--yes, the butterfly was done in Calypso Coral, which is a bit redder, but with the Daffodil Delight added on top, it brightened the orange enough to where it didn't match the Calypso Coral ribbons, so I went a shade brighter.

I cut the butterfly out using the Big Shot with the Bold Butterflies framelits--the larger one for the stamped image, and the smaller one for the overlay, which is cut out of Old Olive cardstock.

The sentiment is from the Endless Birthday Wishes Stamp Set.