Thanks to some friends who have placed orders for cards, I have been super busy making cards.  I will share some of them with you. 

I tried my hand at going Shabby Chic.  After looking at many beautiful projects on Pinterest, I figured out the key is layers.  Lots of layers.  

I layered strips of paper and dsp (designer series paper).  This dsp is very old and I've been wanting to use it up, even though it is super pretty.  It has lots of butterflies on it, so I thought I would stick with the butterfly theme.  I distressed the paper and cardstock, either by sponging the edges, ripping the edges and/or roughing the edges.

The other element I found on other shabby chic projects was stamping lightly on the background/base and then embossing.  

There aren't really any measurements to give you, as everything you see was my left-overs.  I just used what I had.

Shabby chic is not really my style, but I did have fun with these and my friends really liked them.  Which means I will have to try them again!

Feel free to show me your shabby chic side.