Two all occasion cards featuring masterboard butterflies, ribbon and tracing wheel texture

I continue to make cards from the masterboard I created a while back.  I cut a red cardstock layer the same size as the piece of masterboard (3 5/8" x 4.25") I had trimmed from my letter sized masterboard. I had to use a small cutting plate (broken piece) to avoid cutting more than the butterfly from my large Sizzix die (butterfly and dragonfly).  I was reasonably successful with two passes.  I embossed the red pieces - a butterfly and a layer with a butterfly opening with two different embossing folders.  I die cut some bodies from black paper, trimmed them and adhered them to the butterflies.  I swapped the butterflies and then attached them into the openings using two pieces of regular tape on the back - one on the head and the other on the tail.  This allows the wings to be pulled up to give dimension to the card.  

For my first card, I trimmed my large butterfly focal element to 4" or so, embossed an extra scrap of red cardstock with the same Swiss Dot - CB embossing folder and adhered them to a black card front.  I punched a piece of brown cardstock with a ribbon border punch and them trimmed it to size afterwards.  I inserted a blue gros grain ribbon into the slots adhering one end to the back using double sided tape and brought the other end to the front, flagged it and then stitched in place using red thread and including a tiny button.  I ran my tracing wheel on both long edges to add texture.  I  secured this layer over the gap between my pieces using double sided tape.  Love it!!

For my second card, I adhered my masterboard butterfly focal element to the front of a soft green card and added a scrap of embossed red cardstock to the right hand side.  I used a fine tip permanent marker to add some lines to the outside edges of my focal element.  

Really enjoying the process of creating these cards and really liking the texture and interest created by the masterboard collage!!

Therese