Butterfly Joy-Fold Card

Hello and Happy November!  We had 3 inches of snow a couple days ago but it's all gone now, Yay!  I'm not ready for winter yet!

Today I present my first Joy-Fold Card!  I was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge 188, and I chose all of the options:  Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, and Lace Edging (real or faux), plus Butterflies.  The colour options are shown below, and I chose Lilacs.

In doing this challenge, the hardest part was choosing monochromatic patterned papers. It turns out that I have very few so I spent a long time searching through my patterned papers and ended up in my old Dollarama stash, where I finally found some suitable papers that coordinated.  

The unbranded sentiment stamp I chose for the front was of poor quality and did not take the ink well, very disappointing, but I do like these words.  The butterfly and flower center are punched shapes.  

Here's how the card looks when open:

The large butterfly is a Gina Marie Designs die, and my faux lace is Die-Versions Whispers Lacey Dots border die.  I added three more punched butterflies with flower centers.  I would normally add gems to the middle of my butterflies but I thought they would indent the paper when closed so I opted for the flower centers.  The inside is left blank so I can write my message later.  I like how my card turned out, and now I know how to make a Joy-Fold Card, thanks to Mrs. A!

Here's Mrs. A's Butterfly Wheel for Challenge 188; I chose Lilacs:

I would like to join the following challenges:
Butterfly Challenge 188 Monochromatic, Joy-Fold Card, Lace Edging, Butterflies 1/3

CRAFT 696 AG 1/2

Crafts Galore Encore November 1/3
Creative Fingers 265 AG 1/3
DL.ART November Linky AG UE 1/day
Penny's Paper-Crafty 558 AG 1/3
Polkadoodles 43 AG 1/2
Word Art Wednesday 619-620 AG wk2 1/5
Gem of a  Challenge 22 AG 1/3

I started sharing cat memes/cartoons last month for the cat lovers challenge in memory of Janis Woolbright from Her Peaceful Garden so I thought I would continue.  Enjoy!

Thank you for being here, and for your kind words in the comments.  They brighten my day!  I will visit your blog sometime over the weekend.  Peaceful wishes to all!