Braided Ribbon

Another challenge I enjoyed had us doing ribbon weaving.  You can see the information on the challenge here.  In this case, I just braided a short piece of ribbon.  As I looked at it I thought, "That would make a great butterfly body!"  So, that's what I did with it. 

The background is a blank card from Hot Off the Press, and the butterfly wings are from one of their templates. I love the shiny blue paper I used - the yellow sets it off nicely.  Nestabilities dies were used to cut and emboss the frame for the sentiment, and a simple punch was used to create the holes for the ribbon to weave through on the side.

Here's another card I did in a similar way.  The outside border is drawn with a gel pen. I drew the straight line first with a ruler, then added the scallops by hand.