Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Fly


I love the butterflies from this Hero Arts set called Antique Engravings.  The butterflies were embossed on the plain white background of this card with clear embossing powder, and then a color wash was  spritzed over it to create the background colors.  The colored butterflies were stamped on a separate piece of white cs, painted in with Twinkling H2O's and cut out when dry.  I layered them over the embossed butterfly shapes, and added the ribbon, stamped FLY on a piece of patterned paper, and drew a rectangle around it to highlight the words.  I cut that out and glued it above the ribbon.

I am entering this in several challenges:
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Watercolor Butterflies
Here is the inspiration photo


The Paper Players Challenge #91  CAS Challenge- Use Watercolors

Color Throwdown CTD 188 Using Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Always Artichoke
Thanks for stopping by.  I love to read all of your thoughtful comments!

11 comments:

  1. Love the vibrant colors. I bet it is even prettier in person with those Twinkling H2Os.

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  2. Oh this is lovely! Such a brilliant background for those gorgeous butterflies..so glad you shared it with us at the Paper Players!

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  3. ...beautiful vibrant & full of colour thats how I see your stunning card Barb...Mel :)

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  4. A gorgeous card and I love those butterflies, they are beautiful. Hugs, Karen xx

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  5. Thanks for your comment Barb. The time you took to look around on my blog and comment is much appreciated. :)

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  6. Very pretty card! Thanks for sharing your technique. A beautiful design.

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  7. Wow, so many great techniques on one card! Those butterflies are strikingly beautiful! So glad you joined in the fun at The Paper Players!

    ~Heidi at stuckonstampin.blogspot.com

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  8. Fabulous use of this set. The butterflies are gorgeous. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week.
    Jaydee

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  9. Beautiful card! I love how striking the butterflies are. Gorgeous colors. TFS and have a wonderful weekend.

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  10. Hey Barb! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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