Three New Cards and its all about the Butterflies

My First card was inspired by The Muse Card Challenge #223 for this week

done by Anita Bowden

I absolutely love the  the coloured swatches Anita has done on her card

with the butterfly over the top. Its a style I have never ever been able to do and

I sadly lack in these style of stamps all together. 

I hunted through all that I had and found that the closest I came to swatches was a set of

smaller ones from STAMPlorations that I am sad to say that I bought many years ago and have never used. I sat and played all afternoon with different ideas and ended up feeling that this was a card that

I not only liked but it was also me.

I used the same stamp twice but turned it up side down for the second stamp and of course I stamped with my Distress Oxide Ink. Flicked just a little water as I have used cardstock and didn't want it to swell out of shape. I stamped and coloured a little butterfly with different green copics to get a close match as I didn't want all black.

I used just a small sentiment for the Birthday Wishes as the swatches and butterfly were small and I felt that was what suited better. So though its a different look it was certainly inspired by Anita and I thank her for the inspiration to step outside my usual style.

These next two butterfly cards came about over quite a long process. I had spent a quiet few hours blending Distress Ink colours on Watercolour panels in different mixes and some I put aside as fails or to be worked on. These two panels are from this pile. This first had started a mix of orange and red and become too red, I decided to stamp and white emboss a large butterfly from the Stampendous collection and do some water resist, problem was it really wasn't doing much at all. I had also stamped and white embossed the other panel and managed to bend it in the process, so it was sitting to the side as wastage and the red well a dud.

Then my pencils arrived, my new Prismacolor pencils, all 150 beautiful colours. so after I sat and sharpened then all, I started playing,  ohhhhh the joy, the ease. Remembering to colour lightly, blending colours in, layers, not hurting the hands. Yes I have become a pencil addict, not watercolour pencils but pencils like my Polychromos so I can combine the colours and use them together.

Look at those beautiful colours, so a card that was destined for the bin became a beautiful butterfly.

I added a couple of sequins and yes a most unusual front. I had bought these clear photo fronts in a reject shop and they sat amongst the NBUS stuff and fell into my hands and I loved the look.

I attached them with a strip of washi on the side so the recipient can open and look at the beauty

of the butterfly then open the card to read what I have to say to them. A three fold card with a difference. The flash has caught in the reflection of the first photo but the front is a white heart and the sentiment 'best friends'

Now the ultimate save, this is the card that ended up with a fold in it from to vigorous blending. Just love the pencil blending and the photos overs-heet. 

Look at those rich colours, achieved so easily with very little effort from the hands.

Love this butterfly, great for practicing and beautiful to look at.

Again I have attached the Photo clear panel with washi tape at the side, this time a white with gold spots.  You  & Me in White

Not sure if we have any challenges I can add these too.

Challenge

The Muse Card Challenge #223

Birthday Wishes

Seize the Birthday Red White and You

Without the topping this time. 

'Birthday Wishes'

HLS July CAS Challenge: Birthday

Birthday Wishes

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #93 Embossing Heat or Dry

You & Me Butterfly Card

Alphabet Challenge Blog 'I' for Insects

Best Friends Card

4 Crafty Chicks :  #358 Stamping No Digi's

You & Me card

Thanks so much for coming to have a look and I hope you come again soon