Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Butterfly Birthday


I am loving this bright, happy, summery butterfly.  So many challenges have been about butterflies recently that next thing you know, I've got butterflies on the brain and ink on my fingers.

This card is for the mother of an Indian woman I know so I tried to pull in the colors and a touch of the exotic that I think of with that culture.  I used 4 colors of Spectrum Noirs to create all those variations by starting with a color on one side then another color on the other and overlapping them in the middle.  I fussy cut the image out which with this stamp is so easy to do--this coming from someone who hates fussiness.  I sponged the background really quickly, fading out at the edges like I like. 

The Details:  Hero Arts butterfly stamp and Operation Write Home sentiment (hugs & kisses), Marianne Dies birthday die, Spectrum Noirs LY1, CT2, IB2 and BP2, trellis stencil made with my Cameo, Distress Ink Shabby Shutters

I'm entering this in Addicted to Stamps & More #107 Make Your Mark, A Blog Named Hero #49 Die a Little or a Lot, Time Out Challenges #11 Celebrations with optional butterfly, Seize the Birthday without optional monochromatic yellowCAS on Sunday #39 Butterfly, Butterfly Challenge #12 Summertime, Hero Arts OLC


18 comments:

  1. The background is fab and your choice of colours is perfect Nd so vibrant. Thanks for joining us at ATSM, Time Out,

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  2. holy gorgeous butterfly batman!!! I LOVE it!

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  3. Gorgeous butterfly! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

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  5. Had to remove my last comment as for some reason the blog is not liking my ipad and couldnt fix errors.
    Beautiful card, your butterfly is brilliant. Absolutely love your colours and then the subtle background.

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  6. Great background and super coloured butterfly! Super design; top card! Thank you for taking the TIME OUT and join us!

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  7. I love how you have blended the colours on your butterfly together and then fussy cut out to place on your card. Background looks great too. Thankyou for fluttering by. Hugs Mrs A. (Butterfly challenge).

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  8. Oh WOW! This is just gorgeous. I love how you kept everything neutral so that awesome butterfly just pops off the page! Thanks for playing along with Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge! (Hugs)

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  9. What a fantastically tropical butterfly, such a contrast to the soft background.
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at ATSM this week.:)

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  10. Wow, this is stunning! The multi-colored butterfly really pops from the soft background, I really like this design!! Thanks for taking TIME OUT and joining our challenge!

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  11. This is such a beautiful card Toni, and I just love that butterfly! Thanks for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday :)

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  12. Your bright butterfly is really striking against your lovely stencilled background. Thanks for joining us at ATSM this week, Anita x

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  13. Toni, this is absolutely beautiful!! I had forgotten about this challenge and was looking at the cards already linked and this beauty jumped right out at me. The colours are sensational and I can't believe you cut it out by hand. This is gorgeous and a winner in my book for sure!!! I also thought I had already subscribed to your blog for email posts but seems I hadn't, so I'm all signed up now and won't miss anymore of your brilliant projects!!

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  14. Your butterfly is beautifully colored! I love the background you created too. Thanks for joining us at ATSM. :)

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  15. Wow your butterfly is gorgeous. Thank you for joining us over at CAS on sunday.

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  16. GORGEOUS!!! Love your butterfly! Thanks for joining us at CAS on Sunday!

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  17. Super cool!! Thanks for playing along at ATSM!!

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  18. Congratulations on your HM at ATSM challenge!!!!

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