Happy Friday, peeps! BOY is it hot! I wonder how I ever survived living in my house without A/C!!! What a wimp I am! Anyway, I stayed inside this morning, stamping and coloring and diecutting! Here we go:
As You See It has a wonderful color challenge this week, and Tuesday Morning Sketches has an equally wonderful sketch:
When I first saw the colors, I had a totally different project in mind, but I also knew I wanted to play with my new Sketched Butterflies sets, so I decided to use the large butterfly as a focal point. Now, I know there are probably NO butterflies that look like this, but that's the beauty of art--you can make anything any color you want! After watercoloring the different panels on the butterfly, I found some scraps of DSP to match the challenge colors and they formed my banners:
I didn't space my banners correctly, so my butterfly is hanging over the edge of my card, so I made a custom envelope with some retired DSP and the retired Envelope Punch Board to make sure it fit! A pretty sentiment and some more butterflies went on the inside!
Thanks so much for popping in today! Stay cool, enjoy your day and be blessed!
| Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified | |
| Stamps | Sketched Butterflies |
| Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Watercolor Paper, DSP in Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel and Granny Apple Green (all ret) |
| Ink | Stazon Black, Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushed, Granny Apple Green |
| Accessories | Dimensionals |
| Tools | Cut & Emboss Machine, Sketched Butterflies Dies, Aquapainter |
Beautiful card LeAnne. I love the colors of the butterfly. Makes me smile. Have a wonderful wry and stay cool 😊💕
ReplyDeleteI sure do wish I could custom color all those butterflies that bloom on my front porch, LeAnne - you could help!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous stamp/card!
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This is a beautiful butterfly and worked so perfectly for this sketch and color challenge! It's hot here too. All those years without air conditioning make me even more thankful that we have it now. Good weather to stay inside and make more cards.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! I love the bold banners that the gorgeous butterfly is resting on. Best of all, I love the perfect match up of sentiment and imagery. Thank you for sharing with us at As You See It Challenge.... and yes, aircon is one of the wonders of the modern age! :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love these colors- reminds me of a Macaw. Thank you for celebrating with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous butterfly and love the colors. Great touch to add butterflies on the inside too. Thank you for joining Tuesday Morning Sketches.
ReplyDeleteRealistic or not, your butterfly is amazing!! Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
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What a wonderful use of the sketch! I like your pretty butterfly as the focal!
ReplyDeleteYou've really used our challenge colours to their top potential, LeAnne! I love the polka-dot banners the beautiful butterfly is perched on! And the sentiment is a favourite of mine, so I've always pictured hope as a fragile but beautiful butterfly! Thanks for using our Challenge colours at As You See It!
ReplyDeleteLeAnne that colourful butterfly is just stunning and I love how you picked up the trio of colours in the polka dot banners too. Thanks for playing along with us over at As You See It!
ReplyDeleteOh that's beautiful LeAnne! Love the butterfly - such a great way to showcase our colours. Thanks for joining us at As You see It
ReplyDeleteBold and striking! You found the perfect way to use these colors! Fantastic! Thanks for joining us at As You See It!
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