Sunday 17 May 2015

Connie and Mary 355

As soon as I saw the sketch at Create with Connie and Mary this week, I knew what I wanted to do: stamped collage tiles based around Butterfly Basics, but wasn't sure what colours I wanted to use.



I have been lucky enough to be a guest designer at Just Add Ink this month, and the colours for this week's challenge are Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake and Pear Pizzazz. I realised that I just hadn't finished exploring with them, so decided to play with them some more - but also with the freedom to include other colours if I wanted.  I discovered the last time I tried this that I got better results by sponging a panel and then cutting the butterfly than the other way round. I like the look and might give it a go using three colours sometime.







Update: So delighted to be in the Top 3 at Create with Connie and Mary!

Ingredients
Card: Pool Party, Whisper White
Stamps: Hardwood, Butterfly Basics, French Foliage
Inks: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Black.
Other: Linen thread, Butterfly thinlit, brad base, Soft Suede candy dots, sponges, dimensionals






18 comments:

  1. Oh my GOSH! Jan, I LOVE this card!!! I adore how each little piece is stamped individually and your border stamping around the Hardwood layer looks so cool!! The butterfly is gorgeous in those colours. STUNNING! I love it!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Create with Connie and Mary. :)

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    1. Wow, thanks for such an enthusiastic response!

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    2. You are welcome! It really is a beautiful card! :)

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  2. Hello Jan,
    Thanks for the beautiful butterfly card! I have featured this card as one of my favorite picks on my blog today for my Sunday's One Stop, Blog Hop. Check it out here if you'd like:
    www.quickandeasystamping.blogspot.com

    blessings,
    barb

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    1. Oh Barb, that is just wonderful. Thank you so much for the vote of confidence!

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  3. My what an amazing card Jan! I just love that collage stamped panel and the variegated butterfly looks amazing - it truly pops off the page. Thanks for joining us over at Create With Connie and Mary this week!

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  4. Absolutely beautiful! Looks like a butterfly that has stopped on a picket fence...for real! Thanks for playing the Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge this week!

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  5. Oh-my-word!!!!! This is such a beauty!!!!! I absolutely love everything about it! So many great details!!!!! Thanks for sharing it with us at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  6. What a lovely card on so many levels! The butterfly is beautiful and I love how you stamped the background. French Foliage - oh how I love that stamp set - especially the script stamp. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Create with Connie and Mary.

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  7. I love this multicolored butterfly! Simply gorgeous! Thanks for playing along this week at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  8. This is a gorgeous card! I just love the individually stamped details throughout, and I love that you used the wood on the right side. Great job with this sketch! Thank you for joining us at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  9. Very cool I really like that you stamped your own DSP pieces and how it looks like the fern is going under and coming back out. Very pretty.

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  10. Wow, love this version just as much, Jan. They work beautifully with the challenge.Hardwood is a fab background choice & I love how you interpreted the sketch on the left panels. Love!
    Inky wishes, Di

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  11. Thanks Di. I'm so glad I got the Butterfly Basics set just before the catalogue closed but someone left me a comment saying it's going to be in the new catalogue too.

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  12. LOVE the colorful butterfly and how you stamped the panels instead of DSP! The woodgrain background is perfect for it, too! Thanks for playing along with the sketch challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

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  13. WOW...this is absolutely AWESOME!!! I LOVE how you did the background on this and the coloring of your butterfly is FANTASTIC! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  14. Your cards is gorgeous... a lovely rainbow of colors and patterns that blend to perfection! Beautiful in every way! Thanks for joining us at Create with Connie and Mary for the sketch challenge this week!

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  15. What a beautiful card
    I love the colour choices& the butterfly is delicate!

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