Hello, friends! Here's my 2nd post for the day. This time I want to show you a card featuring one of Chocolate Baroque's August release stamp: Honeysuckle Butterfly.
I made this card for Nonni's Birthday Linky Party organised by another sweet stamper and CAS Queen Sandie of London Days. Nonni is a talented crafter and you should take a peek at her blog Korttikarkuri - Runaway Cards... inspiration guaranteed! Her birthday was yesterday.... and well, I'm being fashionably late. Happy Birthday, Nonni! I hope you had a beautiful day yesterday.
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About this card:I started by heat embossing the butterfly from the Honeysuckle Butterfly A5 sheet using Stampendous! Detail White EP. Next I inked the background, blending Tim Holtz Distress Inks in three shades of yellow: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey. Over the embossed butterflies, I dabbed a little Ripe Persimmon to make them pop. Then I carefully stitched down a layer of vellum. This softens the background and gives it depth too.
For the foreground, I stamped the daisies from the Honeysuckle Butterfly sheet with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a piece of bleed-free 300 gsm white CS. I coloured the flowers with Graph'It markers (Citrine, Lemon, Banana, Mimosa and Blender) and applied Promarkers on the leaves and stalk (Pine, Forrest Green and Leaf Green). Then I fussy cut the image and adhered it over the vellum. The sentiment is from Birthday Words.
I also stamped a couple of butterflies from the same A5 set onto vellum with Brilliance Graphite Black pigment ink and added some blue (Promarkers Royal Blue, Azure and Sky Blue) on the reverse side and fussy cut those too. Applying colour on the reverse softens the look and you don't have to worry about smudging the stamped image.
On the inside I stamped another sentiment from Birthday Words and let lose another butterfly from the Honeysuckle Butterfly sheet.
Here are few challenges for this card:
Red Rubber Inspirationals #134: Just Wing It
Seize The Birthday: AG Birthday
Suzie Bee's Blooming Challenge #43: AG
Word Art Wednesday #146: AG Inspirational
Vandicrafts Artistry #5: Just Ink
Treasured Times #23: AG
Thank you for stopping by today and I'll se you tomorrow! I'm off to have a cupcake ... or two to help Nonni celebrate. (The things we endure in the name of friendship! LOL!)
Beijinhos!
Beijinhos!
Such a gorgeous card, Asha. The flowers and butterflies are amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Asha!! Love the butterflies in the background such a soft look! :) HUGS
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous Asha, I love the floral image and your colours, beautiful colouring, the butterfly is lovely, and I do like the inside of your card, Kate x
ReplyDeleteThis is so wonderful...I will have to try this. I love it! The butterflies pop and the blue ones set everything off.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Asha, love the gorgeous colour scheme. Carol x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! A beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteLynn
This is so lovely! The background is superb...really like the way you added the pinky/reddish colour to the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThe flower spray and the velumm butterflies are beautiful and as always the inside of your card is wonderful!
Just fabulous Asha, you are so good at blending with distress inks and the different tones of butterfly in this are wonderful. thanks for joining Nonni's party x
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this is just stunning!! What a fab idea to adhere that vellum panel on top of your background and your fuzzy cutting is superb -that's a very detailed image!! Thank you so much for joining my birthday party at Sandie's!!! Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome sweetie. A real stunner. Beautiful colours and layout.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend.
Hugs
Cathy
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Spectacular, Asha! Love the background with the embossed butterflies. I'm willing to have cupcakes with you just to celebrate for Nonni's birthday. :-D
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beauty of a card. Love the softer shades on it too. I love how you always tie the inside to the outside as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card!!! Thanks for joining us at Red Rubber Inspirationals!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. I love how you did the background and sewed the vellum over it. The daisies and butterfly are so pretty. Thanks for sharing it with us at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I love how you blended the background and your butterflies just pop right off the screen. Thank you for submitting this card to Vandicraft's Artistry Challenge: Just Ink!
ReplyDeleteMelissa - Vandicrafts
What a card! The stamping is just so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your fine talent with us at WAW. Happy hugs and sweet smiles from Carole,
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you and your family!
Gorgeous card and butterflies Asha..Loz
ReplyDeleteWow love this Asha it's fantastic xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card!!! FABULOUS stamping!! Thanks for joining us @ Red Rubber Inspirationals!
ReplyDeleteDrea ~ DT Host Inspirational #134
Beautiful Card! Nice tutorial on how you did it too.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this is just stunning!! Great card and I am sure she was thrilled with her Birthday Linky party! Glad you shared your talents with us at Seize the Birthday!
ReplyDeleteOnly a true friend makes the sacrifice of eating cupcakes :) This is beautiful - love the inking & the tip about doing it on the back!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your lovely crafting for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 43 - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT x
ReplyDeleteI really love the butterfly in white it looks so sooofft on your lovely card and the butterfly in blue and black looks like she want to fly..and the flower you colored soo lovely...I ADORE this Asha.hugs, Monika
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