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Tuesday 7 May 2013

Butterfly Card


This fortnight's challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Feminine & Fancy.   

I  spent quite a lot of time thinking about this one and how I would interpret it but now that Spring appears to have finally arrived, my thoughts are definitely with outdoors and spring flowers so I decided this would be my take.

Talking of Spring ... slightly irrelevant to the post ... but has anyone noticed how blue the sky is this year.  It is amazing - just SO blue it's almost violet.  



Anyway, back to my project!  


 

I used a sheet of Rue 88 by Prima for my background, over which I stamped and white embossed text from the Papillon stamp set. 




I cut my banner and used a scallop punch for the edge before stamping it with some vines.  The central area was stamped with the lovely dog roses and cut out.

 
 


 
I tinted the background with a diluted lemon gelato to soften the paper tone.




All the stamped images with watercolour pencils which are one of my current favourite things!  I have had them for ever in my draw and hadn't realised just how great they are to use and how they give such a soft but controlled effect.  I finished off with some diamond glaze on two of the blooms.  All these stamps were by Prima's Build-a-Frame set.






The butterflies (Unity)  & bee (Stampotique) were also coloured with watercolour pencils.  I attached them with 3D silicone glue for some dimension.




Hope you are feeling inspired to join in with the fun now that we are getting our daily dose Vitamin D from that lovely sunshine!!

I am also entering this into the Faber-Castell Mou Challenge  as they want something inspired by gardens and the Anything Goes challenge at Our Creative Corner. 

xx

16 comments:

  1. Wonderful Alexa, so beautifully designed, gorgeous colours and love the butterflies. This would fit the challenge at country view challenges too.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  2. So pretty, Alexa! Love those flowers and butterflies and all the gorgeous colors! Great design! Hope you are having a great week and yes, taking in that natural vitamin D! Hugs!

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  3. I really like how you tinted the background paper with the lemon gelato! It does give it a softer dreamy look! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina ♥ ( fellow DT member )

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  4. A super card and a great tutorial. Hugs Bee

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  5. Beautiful card, loving those pretty butterflies.
    Yvonne x

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  6. Gorgeous card Alexa, love the flowers and butterflies, against the script background.
    Avril xx

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  7. Lovely card, a real piece of 'sunshine'. Let's hope it stays around!! Hugs Cindy x

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  8. Oh, delicious... I LOVE the white stamping of the text in the background, and the dimensional butterflies add such life and movement - lovely!
    Alison x

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  9. I really like the way the white text stamped on the background shows off your beautifully colours flowers and butterflies - very effective. Thanks for sharing it with us at Our Creative Corner. Margie x

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  10. Beautiful card, love everything about it! Valerie

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  11. A wonderful card with great spring feeling.

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  12. Oh goodness, so beautiful! This screams Springtime to me. Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner this time, hugs Jenny x

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  13. Such a sweet card, love how you did the coloring.
    Hugz, Z

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  14. LOVE your DT piece, the coloring is gorgeous!
    xxx Ellie xxx

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  15. Love what you did with the background paper. Such pretty colours and images.
    Thanks so much for joining us at Our Creative Corner this time.
    Juliax

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  16. Beautifully designed and such a pleasure to see! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Our Creative Corner Love from Laura xxx

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