An orange butterfly for a birthday card

 

A Cut Above at The Paper Players

One of the Top Few Runner Up

at Color Hues

Do you know the feeling when something is very challenging for you, and once you struggle with it, you start to like it?

Well, that's what happened to me with the challenge at Color Hues... LOL.

The combination of orange and slate grey was very challenging for me at first, but after I made my card for the challenge (you can see it HERE), I began to like this color combo so much, so I made another card!

I stamped the butterfly's wings (My Favorite Things 'Brilliant Butterflies' stamp set) in two shades of orange (dried magigold distress oxide and Pinkfresh apricot). The lacy wings and the body were stamped with Ranger's watering can ink, and so was the sentiment (Waffle Flower 'Elegant Sentiments' stamps and dies set).

I adhered all the elements to the slate grey cardstock with foam dots, and added some enamel dots in orange, a translucent gem in orange in the middle of the body, and some clear dots. 

The whole panel were adhered on the white basis.

Challenges:

Less Is More #483 - Spring, as spring is full of butterflies all around:

The Paper Players - Clean & Simple, one image only:

Inkspirational #290 - moodboard:

I was inspired by the different shades of orange and the butterfly.

I believe my next card is going to be totally different... 

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A birthday card, with a vase and flowers

 

'Birthday Honours' at

Sieze the Birthday

Happy Monday to all my crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing a floral birthday card I made, using Pinkfresh Studio 'Floral Vase' stencils and dies.

I followed the colors from Color Throwdown #743, given by Broni.

I always loved the combination of green and pink.

First, I made the vase, with some greyish inks, die cut it and stamped the sentiment.

Then I made the bouquet, playing with the strength of the ink blending, to create some dimension to the leaves. For the flowers I used 3 different inks in shades of pink.

I added some lime enamel dots around the bouquet, and some clear dots to the vase.

I matted the white panel with lime cardstock and adhered to the white basis.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown - lime, pink and white:

Seize the Birthday - I went with the anything goes birthday theme, not using the topping:

The flower challenge - pretty pastels:

Happy Little Stampers - stencil challenge:

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