Saturday, October 22, 2011

Fluttering By....................

 I tried something new- Water stamping with Distress inks using the colors from a challenge at Gingersnaps. 
  I used Broken China, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord Distress Inks. I stamped the Mini Cloisonne butterfly from Michael Strong on the background using the water stamping. Then, in black stamped the Cloisonne Butterfly twice and raised the Rt side of the wing with dimensionals.  I spritzed the larger butterfly with Glimmer Mist and added Sakura Gelly Roll pen for accent.   The sentiment is a digi from Create with TLC.

 I stamped with a butterfly theme for the Splitcoaststampers Hope you Can Cling To  Challenge 10/13 which is to use a butterfly on your card.

 Challenges:
Gingersnaps- color challenge Turquoise, Blur and purple
One Stop Craft- No Designer Paper
PaperWorks Co- Inspirational photo - great inspiration for my layout!


Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

14 comments:

jimlynn said...

Beautiful card Shelly. Really like the way you used all the distress ink and that butterfly is awesome!
Lynn

Sharon said...

Just beautiful!!! Gorgeous colours and love the "squares"!!!

Cath Wilson said...

Ooh, that's pretty. Lovely, muted colours - I'd never have believed which ones they were! Lovely x

Terry said...

Your water stamping is beautiful! Love how you used these challenge colors! Gorgeous!

SmilynStef said...

Love the how you repeated the image in your focal point and background ... gorgeous card ... so glad you joined the color challenge at Gingersnap Creations.

Danielle said...

This is a gorgeous card Shelley! Adore the colours and the patchwork background looks awesome! Thanks for joining our 'Photo Inspiration' challenge this week at PWCO!
Hugs, Danielle

kiwimeskreations said...

Shelly this is fabulous - love the blues and the butterfly is a stunner.
Blessings
Maxine

BarbaraW said...

Shelly, this card is gorgeous. Love your water stamping. The color hues are so beautiful

Michele said...

gorgeous creation! xo

Karen Howard said...

This is beautifully done, I love the tiled background! Hugs, Karen

Marjie Kemper said...

So beautiful! Love the grid and how you've colored it!

2amscrapper said...

this looks fabulous! I'm going to try that color combo!

Em said...

Love the color! Great layout and pretty butterfly!

RiNNE said...

Such a pretty card! Love how you took the squares from the inspiration photo -- the look is stunning and regal! Thanks for playing with us at PWCO!