Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Celebrate in style

Hello everyone. Thanks for stopping by. Today, I have a birthday card to share. 
I created the smooshed background by picking up some sprayed inks using a piece of acetate and spreading it onto a panel of watercolour card.


I used a previously stamped and coloured butterfly (English Country Garden, Uniko) from my UFO box. If I remember correctly, I started with a smooshed panel to stamp the butterfly and then added detail using coloured pencils. Although I have the coordinating die, I decided to fussy cut the image because I did not want the white border to show on this card. To add more interest, I decided to go over the bottom part with a black marker and then embossed the entire butterfly using clear embossing powder. Below is a close-up, giving a better idea of the glossy finish. I stamped the sentiment (Sentiments Outlined, Uniko) and the antennae of the butterfly onto my panel before popping up the butterfly.


I'm linking up my card at:

Cupcake Inspirations - #570 Anything goes


We love stamping - Anything stamped (option: in the garden)

Allsorts - #730 Anything goes

CAS on Friday - #258 Embossing

HLS Birthday - Anything goes


HLS Watercolour - Anything goes


SSS Wednesday - Add a sentiment

I'm also linking up my card at
Ellie's I spy with my little eye challenge #3 Something with wings 

11 comments:

  1. Great card! Really like the font (outline) sentiment!

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  2. Such a beautiful card Marianne - love the soft background and the gorgeous colouring on the butterfly. Thank you for linking up to We Love Stamping this month, and using the theme.
    Blessings
    Maxine WLS DT

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  3. Perfect for our challenge this week, thank you for joining us at Allsorts .
    Lorraine

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  4. A beautiful butterfly creation!
    Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge this week!
    Ellie
    Ellibelle's Corner

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  5. Great job love the butterfly, the background is so pretty, show the card off very well. Thanks for playing our challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Have a great day!

    Leanne DT Member/CIC
    Cupcake Inspirations

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  6. I love smooshing! Turned out beautiful on your card - Thanks for joining in at HLS Watercolor Challenge

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  7. Echt práchtige kaart, Alie en ik bewonderen de uitwerking. Liefs, Ineke☀️😘

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  8. Love the beautiful butterfly focal point. Thanks for playing our challenge at Cupcake Inspirations! Have a crafty day!

    Revati DT Member/CIC

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  9. Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies!! They will always be my favorite!! Your card is so pretty!! Thank you for joining us this round at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!

    Nora
    DT Member
    Cupcake Inspirations

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  10. I'm back again :-) finally catching up a bit with my own challenge. Thank you so much for playing along at I spy with my little eye, too, so nice to see this beauty linked up there!!

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