I wanted a quick "thinking of you" card to send to a friend and thought bright colours and a cheerful image would be the way to go.
I masked with torn paper and sponged inks into the centre and then "finger walked" a paisley background stamp to give just a touch of hit-and-miss pattern to the block. I did my usual trick of stamping just the antennae on the card and then adding a cut out butterfly over the top - just the body is stuck down so the wings are bent up slightly from the card.
I was just going to add the sentiment and leave it very clean and simple but I managed to get a tiny smudge of espresso ink on there - typical when you're about done! Tiny gems came to the rescue and I think I've got away with it.
I'm afraid the pinks didn't photograph too well, the colouring is smoother in real life.
Stamps:
Antique Engravings (Hero Arts)
Sentiment from Poppy bottles (Stampendous)
Paisley Backgrounder (CHF, retired)
Paper: smooth white
Ink: Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Pool, Stream and Espresso)
Other:
Copic markers
Acrylic nail art gems
Corner Chomper
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A lovely card with vibrant colours, I'm sure this will cheer your friend up.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful, cheerful card. Love that butterfly
ReplyDeleteLynn x
Gorgeous butterfly. A lovely card which I am sure your friend will enjoy.
ReplyDeleteVery striking!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful celebration of colour (and thank goodness for small gems :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgoues card, I love the colours. Elizabeth x
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning the turquoise and pink are such perfect bedfellow
ReplyDeleteI love your one layer kind of cards.... It's something I'm going to try..
ReplyDeletePerfect! I am far too messy to attempt this,
ReplyDeleteLucy x
Loving the bright bold colours of this. Very cheerful!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Joanne - I love how you have shaded in that butterfly.
ReplyDelete♥ :)