I was interested to read in the comments on my previous post that many of you have done cross stitch and in the past used it for card making.
I used to do that as well as joining in with several Round Robins. I wonder if any of us have met before in our stitching days.
This card was made with a lovely cling stamp that I won as part of a prize recently.
I coloured a large sheet of watercolour paper by smooshing with three colours of distress ink. After cutting out the piece I wanted to use I added some stencilling in a few areas then stamped with black ink. I used a piece of the paper that was bright pink to stamp and cut out another butterfly.
Finally I added a little blue with a sparkle pen and some glitter glue to the butterfly and stuck on with the wings slightly raised. . The sentiment is by Inkadinkado.
O would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft #31
Craft Your Passion #336
CAS Watercolour challenge - November
46 comments:
This is such a gorgeous card Barb and right up my street. Lots of lovely stamping and inking. The background is blended beautifully and I love how the butterfly and sentiment really stand out against the background, I love it :). Thank you for the lovely comment that you left on my blog today, I really appreciate it. Crafty hugs, Sandra X
A fabulous card Barb, such a beautiful background and pretty butterfly.
Pauline
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this is so lovely, adorable background.
Beautiful background Barb and your butterfly looks gorgeous stunning card
Anne
A beautiful card and I love all the pink shading along with the butterfly. Hugs Mrs A.
super pretty Barb - love this x
So pretty Barb, the colours are gorgeous. Carol x
Gorgeous background colours and a beautiful card.
Kath x
Gorgeous card Barb, lovely background and super butterfly.
Janice x
Sweet and amazing colours, love the stamp and the FAB sentiment!! A very beautiful card
A beautiful card Barb. I too have made many cross stitch cards and taken part in many Round Robins. I used to be a regular poster on the 123stitch.com message board. I wonder if our paths have crossed before? Ruth x
Super gorgeous card Barb, love that image and background desing and colours...xx {aNNie}
Awesome card Barb, this looks stunning, love it.
Hugs Veerle x
As always, a lovely creation Barb and glorious colours.
B x
Beautiful card - congratulations on winning that gorgeous stamp.
I think it was cross stitch that led me to card making. I used to buy the magazines that had free cross stitch card kits on the covers, and when I wanted to make extras I sent for the Craft Creations catalogue to order some card blanks and realised just how much more there was than just cross stitch to card making. From there I moved on to glass painting and then to encaustic art and stamping.
Jane
That was a lucky win and you've made such a lovely card. The colours in the background and picked out in the butterfly are a great choice.
What a super background for that butterfly! Enjoy the weekend!
This background is just beautiful with those blended colors! Love it!
Very beautiful card, Barb.Such a fab background with beatiful colours.Love the pretty butterfly.Have a nice weekend.
Hugs,Sylvia x
COR - really love this one Barb. Love all the inking and over-stamping.
FABULOUS!
Hugs, Sarn xxx
It's not impossible Ruth however I didn't use a computer during my Round Robin days. x
Love this one Barb....Pretty background and butterfly....Joolsx
Your colors and design are beautiful! I used to do cross stitch but never used it on cards. I just got my second eye done with cataract surgery this week so hopefully I can do cross stich again!!
Beautiful card Barb, gorgeous background colours and stamping, and a wonderful butterfly, Kate x
Gorgeous. Love the inky background.
A very pretty card with a beautiful inky background.
Lorraine
A beautiful card Barb, loving the background and the butterfly is stunning.
Have a super weekend, hugs Erika. x
Oh wow--one of my favorite cards, Barb--artistic & so beautiful! I recognize Hero Arts here--need to pull mine out!
Another great card Barb I love the back ground
Lilian
Oh Barb love the colours your smoothing created well done, just brilliant!!! Love the stamp too, great prize.
Thanks for popping over and for sharing,
Shaz in Oz.x
{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}
hello Barb, sorry I haven't commented on your post. I love this card I must try swooshing! That little penny slider card is so sweet too.
In answer to your question on my blog - Yes the poinsettia were die cut from the serviette
Gorgeous card, the butterfly really pops off the page. Creative Blessings, Tracy x
Such a beautiful card Barb and the colours are amazing xx
Another lovely card. Judy x
Beautiful colours and superb ink smooshing - I love butterflies! I've not tried my hand at cross-stitching. I've never been very crafty - the only thing I have tried is making cards.
Beautiful background and butterfly, Barb! We'd love to see this in the gallery at CAS Watercolour!
Gorgeous card Barb. Love the colours of your smooshed, watercoloured background. Great combination with stenciling. And love your beautiful butterfly. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!
Stunning colours and butterfly makes a wonderful card Barb!
Still loving this, Barb! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour!
Gorgeous stamped and stenciled background for your pretty butterflies. TFS sharing with us at CAS Watercolour.
I like how the pinkish purple of your butterfly matches the background colors but is much more vivid than them so it pops. Very nifty card!
Lovely swooshing - great composition. I used to do x-s round robins - those were the days!
Gorgeous card! I'd forgotten about that stamp - thanks for the reminder:)
I love the colours of this pretty card Barb and the lovely text and butterfly...beautiful! It was definitely cross stitch which led me into cardmaking in the first place, and a great hobby it is too. x
The colors here are fabulous - love them with the black script! Thanks for playing with us at CAS Watercolor Challenge!
Simply beautiful. x
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