Butterfly splashes ...

When I woke up this morning I was determined to get on with some jobs that I needed to do before I started crafting!  I managed to get some done but then the heavens opened and it absolutely chucked it down, the rain was bouncing off the pavements.  So after lunch I had no choice but to get crafting (I guess I could have done the ironing!).

I've been trying out a lot of techniques recently and decided that today I would use some of the backgrounds I have created to make a card for a couple of challenges.  This week's challenge at "Less is More" is a colour challenge - this was my starting point and I added in the theme for the TIME OUT challenge of "Celebration with the optional twist of butterflies".  This is the card:

The butterflies were stamped on watercolour card that I had already coloured with splashes of green, yellow and turquoise artists inks, then cut out and any white space filled with distress ink. On the card base I coloured a small swatch of yellow and then mounted the butterflies in a group - I only stuck them at the bottom of the wings so that they have some dimension to them. The sentiment is from a sheet of rub ons.

I am entering the following challenges:
"Less is More"


TIME OUT Challenges - Celebration with the optional twist of Butterflies
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes

I used:
Uniko Studio - English Country Garden - Butterflies
Memento Dandelion Ink
Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers
Versafine Onyx Black
Windsor and Newton Inks - Canary Yellow, Emerald, Apple Green and Viridian
Woodware Watercolour Cardstock

Edit:  Just popped by to add that I will also enter the challenge at Uniko Studio where anything goes - thanks for the suggestion Bev! Enjoy!

Faux Stamps Revised ...

My first attempt at this card was not a great success (see here) I didn't really like the placement of the letters!  I was just going to leave it as a card that didn't really work but it just bugged me and so I started again and created another one.  This time, as you will see, I've positioned the letters centrally on each of the stamps - I'm now pleased with it!

I am going to enter this into the same two challenges - CAS(E) this Sketch and TIME OUT Challenges.  I do hope this is acceptable as although it is a different card it is the same design just executed better!!

Enjoy!