My thoughts and prayers are extended to friends and citizens of Indonesia.
We are still experiencing record breaking heat here in central Florida.
I hope wherever you live, that you're enjoying the awesomeness of Mother Nature.
We certainly do!
Time for a new 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge!
In October, we are sponsored by Art of Ching-Chou Kuik, where beautiful, soulful works of art come to life! I loved playing with this image, and had to triple the fun by multiplying the hand drawn butterflies.
Today's card features "Flutter Butterflies - Grey Scale"
Living in Florida, we have butterflies year-round, so I do "container gardening" to keep blooming flowers available to our pollinators even during our "cold months".
Depending on the weather, sometimes I have butterflies "mob" me as I walk out the front door with the watering can.
It's fun. They don't SEEM to be afraid, just watchful that they don't end up as someone's dinner.
Since pink butterflies don't frequent our home, I designed this card with bright pink fluttering critters -
I colored the main image and 3 more butterflies with Copic Markers, then fussy cut the extra fluttering beauties and popped them on:
Using one of my favorite sentiments from the Lovely Magnolia Rubber Stamp Set, I glittered some die cuts and a star brad.
Two of the layers are distressed with Mousse in Aquamarine and Pink Flambe. The mousse provides a soft touch with shimmering appearance on the edges.
Two of the layers are distressed with Mousse in Aquamarine and Pink Flambe. The mousse provides a soft touch with shimmering appearance on the edges.
You have until October 28 to upload your critter-laden project to 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge! Hope to see you there!
Products Used:
- Image: Flutter Butterflies - Grey Scale
- Sentiment: Lovely Magnolia Rubber Stamp Set, (also available digitally)
- Dies: Tonic Verdi's Wave Flourish, SB Labels 41 Decorative Accents, Sue Wilson Doubled Pierced Circles, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish
- Adhesives: Zyron Machine, Alleen's Quick Dry Tacky
- Glitter: Starfire by SNS (around aqua frame), Raspberry Soda by SNS
- Distressed Edges: Mousse in Aquamarine and Pink Flambe
- Expressit Copic, Pale Pink, Drab Aquamarine, Bo-Bunny DP
- Ink: Warm Breeze Turquoise Versafine Clair,
Challenges this card is submitted to:
- The Alphabet Challenge - "N" is for Nature 10/10
- Creatalicious Challenges #148 AG with Texture 10/15
- Classic DT Open Challenge #10 AG design team 11/1
- Crafts Galore Encore #56 AG 11/1
- Sparkles Monthly Challenges #108 Punches or Dies (Tonic, SW & SP dies, EKSuccess tag punch)
stamping hugs,
35 comments:
this is a very beautiful card Donna
gr karin
Hi Donna, Lovely card.
Hope you have a good start to the week. Sue
Hi Donna this is a stunning card that image is so pretty and I love the colours you have used. I hope you are coping with the heat. Have a great week. Take care. Hugs Jackie
Beautifully colored and created Donna!! Love all your pretty details and of course the added sparkle. What a fun hair color choice, it is stunning! We are into fall but still warm days, cooler nights, just perfect right now...have a wonderful day!
A beautiful image and lovely colour choice, the pink butterflies are gorgeous.
Fabulous design with pretty papers and those stunning die cuts, a wonderful summery card.
Temperatures here are definitely more autumnal, the leaves are turning colour...the weather is still wonderful though, sunshine and bright blue skies.
Have a great week.
Chris
x
Wow, what a beautiful sparkly card. There are so many details. The butterflies and frame are beautiful and I love the green hair. [Bunny]
Hello Donna, thank you for remembering the people of Indonesia. They are just such a resilient and happy lot. They go about their lives no matter what and help all who cross their path.
Your card is so pretty and so much work went into it like your other cards too. WONDERFUL CREATION.
Love,
Monica
Oh wow Donna, you've done SUCH an amazing job with this image and I just love your extra butterflies from the image! They look especially stunning in your color palette along with your amazing details my friend!! I am honored to be on a design team with you! Great to have you as a special blog friend!! HUGS
Thank you for joining in at The Alphabet Challenge, with this stunning card, love the image and the colours you used
Oh wow Donna!! I love your pink and green color scheme on this wonderful image! You outdid yourself with this beautiful image! I absolutely love how you colored it and the way you framed it! Just gorgeous!!
This is so beautiful Donna & where you live sounds just as beautiful. The really bad weather hasn't arrived yet here in the UK but I am dreading it this year.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx
Hi Donna, your card is a stunner, what a gorgeous image and such beautiful colours.
We will have no more butterflies now as our Autumn is well and truly under way, in fact I noticed a smattering of snow on the top of our local mountain this morning, Kate x
This is stunning Donna, I love the image, layers and gorgeous butterflies.
Hugs
Linda xxx
Such a beautiful card - love the image and her beautiful hair - great job as always my friend!
Donna, it's so beautiful the way your coloring turned out on this! The image is so soft and the way it's illustrated it lends itself well to no-line coloring. Love her hair color and the fanciful pink butterflies. I would love to be mobbed by butterflies! Despite the garden we really don't get that many here. Maybe the wind is a deterrent. Gorgeous frame. You sure know the art of beautiful cards!
Gorgeous image on your beautiful card Donna, love the colours and wonderful pink butterflies.
Hugs Pam x
This is gorgeous Donna, a fabulous image and beautifully coloured - such a pretty card.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x
Beautiful coloring, Donna. I really like how her eyes coordinate with her hair. The tone of her face is perfect too. Lovely work!
This is stunning, your coloring is amazing, and all the die cuts and sparkle are great highlights and the saying is good one to remember daily!
How beautiful is this fairy girl! The papers and colors are lovely combined together and I like the sheen on the embossed pieces around the sentiment. I enjoyed the mini-tutorial on the digi design arranging too. You are SO clever with this art! TFS & Big hugs
Absolutely stunning card, Donna! Your coloring skills are so incredible! I wish you had included a photo of your butterflies. We don't see many of them here in Michigan and I love them. I'm so glad that I have someone else thinking about Indonesia. What a tragedy! Thank you for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.
This is so gorgeous with the pretty drawing and the way you brought it to life with your coloring. You always inspire me. I love the butterflies.
Oooh you are quite tech savvy! This card looks like it was so much fun to make (perhaps every card is lol) Beautiful colors and glitzy accents, the flourishes are fabulous. I adore that sentiment and it certainly ties in what you have just described--I would love to be mobbed by butterflies HA! Well done!
Oh Donna you have done such a wonderful job in coloring her, just beautiful, that was a great idea to print twice so you could pop some of those pretties up and bring it all to life. The framing of it all is lovely too! Love the sentiment it is so true, there is so much around us if we only open our eyes to it and push out the ugly. Love the softness of the papers too.
How wonderful to have that many butterflies right outside your door!
This is beautiful, Donna! I love the colors you used too.
Hello, my friend!! I'm back from vacation and catching up on all I've missed!! This is so stunning!! Wow!! The image is gorgeous!! I love the colors and the pretty details!! This is so beautiful, my friend!! I love, love it!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
Fantastic coloring! I never dare to go with a crazy hair color. You gave her green hair, but it doesn’t look crazy at all, it looks very natural. So beautiful with the extra added butterflies too.
Beautiful....love the colors and the bit of sparkle. Thank you for sharing with us over here at Classic Design Team Open Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Jane DT for http://
classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/...
what a fabulous card!
thank you so much for playing along with us at sparkles monthly!
hugs and kisses from germany,
Silvi xoxo
Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.
A great looking card with lovely colours and sweet image. Lovely! Thanks for joining us over at the Creatalicious challenges.
Love n hugs
Marie
Great card, I love your coloring...
Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Irene DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/...
She is lovely. Green hair, I like it! Such beautiful soft colors. Another amazing creation, Donna.
Hugs
Sue
Gorgeous! I love these colours! Thank you for sharing with us over here at Classic Design Team Open Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Julie DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/
A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes with optional use texture” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
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