Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Butterflies in Flight

For the first time in ages, today I got to sit and make a card just for FUN! Not for DT work or classes or  for Christmas preparation - just for the pure enjoyment of creating - and I loved it!

I was inspired by an embossed and sponged panel I saw on a card, so I ran with that idea and ended up with some butterflies in flight - take a look:




Materials used:
  • stamps - Creative Elements, All a Flutter, Kindness Matters
  • card - midnight muse, whisper white, gold
  • other - gold embossing powder, dimensionals, blender pen, sponge, gold pen

I embossed the gold swirls first, then sponged with tempting turquoise, island indigo and midnight muse. My "flutterbies" were coloured with perfect plum, calypso coral, tempting turquoise and lucky limeade. The most awkward part was sticking those little beauties on! We're talking TINY amounts of dimensional here! LOL!

Anyway, now I've got to get back to my To Do List - there's more Christmas cards to make and a graduation card for DD20 that won't create itself! Back with those next week!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kez



13 comments:

Christine Blain said...

Wow - this is beautiful, Kez. LOVE the richness of the gold embossing and the sponged blues; just gorgeous.

Dragongirl, Québec, QC, Canada said...

This card is absolutely wonderful ! I like the color, the embossing, the butterflies...everything ! really great work, TFS !

Narelle Farrugia said...

Totally stunning! So delicate!

Karren said...

This is one beautiful card! The perception of depth you've achieved on your sponged panel is amazing.

Cherie said...

Wow! Your card is the most beautiful one I've seen in a long time! The coloring is just amazing! Thanks for sharing your magnificent creation with us!

Lynda said...

You have done it once again Kez. This is breathtaking. Love the way the gold emboss spills over onto the main card and as always your sponging is top notch. Love this to bits. ooxx

Helen said...

To quote one of your quotes "it is gorjamalicious" - just beautiful!!!

carole said...

Wow Kerry this is just stunning!! I love it!

DD20 said...

Just beyond gorgeous! A beautiful combination of lovely aesthetics with fantastic technique. Hope you're proud of this one!

Carol said...

Wow, I am totally inspired by your card. It is a leap-off point for so many ideas I now have, thank you for sharing your creation!

Margaret said...

Kerry, this is absolutely gorgeous! The gold embossing really makes this ultra elegant and I love the blue sponged panel.

Narelle said...

Loved this card Kez, gave me inspiration in purples....thanks for sharing your ideas.....hugs Narelle :-)

Cathy said...

Hi Kez, I saw this card on pinterest and had to come and visit, I think it's stunning. You've inspired me to do a gold and blue CASE, hope you don't mind, Cathy x