Hi all. As my card was lucky enough to be picked for Color Hues challenge #35, I get to be Guest Designer for their new challenge.
The colour combo for challenge #37 is
For my card I kept it very simple, construction-wise. All the work is in the smooshed background and watercolouring of the butterfly. And speaking of, how gorgeous is this butterfly in yellows? I'm lovin' it!
I used SU's coastal cabana for my pale teal. Originally I tried pool party but it came out too green, so I switched. The base layer is quite watered down to make it paler, then the deeper shades are with no water added. I tossed some (neutral) tea dye distress ink in there too for a bit of variety and to tie in with the card base. Little splats of yellow ink over the background give a connection to the butterfly.
Materials used:
- stamps - Specimen, Entomology (both Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous)
- card - crumb cake, watercolour
- inks - coastal cabana (SU); tea dye, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed (all TH distress)
- other - stitched rectangle die, MISTI, craft foam, Dimensionals, aquapainter, water spritzer, heat tool, Idea-ology Label Stickers (TH), black embossing powder, black marker, Big Shot
5 comments:
What an awesome card. I do love the way you create your backgrounds, you have such a knack that I am envious of. The butterfly is stunning. TFS
Love the background to your fab butterfly. No butterflies sighted here but I did find a caterpillar inside an empty plant pot in the greenhouse yesterday!
So happy to have you GD this time. :)
I love the beautiful background you created for your butterfly! So pretty! Grateful to have you as GD this time at Color Hues! :)
Beautiful butterfly and background you created. Thank you so much for be8 g our guest this challenge!!
As I mentioned before bu so worth repeating... a gorgeous card and background. I have been out of town so that is why this message is so late. We are so happy to have you with us at Color Hues and you made my colors shine!
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