Flowers & Butterflies
Well hello there! I hope you all had a great weekend.
I was making some cards for calls this weekend, and while I was putting away some stuff, I found this watercolored image on my table. It was from a stampin’ meeting about a month ago, when I taught watercoloring. The flowers were stamped on watercolor paper using black Stazon. I watercolored the image using reinkers: apricot appeal, pumpkin pie, certainly celery, and bashful blue. I also used a tiny bit of sahara sand for the shadowing. I sponged the edges with some more bashful blue, then after it was all dry, I matted it with chocolate chip.
Since the image was already colored, I dug through my stash to find paper that would coordinate. I found this Four Seasons designer paper from SU, and thought it would work nicely. I was drawing a blank for a layout, so I looked through my Joy of Cardmaking book and found this sketch. Perfect! This card measures 3 3/4 x6 and fits in the 5-in-1 envelope.
I cut the wavy butterfly layer freehand, and layered it on the striped paper. Next, I pierced 3 holes and added the brads.
*TIP* to get perfectly spaced holes for your brads, use the paper piercing template.
I tied the grosgrain ribbon across the lower half of the paper, and adhered it to the pumpkin pie card base. Then, I stamped the Paper Trey sentiment using my new Palette Noir ink (FABULOUS!!) Finally, I added the focal image to the left side on dimensionals, and finished it off with some Stickles.
This card does not have a destination yet, so I will put it in my stash for someone special 
Stamps: faux ribbon (paper trey), natural beauty (SU!)
Ink: palette noir, jet black stazon, celery, apricot, pumpkin, bashful, sahara sand
Paper: watercolor, choc chip, pumpkin, four seasons
Accessories: dimensionals, pumpkin brads (making memories), stickles, aquapainter, sponge dauber, grosgrain ribbon, papersnips, paper piercing template, paper piercer.
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This is such a pretty card. Beautiful watercoloring!! TFS
Posted by: Marie - mariemc | April 22nd, 2007 19:35
This is so great…terrific coloring, mix of papers and color palette!
Posted by: Allison | April 22nd, 2007 19:45
Trudee, your watercolored image is fabulous! It looks so dimensional! Funny, I dug through my stash and found this paper collection yesterday, too…I’d almost forgotten about it. I used different sheets, though. Love this tall layout! Beautiful card!
Posted by: leslierich | April 22nd, 2007 20:38
This is just beautiful Trudee!! Love the coloring and colors, so darling!
Posted by: jacksonbelle | April 23rd, 2007 05:53
Another beauty by Trudee!
Posted by: lacyquilter | April 23rd, 2007 07:12
Love the lay out ~ those colors are so pretty together.
Posted by: Brandi Livingston | April 23rd, 2007 08:30
very pretty Trudee, good for you for using up something you did a while ago. It coordinates wonderfully, looks like you planned it all out that way when you started!
Posted by: Sherrie | April 23rd, 2007 08:52
Trudee, this is beautiful! I’ve been stuck on oranges lately - so this caught my eye right away! I love how you offset the main image with blue, just *gorgeous*!
Posted by: Alora | April 23rd, 2007 09:11
This is beautiful. I have only worked with orange once and that was a workshop. This has convinced me to try again. I love your watercolouing - another thing I need to learn how to do. Thanks for sharing this card and the inspiration you are to me.
Posted by: Darlene | April 23rd, 2007 09:55
Gorgeous, T! Love your coloring (as usual) and the layout!
Posted by: Shel9999 | April 23rd, 2007 10:32
This is so pretty! When you watercolor with reinkers, do you use a paint brush or an aquapainter? My watercoloring never seems to come out this “soft”. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lauren Vincitorio | April 23rd, 2007 11:11
This is beautiful! I’ll have to try that tip for lining up brads. Great idea - this may be the incentive I need to bite the bullet and get myself that mat pack
Posted by: Karen (Karen Stamps! on scs) | April 23rd, 2007 12:10
Gorgeous Trudee! Love those colors! Your coloring is gorgeous and I just love your wavy cutting and the darling little brads!
Posted by: Julia Stainton | April 23rd, 2007 16:24
Wow! Such a pretty card! I love the colors!
~Angie
Posted by: Angie ~ SCS Duckwaddlequack | April 23rd, 2007 17:45
Trudee,
This card is gorgeous. You have such a wonderful sense of style.
Shelley
Posted by: Shelley Davis | April 23rd, 2007 17:56
Trudee, it’s absolutely beautiful!
Posted by: beate | April 23rd, 2007 20:54
What a beaut! I do the same thing for brad placement, works so well!
Posted by: Val | April 23rd, 2007 22:21
I really love your layout and the freehand cut of your butterfly DP. I am really looking for easy, but nice ideas for Demo cards, since I finally decided to make the jump. Especially ideas using SU designer papers. Hmmmmm, this is looking like a possible case
I would have to make the main image easier, but…… TFS
Posted by: nancy littrell | April 24th, 2007 20:09
Such a bomb! I love every single thing about it!!
Posted by: Cambria Turnbow | April 26th, 2007 18:43