Apr 22 2007

Flowers & Butterflies

Published by trudee at 7:16 pm under Card Designs

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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.

 

19 Responses to “Flowers & Butterflies”

  1. # Marie - mariemcon 22 Apr 2007 at 7:35 pm

    This is such a pretty card. Beautiful watercoloring!! TFS

  2. # Allisonon 22 Apr 2007 at 7:45 pm

    This is so great…terrific coloring, mix of papers and color palette!

  3. # leslierichon 22 Apr 2007 at 8:38 pm

    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!

  4. # jacksonbelleon 23 Apr 2007 at 5:53 am

    This is just beautiful Trudee!! Love the coloring and colors, so darling! :)

  5. # lacyquilteron 23 Apr 2007 at 7:12 am

    Another beauty by Trudee!

  6. # Brandi Livingstonon 23 Apr 2007 at 8:30 am

    Love the lay out ~ those colors are so pretty together.

  7. # Sherrieon 23 Apr 2007 at 8:52 am

    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!

  8. # Aloraon 23 Apr 2007 at 9:11 am

    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*!

  9. # Darleneon 23 Apr 2007 at 9:55 am

    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.

  10. # Shel9999on 23 Apr 2007 at 10:32 am

    Gorgeous, T! Love your coloring (as usual) and the layout!

  11. # Lauren Vincitorioon 23 Apr 2007 at 11:11 am

    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!

  12. # Karen (Karen Stamps! on scs)on 23 Apr 2007 at 12:10 pm

    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 :)

  13. # Julia Staintonon 23 Apr 2007 at 4:24 pm

    Gorgeous Trudee! Love those colors! Your coloring is gorgeous and I just love your wavy cutting and the darling little brads!

  14. # Angie ~ SCS Duckwaddlequackon 23 Apr 2007 at 5:45 pm

    Wow! Such a pretty card! I love the colors!
    ~Angie

  15. # Shelley Davison 23 Apr 2007 at 5:56 pm

    Trudee,
    This card is gorgeous. You have such a wonderful sense of style.
    Shelley

  16. # beateon 23 Apr 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Trudee, it’s absolutely beautiful!

  17. # Valon 23 Apr 2007 at 10:21 pm

    What a beaut! I do the same thing for brad placement, works so well!

  18. # nancy littrellon 24 Apr 2007 at 8:09 pm

    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

  19. # Cambria Turnbowon 26 Apr 2007 at 6:43 pm

    Such a bomb! I love every single thing about it!! :)

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