Hi! I have two cards to share with you today. One is a mixed media card; the other is CAS. For both, I used my brand new butterfly dies from Happy Little Stampers. If you’ve visited Honeybee’s Butterfly Conservatory, you’ll already know how excited I am about these dies. 🙂
This first card was inspired by CASology’s Cue Card:
I stamped (with Butterfly Birthday) and then heat embossed with white on acetate. I’m going to add this to my new CAS gallery and Honeybee Loves Butterflies pages. If you have time, I’d be very happy if you’d go over and take a peek.
I have had the butterfly stamp set for a few months now and I am very much enjoying using it.
I love these dies!
The sentiment is also HLS, Thinking of You.
For the inside panel, I watercolor painted with these
on this .
You can see the panel through the clear window, but you’d never guess that there was so much color awaiting you on the inside of the card. CAS AND surprisingly bright and bold!
This card makes me smile!
My second, mixed media card, is also very cheerful. These lovelies and are going to flutter over to the Conservatory and the Mixed Media Gallery.
I used the same water color paints (for the rainbow) on water color paper, white embossing powder, Faber-Castell Gelatos (for the butterflies) and did some ink blending for the ‘sky’.
How I made this card:
- I used the butterfly dies on the previously water colored rainbow panel.
- Next I used the panel as a template to stamp the butterflies in embossing ink.
- After heat embossing the butterflies on the card front and then masking them off, I sponged on the blue bg.
- Then I water colored the insides of the butterflies.
- I also fussy cut the rainbow panel and attached it by popping it up with foam tape.
- Added the sentiment. (HLS Whimsical Friends)
I’d like to play this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog: Best Friends,
SSS Wednesday Challenge Blog’s: Create with Critters and Word Art Wednesday’s Challenge #218: Anything Goes.I hope that you enjoyed your visit. Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa
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Wonderful cards! Those butterflies are so pretty! Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!
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Using the color in the back of this card was a brilliant idea! I’m loving the sun shining through, super design!
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Thanks, Autumn. 🙂
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These are both extremely beautiful. I love the watercolor that you’ve done to both of them. It makes them feel very serene & calming, even though the colors are fairly bright!
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Thanks, Lea. 🙂
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Beautiful butterflies, Melissa! Your cards are lovely, a breath of spring! Thanks for sharing them with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
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Thanks, Lin!
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Both of your cards are just beautiful. I especially love the CAS version you shared with us at CASology. Thanks so much for playing along this week.
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Thanks, Joyce! 🙂
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oth cards are really cool
and see woow you have gansai tambi too yeeah
its my fav water color ever..and I waited for 3 month till it was coming to my home in Germany hehehe
lovely colors and great LO too Melissa
see you around teammate
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Thanks, Monika.
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This is stunning, Melissa. I love the way you photographed the light shining through with the butterfly. Amazing artwork. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I always LOVE having you play along in our challenges.
Hugs,
Karen
Word Art Wednesday
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So pretty, Melissa! I love how you watercolored the inside to create a pop of color on the card front! Butterflies are such beautiful creatures!!!
Thanks so much for joining us again over at CASology! 🙂
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Thanks, Melissa. 🙂
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Melissa your clear butterfly card is great! I loovvvveee the way you photographed it; that shadow on the inside definitely shows the essence of the card design! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week 🙂
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Thanks, Deidre.
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