Monday, April 13, 2015

Wings of Beauty

Dear Ones~
Oh My Gee ~ what awesome weather we had yesterday. Sunshine and 67!!! Today it's raining, but it's 54, and the beautiful spring flowers are loving their drinks of refreshing rain. Spring is all about rain and sunshine to make things grow!

Today's card was made for the Mod Squad Challenge, hosted by my dear friend Joyce this week. Her challenge is to make a butterfly the focal of your card. LOVE this challenge, butterflies are one of my favorites! They make any card look good...haha!!!

Here's my card:

This card is very clean and simple, and it certainly spotlights the butterfly. I used the Flourishes So Distressed Stamp Set for the background, and stamped it in Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks. I love using the images from that stamp set - they make great backgrounds with very little effort. I cut the butterfly in black with a Stampin' Up butterfly die. Then I glued it onto a piece of watercolor paper, colored it with Distress Markers, and fussy cut.

Here are the Ingredients:
Stampin' Up Butterfly Thinlits Die
GKD Black Onyx and White Card Stock.
Flourishes So Destressed Stamp Set
Flourishes Mother's Words of Wisdom Stamp Set for Greeting
Wild Honey Distress Ink
Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink
Distress Markers

That's it for me today. It's been awhile since I posted anything - life gets in the way. We had our sweet grandsons here for most of the week last week and I was VERY busy. I adore your comments dear readers, appreciate the love!!
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15 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 13, 2015 at 4:34 PM

    Aptly Named! Your butterfly is beyond GORGEOUS!!! I love the colors you used for it and the background--didn't know that was a stamp, just thought you were clever like that! ;) And isn't that sentiment lovely! This is really beautiful, a total winner in my book!!!

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  2. BarbaraApril 14, 2015 at 8:45 AM

    Wow! This is stunning, I mean eye opening exquisite! Leaving it CAS was genius, and you did it again. Splendid coloring and the background is really a stamp? Amazingly super!

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  3. Kathy KrugApril 14, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Love, Love this card. that little background does make the beautifully colored background the star, thanks for nice comment on my red card, I had not realized it but I guess I do use that butterfly a lot, My own signature.... Makes me sound important.

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  4. GerryApril 14, 2015 at 2:42 PM

    BEAUTIFUL!! I love that gorgeous butterfly. I thought the background was just your genius creativity.

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  5. Sharon UnderwoodApril 14, 2015 at 2:43 PM

    What a beautiful butterfly! I love how you distressed the colors underneath. Awesome!

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  6. GerryApril 14, 2015 at 2:43 PM

    oops! that didn't come out right.....scratch the word 'just'

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  7. Verna AngerhoferApril 14, 2015 at 4:38 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous. Love the colors.

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  8. Ina GApril 14, 2015 at 7:16 PM

    Oh Judy this is STUNNING. Love the background and THAT beautiful butterfly. Gorgeous card that packs a punch.

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  9. UnknownApril 14, 2015 at 7:36 PM

    Judy I love your butterfly - it certainly takes center stage! Love your background tool

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  10. Rosy NewlunApril 14, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    Glorious!!!! What vibrant colors, CAS and striking!!!

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  11. UnknownApril 14, 2015 at 10:59 PM

    This is gorgeous! I love the background; I can't believe it's a stamp. It highlights your beautiful butterfly perfectly!

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  12. Joyce ErbApril 16, 2015 at 10:31 AM

    Gorgeous, love the colors and CAS. Thank you so much for participating this week at the Mod Squad Challenge

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  13. DianeApril 16, 2015 at 5:33 PM

    Awesome colors and design Judy.

    Hugs Diane

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  14. Angelica SchmidtApril 17, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    Gorgeous butterfly and colors! Love it! Hugs

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  15. Sharyn PoleselApril 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    What a sweet card, and your butterfly is gorgeous! Love the warm colors and your wonderful sentiment. Beautiful card!

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