Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge
When I first saw the inspiration for the PTI July Blog Hop, my Butterfly Hope cover plate was on the table. I haven't used it much, so decided to just use the colors & watercoloring for my inspiration. May end up making another card with Turning a New Leaf--one of my all-time favorite stamps & dies.
Took several days to get something I was happy with, as I was trying to include the green & just didn't like it.
The butterflies were done with several blue & gray markers & watercolors. I wanted something else, so pulled out my unused Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolors. Oh my goodness--so gorgeous with the gold just brushed over the butterflies!
I layered the cover plate to a piece of textured white cardstock with pink watercoloring so it would show in the open areas of the butterflies. I really like how that turned out. The sentiment from Tiny Tags was stamped in blue on a Soft Stone scrap, trimmed into a flag & attached to the frame. I used the ultra fine point white Sharpie to add 3 little stitches--held my breath as I'm not a doodler--haha! The card front was also covered with a panel of the Soft Stone--think I'll get a pack of it as it's a great neutral. Lots of inspiration, I know--enjoy the hop! I'm also entering HLS Anything Goes with Dies & Word Art Wednesday.
Those butterflies are stunning! What a cool effect!
ReplyDeleteWOW...this is absolutely GORGEOUS Greta! Love the gold with all the different shades of blue for your butterflies...such a fabulous look! And perfect with the soft pink background!! Lovely, lovely card Greta!! :0)
ReplyDeleteOh, my your butterflies shine! Beautiful take on the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty take on the inspiration photo!
ReplyDeleteOh, such gorgeous water colored butterflies brushed with gold!! The varying shades of blue is so pretty! Awesome card, Greta!!
ReplyDeletePretty watercoloring on that wonderful butterfly die cut Greta!
ReplyDeletebeautiful Greta!! i too love soft stone and need to order some also.
ReplyDeleteGreta, your card and photos are stunning! Love how you captured the shimmery effect so well. Beautiful coloring too!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Greta!
ReplyDeleteI love your card, so elegant, beautiful color palette and design! Thank you for joining In the Word Art Wednesday fun! Ginny M DT
ReplyDeleteSo artsy and that gold over the beautiful butterflies is gorgeous x
ReplyDeleteButterflies are always a winner with me! Pretty card.
ReplyDeleteGreta, your butterflies are beautiful! (I also tried to incorporate green into my card and didn't like it.)
ReplyDeleteA really lovely card Greta. Your butterflies are stunning. Barbxx
ReplyDeletewonderful card, greta... love how you used the different colors from the inspiration photo!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous butterflies, Greta - just love the watercolors!!
ReplyDeleteGreta these butterflies are beautiful!!! I love them! They almost look metal with the gold over the watercolors! have a great week friend!
ReplyDeleteStunning card Greta...love your gorgeous butterflies!
ReplyDeleteWowza Greta, love those fancy butterflies!! They have a look of aged metal, such a pretty patina on them. Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteLove the watercoloring and design! Great card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card for the blog hop, you nailed the colors perfectly! Thanks for letting me know about the blog candy! : )
ReplyDeletea superb card Greta. Love the touches of gold.
ReplyDeleteOh my these are so pretty ! I love the shimmer....I keep eyeing this paint up they look so pretty.
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a great week :) x
Adding the touch of gold to the butterflies made them just pop. The blue and gray colors were a beautiful choice for watercolor and I love how the card turned out.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love how you colored the butterflies. I makes them look almost metal. Cool stuff!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty with the gold on the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteYour shimmery butterflies are beautiful on the pink watercolor background!
ReplyDeleteHello sweetie! It's good to see your creations again and my, this is beautiful! Love the shimmery butterflies!
ReplyDeleteLovely shimmery butterflies Greta. That background is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat shimmer is out of this world! Beautiful die and love your inky layers. Hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteOh such yummy shimmery goodness on the butterflies and I love the mottled tones of blue/grey against the pink. I've been out of town for a week and now playing catch up. Lovely to call in and see what you've been up to.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Card Greta..Love the butterflies..Thank you so much for joining us at Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies challenge. Hugs xx Deepti Aggarwal
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful washes of colors used on your card!
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