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Wednesday 21 January 2015

Butterflies and Brads

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

We are half way through the week and I am already looking forward to the weekend. How is your week going?

I made this card for the Challenge at the Butterfly Challenge Blog, this time it is Challenge 22 Butterflies and Brads.  I used lots of Snippets to make this card so I would like to enter the challenge at Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 160.


As the challenge involved brads I started off by looking through my stash to see what I could find. I was delighted to find four small flower brads in two colours and that set the colour scheme for the card, you can see them in the corners.


Everyday I have a peek at Sue Wilson's blog and I remembered that she had made a card using this technique that is where my inspiration came from. 


I cut the apertures with the  Sue Wilson die set  Magical Butterflies I love how they put detail around the edges of the aperatures. The little butterflies were cut with the smallest die from the set.


I stamped the back images with Black Archival and heat embossed them with CS Clear fine detail embossing powder. Then I inked the images with several shades of distress ink. I moved the images around behind the apertures until I was happy with the effect before I stuck them in place.


The sentiment was cut with a Signature die. I was really pleased with how the card turned out. 

I hope the rest of the week is good for you.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

24 comments:

KarinsArtScrap said...

gorgeous card Jackie love how you did this.
Gr Karin

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

wow, it turned out gorgeous, I love the cutting around the butterflies and the detailing inside. Gorgeous work

Linda Simpson said...

This is gorgeous and loving the butterflies.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Laine said...

This is stunning Jackie and such a clever idea.
Laine
xx

Brawny x said...

Gorgeous card Jackie. X

pam said...

Gorgeous card design Jackie, love the scenes in the butterfly cut outs and colours.
Hugs Pam x

Mrs A. said...

Delightful. I love the technique you have applied to your card. What perfect colours to match your brads. Thankyou for fluttering by # 22. Hugs Mrs A.

Jackie said...

Wonderful card Jackie, I may have to look out for those beautiful dies :o)
Jackie xx

jane stillman said...

A really pretty card

Cathy said...

Very clever card Jackie, gorgeous design, Cathy x

Crafty Diva said...

what a lovely card :)

Alison59 said...

Wow this is brilliant :-)

Di said...

Fabulous Jackie! LOVE how you did the little scenes within the butterfly apertures, very clever!!

Hugs

Di xx

Sarn said...

Very pretty flutterby card. I like the inking in the aperture idea x

Carole Z said...

Gorgeous card Jackie, love how your lovely background peeks from the butterflies, beautiful colours too, have a good weekend! Hugs Carole Z X

Diane Green said...

Hi Jackie. This card is so pretty and I love the stamping and inking behind the aperture. The tiny butterflies are sweet too but very easy to misplace!!! Have a good weekend. Love Diane xxx

Anonymous said...

great card and I do like the affect

sweet art designs said...

Love the technique. Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing with us at The Butterfly Challenge. - Myrna Challenge #22 Guest Designer

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Beautiful card...Jackie...Love the design....Very pretty...Joolsx

Cheremane said...

Beautiful Jackie such a pretty card xx

Tracy Welham said...

That is so clever, and really beautiful. Creative Blessings, Tracy x

ALI said...

Beautiful card, love the inking behind the butterflies.

Lorna said...

Beautiful card,lovely colours and design, very pretty

Lorna xx

Ewelina Nowak said...

stunning :)
hugs xx