Oct 05 2009
Choco Butterfly Thanks! * World Card Making Day
Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend with family and/or friends, and/or doing something that you love! I was blessed to share the weekend with my first grandson … and when I have ‘Mimi’ time, little else is important. 😉 So it was later on Sunday that I explored the great World Card Making Day challenges available at SCS. Even so, I managed to combine two of the great challenges to create the following card.
I adore my ‘Earthy’ paper pad from Crafty Secrets, and their challenge was to create something with dimension, plus let it ‘pop’. The SCS challenge for WMCD is a ‘sketch’ challenge from Beate. So, I’ve combined the two to create this thank you card. I hope I’ve achieved the pop, and I thoroughly enjoyed the SCS sketch!
The butterflies are all cut from the Crafty Secrets “Earthy” paper pad .. not stamped! After cutting, I painted them with Distress Crackle Paint, and set them under my always-on ceiling fan to ‘enable’ the drying time. While the butterflies were drying, I developed the rest of the card from the SCS sketch. Tex’s Tip: The piercing? It’s courtesy of a piercing template … just takes a few minutes and the results are worth it, IMO. The sentiment is one of my fav sets from Gina K. Designs. Simple piercing was added to the scallops around it. All bling was actually clear rhinestones, colored with a Y38 Copic Marker, and adhered with Glossy Accents.
I’m so glad that you’ve visited today! In the words of my card today, ‘I’m so thankful for you!’
~Bev
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Card Recipe: STAMPS = ‘Punchy Words’ from Gina K. Designs
PAPERS = “Earthy“ paper pad from Crafty Secrets = butterflies and printed paper areas. SU Chocolate Chip + So Saffron.
INKS = Distress Inks ‘Brushed Corduroy’ + ‘Mustard Seed’. Copic Marker Y38
ACCESSORIES = Scor-Pal, May Arts Ribbon, Distress Crackle Paint – Rock Candy, Ranger Glossy Accents, Rhinestones by The Paper Studio, glue dots, tweezers, EK Success Circle Punches, Ornare Piercing Template and Paper-piercing tool.
11 responses so far
*thud* Tex, this is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Now I have to go see what this Earthy paper pad is – you’ve got me drooling! What a beautiful card – the butterflies, the earthy colors, the bling, and the piercing are just awesome!
Can’t wait to see you this weekend and give you a big ol Texas sized hug!! 🙂
Bev, your card is fan-freaking-tastic. Those butterflies are to die for. So is the rest of the card.
I am glad you had some Mimi time!
Have a great week sweet friend!
hgus and smiles
Absolutely stunning! Love this idea! The piercing looks so great! I have that Earthy pad and will definitely try this! Thanks for sharing the idea!
Stunning design, Bev and I LOVE all the piercing!
Oh Bev this is GORGEOUS – wow!!! So rich and warm and elegant!
Your butterflies are gorgeous, Bev…and I love your pierced trails!! Your papers are so beautiful, and so is your card!!! I LOVE this!!
This is just amazing! I love the dp and your butterflies are gorgeous.
this is a beautiful love the rich colors and the design
Hugs
Norine
Beautiful Bev!!
Bev, this is absolutely FANTASTIC….I love the idea of cutting out the butterflys and covering them with the paint…and I totally agree with you on the piercing template….I’ve been wanting to purchase one, but right now I only have a couple of simple border templates. This is a beautiful card and I love the Crafty Secrets paper, I think I have that pad in my stash, somewhere…..off to see if I can find it, LOL.
Barbg(WV)
This is just BREATHTAKING, Bev!!!! Every little detail is total perfection!!!!! What a brilliant idea to use the butterflies from the paper and the colors are all sooo rich and yummy!!!!!! Can’t wait till tomorrow…Whoohooooo!!!!!