Hello everyone, it is my turn to host over at A Vintage Journey and I have chosen
Things With Wings as my challenge theme.
Tim Holtz has designed the most wonderful butterfly, dragonfly and
bird stamps, dies and papers. In the challenge we would love to see you create
a project using one (or more) butterfly, dragonfly or bird.
I love Tim's beautiful Perspective Butterfly and also some of the new Distress
Ink colours and I have used these to create a card.
For the base of my design I used Tim's wonderful Correspondence paper which I distressed
and layered up. I also flicked some paints over the papers in Picket Fence, Blueprint Sketch
and Cracked Pistachio Distress Paints.
The beautiful butterfly has been coloured with Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio Distress
Inks, using a water brush. The Blueprint Sketch has a beautiful lavender hue to it which I love!
I cut two butterflies, coloured both and layered them up to give some dimension. The body
was covered in multi-colour seed beads.
The words from Tim's Alpha Parts have been given Tim's Altered Surfaces treatment (which
you can find on page 45 of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities III book.
To finish off I made a blousey bow with some vintage ribbon which has been coloured
with Cracked Pistachio and a little Blueprint Sketch Distress Stain.
Another view of the finished card. I do hope you will visit A Vintage Journey
to see what my wonderfully talented Creative Guide friends have made -
and that you will feel inspired to join in too!
Thanks for looking, I hope to see you again soon.
Hugs, Anne xxx
There you go Anne, using that gorgeous blue paper again! Your layered butterfly is beautiful with the beaded body and your Pistachio ribbon looks lovely tied around the whole thing! What a great challenge for us! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card. I love the colour combo you have used Anne - work so well together.
ReplyDeleteToni xx
Stunning card Anne, love those blue tones! Such a great theme too, so sorry I missed it....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Anne love the papers and how you coloured in the gorgeous butterfly x
ReplyDeleteabsolutely stunning Anne...love the colour combo and great colouring of that gorgeous butterfly...hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteI love this butterfly Anne, the colour combo and design is stunning.
ReplyDeleteHugs Brenda xxx
This is stunning Anne. I love the colour scheme, the papers are so beautiful and the butterfly looks amazing.
ReplyDeletehugs Sue xx
Gorgeous!! Love the colours and that butterfly looks amazing. Enjoy the weekend xx
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful -- that seed bead body is fantastic. Tim's perspective butterfly is one of my favorites. Really love the correspondence paper for the background. You gave this card wings indeed!! -- Mary Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteA beautiful creation, Anne. Tim's new color looks amazing when coupled with Cracked Pistachio. Your butterfly is fabulous! His seed bead body looks amazing and really gives nice dimension. Beautiful blue flowered background using Tim's Correspondence papers.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how you could have come up with a better color combination for this gorgeous butterfly!!!
ReplyDeleteSandy xx
Best colour combo EVER!! Now I'm going to need Blueprint Sketch, doh!! Such a stunning card Anne, the contrast and design captivated me instantly!! hugs :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Anne, the colour combo is brilliant and really stands out, love it x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great challenge, Anne! The color combination is amazing and I love that butterfly and the paper layers! Your bow is so perfect and I am jealous as I can't tie a bow!!!! Hugs and enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteI have to say Cracked Pistachio and Blueprint are my favourite new colours and they go so well together. A beautifully designed card once again! Elaine xx
ReplyDeleteWow Anne! What a beautiful project! That butterfly is stunning! Love the fancy bow! Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen a wonderful theme, Annie, and your inspiration card is spectacular! I love the design and the beautiful blue and green hues!! It's so fresh and perfect for summer!! Hugs, Darnell xxoo
ReplyDeleteOh what a gorgeous butterfly Anne in those wonderful colours! And everything is layered so beautifully - a stunning card! Thank you for such a great challenge - I really enjoyed it x
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious colour combo Anne and your butterfly is stunning, love the seed beads.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely to finally meet you at our Wendy Vecchi weekend, a truly memorable time.
Julie x
this is sooo pretty Anne - I adore the colour combo - and that butterfly never fails to look awesome!!! Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteSooooooooo LOVELY Anne. Just everything about it is CHARMINGLY BEAUTIFUL. Happy Weekend. j.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, gorgeous colours - just beautiful. Nikki xx
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning winner. I love it all, from the distressed backing paper and the layered butterfly, to the beads and that gorgeous ribbon :D
ReplyDeleteHave a smashing weekend Anne {{Hugs}} xoxoxo
What a beautiful card, Anne! I love this butterfly and you have used such a wonderful color combination to color him. Great idea to layer him up so he looks ready to take flight off that gorgeous background. That bow!!! Yum!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful Anne and the butterfly is absolutely stunning, hugs Carole Z X
ReplyDeleteYour card is so Beautiful Anne. Like you the perspectives butterfly is an absolute fave of mine. Your watercolouring in such a fab combo of colours is wonderful and I am a huge fan of the way you use those seed beads and correspondence papers . As always you never fail to delight.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great choice too for this months Challenge theme . Thankyou
Beautiful Anne, your butterfly is fabulous, wonderful colours and love the seed bead body. I wasn't too enamored of the blueprint stamp colour till I saw it here, I've now changed my mind, lovely! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card and for a great theme this month at AVJ!
ReplyDeleteFantastic work of art Anne. Love that pretty butterfly. Will be in touch soon. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty blue and green combination - the background papers are so lovely too. The butterfly looks amazing, and I love the altered lettering - a fabulous card, and a lovely theme to play!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
This is fabulous! The colours are wonderful and the butterfly is awesome! xxx
ReplyDeleteThose colours look wonderful together Anne, but then whatever you do looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Neet xx
Oh Anne! This card is simply Beautiful!! That butterfly image is fabulous (why haven't I got myself this set yet?!) and you've showcased it wonderfully!! Oh, don't get me started on that beautiful beaded butterfly body (oh, say that 5 times fast!) :) Just a wonderful inspiration piece for your challenge theme, Anne!! XOXO-Shari
ReplyDeleteA stunningly beautiful card Anne. I love how you create your butterflies with all that clever detail in the centre. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteOh Anne! This is sooo beautiful! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love that soft blue pattern in the background behind your gorgeous butterfly!
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