I've been visiting with my two sisters this past week. They have both recently retired and we have just been given a wealth of items that belonged to our dad and our family that we wanted to go through and sort out. Some of these things we have never seen before so it's been an eye-opening time as we piece together our family's history.
But in the midst of this, it is time for another As You See It Challenge, Challenge #197 as we inch closer to Challenge #200. This week Amanda has given us the cutest sketch to work with:
I got out my Beauty Abounds and my Butterfly Gala stamp sets along with my Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper and put this together:
- I wasn't sure if I liked Grapefruit Grove and Balmy Blue together, as I don't usually like complimentary colours (opposite each other on the colour wheel) together, but with Sahara Sand and lots of Whisper White mediating the effect, I think they're okay together.
- I used the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper as the lower panel from the sketch. Botanical Butterfly DSP is a Sale-A-Bration Reward that you can still earn if you're quick. Make a $60 purchase in the next two days and you'll make it under the wire. March 31st is when Sale-A-Bration ends.
- The little punched border is made with the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch, in the Annual Catalogue.
- The Bokeh effect bubbles and the flourish stamps are from the Beauty Abounds stamp set. I used Sahara Sand, Petal Pink and Grapefruit Grove to stamp those images. The sentiment is also from Beauty Abounds.
- The Butterfly Gala butterfly images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured in with Calypso Coral Light Stampin' Blends Marker and Balmy Blue Stampin' Write Marker. The Butterfly Duet Punch is made to punch both images at the same time. I always add the butterflies' bodies after punching them out, because then you can see exactly where to situate them.
- One more punch was used and that is the Starburst Punch for the sentiment and the double butterflies.
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Such a pretty card Heather; these colours do work well together don't they, even though you would expect otherwise. Love all those butterflies!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joanne! I do love those butterflies. And I was pleasantly surprised by the colours.
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