Wednesday, March 1, 2017

So glad there's you

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week it is a Designer's Choice challenge and Laurie has chosen: Long Tall Sally.  If you are like me and hadn't heard that term before, what it means is a card that measures 8 1/4 x 4.  It's designed to fit in a legal sized envelope.  I was inspired by this card:
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I just loved the long line up of macaroons.
I started by stamping my butterfly four times on water color paper with versamark ink and embossing them with black embossing powder.  Then I used four coordinating colors of gelatos and scribbled them over the butterflies.  I use a baby wipe to blend the colors then I stamped the sentiment and used a fine tip black pen to draw a frame around the entire image panel.  I matted that on black cardstock (which is hard to see in the photo) and then mounted it on a dark purple card base.
  I know this is different, but I hope you will challenge yourselves and play along with us this week.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Butterfly (sm)" and "I'm so glad . . ."

Challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenge #168--anything goes
Southern Girls--nature inspired
Cardz TV #3--anything goes
Alphabet Challenge--Y is for you choose
Creative Fingers #125--anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #332--things with wings


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13 comments:

  1. CheriMarch 1, 2017 at 7:33 AM

    Love this, Heather. Using the gelatos to color "panels" over each butterfly is such a creative idea. Love it!

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  2. Glittered PawsMarch 1, 2017 at 8:43 AM

    Oh I like - didn't think about turning it the other way - but oh you made it work so beautifully. Got to get my gelatos out.

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  3. Laurie UngerMarch 1, 2017 at 10:26 AM

    What a fun color line up of all those butterflies - it looks super on the long card.

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  4. DonnaMarch 1, 2017 at 11:08 AM

    This is just a wow card Heather, I'm not quite sure how to use my Gelato's, they don't work like I want them to, so thanks for the tip of the baby wipe, I think that is what I needed!

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  5. Wendy Nicola JacksonMarch 1, 2017 at 8:31 PM

    So pretty Heather. Just gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining in with our 'Nature' challenge this week at Southern Girls. I'm so glad you did. You totally nailed it! Join us again next challenge too if you can. Hugs, Wends xoxo SGC DT

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  6. Jo Williams Independent Stampin' Up DemonstratorMarch 2, 2017 at 6:38 AM

    This is a gorgeous card Heather!! I love the size of it! I may have to try this myself. The butterflies are so pretty with the beautiful colors behind them. You did a great job!
    Hope you have a wonderful day!
    Hugs,
    Jo
    ♥ Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

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  7. TammyMarch 2, 2017 at 7:02 AM

    What a gorgeous card Heather, I love all butterflies and the fabulous long shape! Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.
    Tammy x

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  8. Kim Waguespack WritesMarch 2, 2017 at 7:32 AM

    What a beautiful card! Just proof you don't need lots of stamps to make a gorgeous card!

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  9. joyMarch 2, 2017 at 9:18 AM

    Love the bright colors and how you have framed it with the thin line. Gorgeous card.

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  10. Patti JMarch 2, 2017 at 12:51 PM

    This is so pretty, Heather! Love the beautiful colors that you used, and the way that you framed your sentiment is perfect. Great job - thanks for sharing!

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  11. Scrappin SueMarch 2, 2017 at 3:55 PM

    Fantastic
    Thanks for sharing at Brown Sugar Challenges x

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  12. Julie BMarch 3, 2017 at 12:48 AM

    Love those colours, the butterflies look great against them.
    Thanks for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge. :)

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  13. DebiMarch 5, 2017 at 8:02 PM

    Very nice card. Love the design. Thanks for playing at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge. Good luck. Debi TT DT

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