Winged Beauties

Happy July 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I wanted to try something a little different for me.  I don't do a lot of CAS cards, but I have been creating them more and more lately.  I chose three butterfly images and lined them up down the center of my panel using my mini misti.  I then chose three inks from the same family and stamped the butterflies in an ombre look beginning with the lightest at the top and moving down to the darkest ink on the sentiment (which looks black, but is really a very dark purple).  Then I die cut the panel with a wonky stitched die and adhered it to a plain white base.  I really like how simple it is and how pretty the butterflies turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"; MFT "Something for Everyone" sentiment

Dies: wonky stitched die (I can't remember where I got this from, but it is an actual company!)

Ink: Altenew "Enchanted Garden" mini quartet

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations #638--anything goes

Crafty Catz #716--anything goes

Creative Fingers #325--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything BUT birthday

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #280--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #640--something beginning with B (butterflies)

Word Art Wednesday #759--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Water color chair

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Pastel or Bright.  There is no sponsor this month, we are playing just for fun.

 Here is my card:

Several years ago, my mother-in-law and I went to a stamp convention and took a class with Art Impressions.  It was so fun and we came away with a number of beautiful water colored images.  I had forgotten all about them until I pulled one out for a different card.  I thought this one was so pretty and perfect for the quick birthday card I needed to make.  I pulled out some soft papers to match the image and added some purple mulberry paper to frame the image.  This isn't exactly pastel, but the colors are soft and definitely not bright.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Art Impressions Stamps (various water color stamp images); Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: wonky die (unknown)

Challenges: 

Cupcake Inspirations #638--anything goes

Crafty Catz #716--anything goes

Creative Fingers #325--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #280--anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky #650--something beginning with B (butterflies, blue)