Saturday 3 September 2016

Sending Hugs

Hello All,

This afternoon I have had a little time in the craft room to play. 

This card was inspired by the colour challenge at Less is More-colours of peacock'r feathers. I thought this was a really original idea for a colour challenge and had to get straight to getting inky. I did have a hunt around blogland for a few more challenges to give me the lay out and final ideas.

This is what I created:


I apologise for the shadows but London decided to get cloudy and as I knew this was the only day I would get chance to blog for a few days I wanted to get this posted....so shadows we have!

I used the peacock colours of gold, turquoise and purple.

The solid butterfly is made from a larger piece of water coloured card that is a mix up bushos colours using the clingfilm and starch method which gives a stunning marble effect. The open butterfly die is cut from gold glitter paper. This was glued onto a STAMPlorations stitched rectangle following their Sketch Challenge for the layout. The sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers

It turns out that Less is More originally inspired the idea for this challenge and a little hunt around blogland gave me further inspiration to complete. Here is the list of challenges I thank for doing this:  

CASology-stitch
NBUS-Darnell's challenge of 'never been used schtuff'-these dies are newbies.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend x

     



34 comments:

  1. Wonderful peacock inspired butterfly. Love the gold and mixture of colors. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  2. Oh Sandie!! I love this!! it is so elegant and perfectly CAS. I love the addition of Gold on your beautifully colored Butterfly!

    I'm sending you an e-mail : ) let me know if you get it.

    Patti



    I want to offer to send you that Nativity die if you want. I know the cost of ordering to the US is really super expensive! I'm gointg to be placing an order in the next month or so and I could order you one. You could send me the $ by PayPal or whatever and I will just stick it in the mail for you. It would only

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  3. A very elegant card and such a nice blue color. Have a nice weekend, Ankie

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  4. Simply beautiful card -- lovely colours, great layout.
    I'm in Lincolnshire at the moment and it has been raining hard for most of the day!!
    Elaine

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  5. Oh WOW!! this butterfly is gorgeous!!

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  6. Stunning butterfly Sandie, such a pretty CAS card, Cathy x

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  7. Sandie, your butterfly is super beautiful. Wow!

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  8. Love this...the colors are amazing and I love that gold butterfly!

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  9. This is a beautiful butterfly, Sandie! Love the peacock colors and the glitter overlay! CAS perfection! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  10. So pleased Sandie that you added us to your list of Challenges. I LOVE your CAS Mixed Media Butterfly and design. All perfect! TFS Hugs, nancy

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  11. Love finding new challenges and crafters new to me also. Your card is gorgeous! I love those colors behind the sparkle of the open butterfly.

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  12. Absolutely gorgeous Sandie...love those deep yet vibrant colors. So beautiful!

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  13. Such a gorgeous card - so elegant and beautifully coloured! Super entry to our 'peacock feather colours' challenge - thanks for playing at Less is More! (PS - remember we have a 5 challenge limit including ours x)

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  14. Superb butterfly and a great off-set design too. You have used the challenge colours perfectly on a beautifully CAS card Sandie. Thanks for joining us at Less is More.
    Sharon xx

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  15. The layout is unique and love the double butterfly dear Sandie
    I visit today all my blogland friend (I try my best) cause not so easy to blogging because my mom keeping me busy cooking Indonesian food hehehe
    but we are happy in the kitchen
    Have a great night Sandie
    hugs
    Monika

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  16. Absolutely gorgeous Sandie!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  17. That marble look is beautiful! I have to watch some more videos on YouTube to learn brusho techniques. Beautifully designed card!

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  18. Beautiful butterfly (shadows or not)!

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  19. Wow, what a gorgeous butterfly!!! I love the stitched frame, so perfect! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!

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  20. That butterfly is stunning! Wonderful card!

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  21. Such an elegant and royal card! That butterfly is absolutely beautiful even in London clouds. Thank you for playing along with us at Happy Little Stampers.

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  22. Your colours are perfect for the challenge, but also perfect for the butterfly! Great CAS-card again Sandie! Hugs, Gerrina

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  23. So glad you had time to get into your craft room. This is one fantastic card! LOVE that butterfly!! The marbled first layer is stunning, and the glittery gold top layer really adds emphasis. The off-set panel was genius, too. What a great card!!!! Love it. Bev

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  24. Love the beautiful colours of your butterfly! A great CAS card with all that white space! Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up!

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  25. Simple and just stunning Sandie!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    Less is More

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  26. Striking and so beautiful, Sandie ... such gorgeous saturated colour, perfect with the shimmery gold! Hugs, Anita :)

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  27. Sweet card. I love butterflies and this is beautiful !

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  28. So pretty!! Thanks for playing along with us at STAMPlorations!

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  29. Your butterfly is GORGEOUS Sandie!! LOVE the mix of colours with the gold glitter. So pretty together. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! xx

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  30. great card. Beautiful work with color and water. I love these two levels butterfly, lace beautifully hides and shows the colorful background.
    Thanks for sharing this beautiful card in the HLS CAS.
    BozenA DT HLS CAS

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  31. So CASlicious! Love the delicate butterfly against the white Sandie! Thank you so much for playing along with us at STAMPlorations this month! :)
    Suchi- DT xx

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