Saturday 22 June 2013

Happy Birthday Jen!

Today is Jen's birthday and therefore this week's Less is More challenge is to make a birthday card she would like http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/week-125-happy-birthday.html



What to put on my card was easy - it had to feature butterflies - and that made me think of the sketch this week at CASe this sketch which had 3 little elements that would suit 3 little butterflies  http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/case-this-sketch-33.html  I also LOVED this week's colours in the Play Date Cafe so decided to throw those into the mix too  http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/one-zesty-color-combo.html and this is the resulting card - hope you like it Jen and are having a fabulous time in Istanbul.


I started with the small butterfly die from clearly besotted and die cut 9 from a pale orange card.  I inked each with spiced marmalade distress ink to warm up the colour to match the colour scheme.  On 3 of the butterflies I stamped one of the butterflies from CB's butterfly additions in potters clay ink.   I folded those 3 in half, plus 3 of the others and then layered them up to give me 3 dimensional butterflies using lawn fawns lawn trimmings between the layers to make antennae.  I mounted them onto a lime green panel embossed with my new SU folder and mounted that onto some teal washi tape torn to give a rough edge.  The sentiment is from CB's Spring Blooms stamped in teal zeal.

As I mostly used Clearly Besotted products on this card, I'll also make this a last minute entry to their first challenge - which is anything goes - and you still have just over a day to play along if you fancy http://www.stampingsharing.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/clearly-besotted-challenge-1-anything.html



16 comments:

  1. This is super... really vibrant Tara!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  2. Love the zesty colours and FAB combo of challenges! Hugs Bev x

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  3. Hola Tara, very bright and vibrant colours, perfect CAS card, i like!!!
    A warm hug frm Palma

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  4. A gorgeous, bright and happy card Tara! :)
    Lizy xx

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  5. Great card Tara, love the bright colours

    Thanks so much for joining us for the first CBS Challenge,
    Michelle xx

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  6. Love the washi tape background and the bright colors!

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  7. Cute card, love the flying butterflies!

    Chris L.

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  8. Smashing card and fabulous colours

    Kathyk

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  9. What fabulous colours Tara and I love that lovely bit of texture behind the butterflies! Vicky x

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  10. Super cute card, love the colours

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  11. Lovely and cheerful Tara. Paula xxx

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  12. Great job combining challenges! I love your touch of embossing.

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  13. I love what you did with the butterflies! Incredible card. Thank you so much for taking part, I really appreciate it :) x

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  14. amazing! love all the dimension and textures you included. Thanks for joining us in the Play Date Cafe!
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.com

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  15. fab card
    thank you so much for the birthday wishes.
    Jen
    "Less Is More"

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  16. What a fun card and perfect for this week's color story! Thanks for playing along with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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