
I used the blue and purple inks to sponge the dots on the bg through a stencil then added pink and more blue by sponging around edges then drew black lines around edges with sharpie. Had a scrap of purple shiny paper the I dry embossed with dotted swiss ef. Butterflies and tags were cut on the Silhouette. Designs on butterflies and flower on tag were stamped in black ink from larger stamps. Used water colors to color flower. As I was arranging everything I decided to add silver edge around purple piece and a mat layer in pink cs. The silver frame is just thin strips I cut then attached each side separately once everything else was attached.
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Beautiful! Love the colors!
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Thanks Diana, it was fun to use stamps in such a different way. All of them were are least twice as big as the part I used.
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Always creative and your layers never look busy or forced but natural and graceful. Love the stenciled background and your color choices. Gorgeous butterflies and details.
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Thanks Gayle, I am really enjoying the Color Dare Challenges. They really are helping me figure out how to use colors together and not look like you say “forced”.
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Plus they let me win every so often, which is very rewarding in its self.
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Your soft purple and blue dots look great! Love the stamping you did on the butterfly and the water coloring too! Your hand drawn and paper pieced borders were a nice finishing touch.
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Thanks Lisa, sometimes feels like I should have stopped a few steps sooner after it is all done but then It is always a in the moment thing when creating.
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Beautiful!!! The blue and purple background is perfect for the butterflies.
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Thanks Gerry, not quite butterfly season but I am done with mostly snow.
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Beautiful. Love the purple dots and the butterflies.
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Thanks Judy
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Beautiful – loving all the dots!
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Thanks Deborah, I thought about adding more but stopped with bg elements
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such a pretty card Bonnie and a great hue of colour with the purple and blue ink through the stencil for your card. Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your lovely comments too. Michelle x
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Thanks Michelle, love your work!
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I love the stenciled background and that butterfly is beautiful. Thanks for playing with us for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #561!
Nora
CIC DT
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Thanks Nora, I always love stopping by to see what fun inspiration image you guys have. Very unique challenge and tons of fun after great inspiration from the DT.
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What a great idea to use different sizes and types of dots. This is fun.
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Thanks Golda, I almost used the dotted swiss folder on the butterflies too but went with stamping instead.
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Love me some polka dots! Loving all the textures & layers. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.
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Thanks Debi, dots are fun
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Soft and pretty. I love the look you’ve created both in your design and colors. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.
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Thanks so much Michelle, getting better at pleasing effects with design as I keep the colors that the challenge has offered to use.
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Gorgeous card thanks for paying with us over a Cupcakes Inspiration Challenge Blog.
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Thanks Tammi, dots is an interesting challenge and lends itself to so many possibilities.
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Bonnie, your card is beautiful, fantastic blending job with your blues and purples and love your butterflies, along with the floral on the sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.
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Thanks Suzanne, don’t know what made me think to use areas of stamps to decorate my elements but it worked.
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Oh so pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Cupcake Inspirations!
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Oh wow! The inked background is stunning!
So glad you joined us at Color My Heart Color Dare!
Melissa, DT Member
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Thanks Melissa , dots are a fun challenge
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