Good Morning Blog Friends!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend and made the most of the sunshine! My goodness what are we all going to do without the Olympics, wasn't it just fabulous!? I am bleary eyed and not at all ready for a Monday morning back to work, having stayed up until past midnight watching the spectacular closing ceremony/concert - loved Eric Idle!
Thank you for your comments yesterday and glad you liked the new chicks! Poor Penny was feeling a bit bewildered yesterday and Lacey had already asserted her dominance, but today they are more settled and I have cuddled them both a few times. It'll be a week before we let them free range with our other girls and probably longer until they are all in the big run, but taking it slowly and easy has always paid off for us...anyway..to today's card!
This is a design I've been working on for my group on our next card class. I absolutely love this stamp, Steampunk Dreams by Sam Poole (Creative Expressions) and I do beg forgiveness for using it quite a lot on my blog..well you do get those favourites you keep going back to don't you!?
However, I do appreciate that not everyone likes or even knows what Steampunk is, so I decided to give the stamp a feminine twist. This is a 6x6 easel card,for which I created a background for both base and easel, but inking all over with MIlled Lavender and Spun Sugar distress inks, more heavily around the edges but very lightly elsewhere. I then used a butterfly stamp, inked with Milled Lavender and stamped more heavily on the base and lightly on the easel.
I then spritzed some card with a mixture of Raspberry and Egyptian Blue Cosmic Mica Mists and dried it with a heat tool. When dry, I stamped the dress form with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and the sentiment with Milled Lavender. The dress form was cut out and the wings removed. I cut out the wings from Spellbinders Wings of Hope, the flowe from a mixture of the Aster Flower Topper and Anemone Flower Topper dies and the sentiment from Heart Circles. For a final touch I added the rose and some ribbon.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visiting and your comments, remember.."Always look on the bright side of life...!"
Carole X
Oh Carole, this is gorgeous. Your backgrounds are terrific. You work so hard at them! But well woth the effort. Love from Christine xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine! Yes I have really gotten into creating backgrounds recently! Carole X
DeleteKeep the butterflies coming Carole, I just love them. What a treat your class is going to have with this stunning card. Love the colour combo.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem rather flat today without the Olympics but like you stayed up to the end of the ceremony. For me Eric Idle was the highlight of the evening even though I'm a big Take That fan - I know trying to rekindle my lost youth lol! Love Christine H x
Thanks Christine! Yep, Eric was my highlight too...my husband, Tom, still can't believe my parents used to let me stay up and watch Monty Python..He! He! Carole X
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ReplyDeletethank you for dropping by my blog a little while ago. Your card is really lovely and I do love butterflies so much. Have you ever been to the butterfly world at Ilse of Weight? I really loved it took some lovely photos but hubby lost them when the computer was playing up even though he had backed it up. See I have worked it out how to leave a comment on your blog. I too enjoyed Eric Idle last night he was the star of the show, couldn't stop singing along with him. Have a great crafty rest of the day.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Thanks Jenny! No I've never been to butterfly world on the Isle of Wight, we have one quite near us which is pretty good..I love photographing butterflies! Hope you enjoy blogging, it's a great way to 'meet' other crafty peeps :) Yes, I think Eric was last night's star as well...I was singing along too! Carole X
DeleteHi there Carole - love your card - I have these stamps and ......... haven't used them yet! I really do like them but - again - I need the inspiration to use them. I adore real butterflies but have been very fussy with stamps and dies - I have to have them looking real, not the cartoony sort. I must admit though that I am using them more and more since I managed to get some nice stamps and dies.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue P xxx
PS Glad you cuddle your girls - I think that's nice.
Hi Carole, have just caught up with your posts as have been away at a summer camp with the children. You have been very busy, beautiful pieces, I love the heart card with the highlighter technique! A big welcome to your new hens also!x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work. Love the colours. Great stuff! My little sam is standing right next to me while I am typing this waiting to go on the astrosaurs website and he has just said write that the flowers are lovely! so I have lol! jenx
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