City Crafter GDT - Butterfly Photo

Hello Everyone!

I'm so excited to be here today and announce that I am the Guest Designer for City Crafter Challenge Blog! I just love this blog, and I am really thrilled to spend the day with them today.

For this challenge - Week #228 - BUTTERFLIES, we were given a photo for inspiration. I will show you that in a second, but first here is my card.

So here is the photograph they gave us. Isn't this just a gorgeous image! Boy, I sure had a lot of fun with this one!

- for the background I first laid down some random splotches of home-made texture paste for dimension and then some DecoArt Crafter's Acrylic Tropical Blue and Cherry Blossom swooshed on randomly. While the paint was still wet, I sprtized the panel with water then tilted it to one side and the other until I got the look I wanted.

- then I used a Prima stencil and some crackle texture paste to add some design. Once it was dry, I took some Tim Holtz distress inks Stormy Sky and Victorian Velvet (diluted and put in mini misters) and sprayed the textured are areas so it would dry in the grooves. Then I highlighted the raised areas with some dabs of white paint.

- the butterfly is from Kaisercraft, stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, coloured with Copics and then I added some pretty yellow glitter (from the dollar store).

- the butterflies were handmade from polymer clay and a Mod Melt mold. I covered them with Ranger Picket Fence crackle paint, then rubbed distress stain Forest Moss into the cracks, then highlighted them with white and yellow paint.

- the die cut panel  is Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles, the foliage is Spellbinders Foliage, and the sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations - All Seasons.

- the flowers were handmade with a poinsettia die and coloured with Tim Holtz distress ink Victorian Velvet. The ribbon was coloured with Tim Holtz distress ink Squeezed Lemonade and Memento ink Pistachio.

I will be entering my card into the following fabulous challenges:

- Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Challenge #24 - Things With Wings

- Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - #37 - Let's Fly Away

- A Gem of a Challenge - #127 - It's SUMMER Time
- The Ribbon Girl - Add Ribbon Cards Challenge
- That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Summery Colours

- 613 Avenue Create - #88 Anything Goes with optional Create Your Own Color
(I chose pink, green and yellow with both black and white as neutrals)

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.