Friday 20 May 2022

BUTTERFLIES

As the weather is getting warmer here in the UK we are seeing more and more bees and butterflies.  A welcome sight.  We are doing no-mow May in our garden and in fact are going to be doing no-mow for ever for a large part of our new garden here in Wales - developing a wild area full of wild flowers for the bees and the butterflies.  Already after only a few weeks there are lots of wild flowers showing themselves and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up next.

My card today uses a stencil from Visible Image - ~I used some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber and a touch of Chipped Sapphire to create the butterfly.  The added butterflies were from an Aall & Create stamp set #47 which were inked in Versafine Clair Tulip Red and covered with a touch of Spectrum Noir sparkle pen.  The words are from the same stamp set inked in Versafine Clair Warm Breeze.  I doodled around the edge with a fine pen.  This is my first attempt at doodling on the edges of cards - I may give it another go as I quite liked the effect.




I'm adding this into the following challenges


Try It On Tuesday - Butterflies 
Butterfly Spot Challenge - Butterfly plus two colours 
Global Design - Beautiful Bugs
International Art & Soul - 3 of anything - 3 butterflies 






5 comments:

Mimi said...

Stunning, love the art feel to this beautiful creation, so individual. Great colour combo too - awesome :) Thank you for joining us at International Art & Soul this fortnight. Hugs Mimi xxxxxx

Joan said...

Gorgeous butterfly, great colours through the stencil too

Thanks for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Challenge

Joan

Helen said...

Beautiful butterfly card! LOVE that stamp!! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday!
((HUGS)) Helen

Loose Stitches said...

Beautiful creation! Thank you for sharing with us over at The Creative Crafters. We hope to see you again.
~ Sherry DT/Admin xx

Mrs A. said...

Hello Fiona, thsnkyou so much for coming and playing in the butterfly garden with me. I love your doodled edging. Perfect here on your card. I have planted seed bombs (they look like hand grenades which you throw and let land on open soil) this year in the garden. I have done one specifically for bees, one of butterflies and one for birds.all three are coming up with lots of the seeds having taken. We attract a lot of wild life in our garden. Hugs Mrs A. P.s. if you would like details of the seed bombs let me know.