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 






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5 comments:

  1. Mimi20 May 2022 at 19:04

    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

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  2. Joan21 May 2022 at 22:58

    Gorgeous butterfly, great colours through the stencil too

    Thanks for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Challenge

    Joan

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  3. Helen23 May 2022 at 10:52

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

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  4. Loose Stitches23 May 2022 at 19:53

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

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  5. Mrs A.24 May 2022 at 14:50

    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.

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