Butterfly trail



Stamps: Teeny Trees (Waltzing Mouse); Polka Dot Basics II (PTI); Alphabet (Papermania)

Ink: Rhubarb Stalk, Tangelo (Memento)

This card is for The Play Date Cafe colour challenge: Cotton Candy, Ruby, Citrus & Dusk.

The butterfly is done using the teeny trees  set, with the stalk for the antennae.  The pale pink colour was achieved by stamping off the Rhubarb Stalk.  I then used a polka dots stamp to kiss the darker colour back on.  I really like the soft blurry effect at the edge of the dots.  The heart trail & the 'BIRTHDAY' were both created digitally, & printed prior to stamping.

On reflection, I'm not entirely convinced by the placement of the BIRTHDAY, perhaps this would look better as a 'hello' card instead.  I also think the butterfly should be further over to the left, but hen the point of the heart would catch on the 'h'...  BUT I love being able to make a butterfly out of a tree set. 

Teeny Trees is my current Desert Island Stamp Set.  What's yours?

Linking to:

The Play Date Cafe ~ PDCC 138

Technique with Versamark pad & chalk

Stamps: Miss You (My Cute Stamps), Teeny Trees (Waltzing Mouse)

Ink: Versamark

Card base: 9.9cm square, linen white (Paper Mill Direct)

Other: Studio g Fresh Chalk

This technique was born from the CAS card I made the other day.  The one that took so long to come together. 

I love the fine lines of the 'Miss You' set by My Cute Stamps, but wanted to re-create them on a single layer card.  When I stamped these on my standard card base, they bled a bit & ruined the effect I was after.  But I wanted the linen texture on my card as well.  I'm too greedy.  I thought about embossing, but only have limited colours available.  Then PING! A light bulb moment. 

What I do have are some cheapy chalk sets from Studio G, in the colours I was considering.  What happens if you stamp in Versamark & apply a little chalk?  You get to keep the fine lines & the paper texture.  Result.  And you can blend them a bit.

The paler orange doesn't really show up on the photo, in spite of my superior photographic skills ;).  On reflection, I should have done the sentiment in the darker orange too.  I think it's a bit too subtle.  Still, we live & learn.

Hope you like it.