Thank you for taking time to visit, and I hope I am even a tiny bit helpful as I have been helped and blessed by so many others. I have been doing Calligraphy since teens, and card making for many years as well. In 1990 I delighted in the joys of stamping with ink and embossing after a trip to Cairns, Qld. In 2009 I discovered the brayer, 2010 the Cuttlebug, also have now taking to reading up on crafting blogs and lo! Here I am, on one of my own.

I live on the coast of eastern Australia. I am a Christian. I trusted in the LORD down here at the beach, amazingly it is not far from where I now live. It was over 50 years ago, after a Beach Mission Service at the age of 12 years

Monday 12 February 2018

Butterfly challenge .. Tim Holtz Mozaic Stencil

Lobbing very quickly.. to post this card for my Butterfly challenge entry!!! Over HERE is Mrs A's challenge .. 
And the offering of this challenge has numerous options which immediately appealed to me .. I chose C for Corners and Cornflowers blue .. with the requisite Butterfly, of course! to my card.
CAS as was on time limit, plus my birthday girl likes CAS (even if she has no idea what CAS stands for!! :D).
 This was kinda CASED from one by Loll, on my Pinterest board under butterflies. Of course, mine is different - I rarely do a direct CASE.

So this card is made with 300gsm card, great to work with nice and smooth, and white.. took a snippet strip for stencil piece.

I'm not sure about UK, but in Oz cornflowers are very vibrant bright blue .. however from research it seems a soft blue was meant by this colour .. covered both shades by doing bright blue shimmer paints on butterfly and soft blue in TH Mozaic stencil ink. HB stamped greeting in same blue inks, unknown unmounted stamp (Victorine?). I used Versamark and mini misti to line up and achieve embossing on dye inks (Memento Sky Blue, Aronidack Cloudy Blue), gave wet embossed birthday greeting. I saw this trick somewhere (you tube?) but first time I tried it .. wow! it worked a treat will do it again! Now doing another card in Purple.
I die cut the rectangle with a stitched CCD set, largest rectangle die extended. added silver cut of Memory Box leaf die, with Joy butterfly on top and pearls.
May the Lord bless your day everyone .. and thank you most of all if you pop over for a peek and chat.. you are  blessing!
Hugs Shaz in oz.x

Linking up to:
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au 

14 comments:

Ciaran Maguire said...
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Anonymous said...

thats a beautiful card, I have trouble following things exactly too lol,, off on my own I go lol. Corn flowers here in Canada are a more vibrant blue as well, I do love that color,,

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Amazing CAS card, love those colors and that gorgeous butterfly !! Great stenciled background!

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely stunning card Shaz, beautifully designed and coloured, love your background design, Kate x x

Kath said...

A fabulous CAS card and a beautiful design.
Kath x

Mrs A. said...

This is such a pretty butterfly on a brilliant background and perfectly CAS. I hope your friend liked her card. Thankyou for coming and spinning the butterfly wheel with me this week. Hugs Mrs A.

Betsy said...

Amen Shaz. "Cast down but NOT destroyed." YOur card is so pretty. such a delicate little butterfly.
May God bless your day with His sweet mercies my sweeet sister.
Betsy

Conniecrafter said...

The silver with the blue is just gorgeous, love the softness of the stenciling on the background.

sharon said...

Beautiful card Shaz l love the stencil background, l will have to add that one to my I NEED AND MUST HAVE LIST.
Have a lovel week my friend.
We are having a dry storm tonight, lots of thunder and lightning no rain.
Hugs
sharon:)

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

How pretty! I love the stenciling in the background!

Anne said...

Such a gorgeous card,beautifully made and designed! I adore that mosaic stencil, it adds a certain something...bravo you! Cornflowers are the most beautiful blue aren't they? A favourite of the artist Vermeer I was told... They also come in whites, pink and I think purple? Your card is superb!

loz said...

gorgeous CAS card shaz. for a quick card it is beautiful and elegant..loz

Cara said...

This is so pretty and delicate, love it x

Pia S said...

Stylish and pretty, and I’m sure I’ll end up needing that stencil...

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