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Friday, 12 June 2015

JAI 266 colour challenge - swallowtail butterfly


I've had very little creative time in the past week so it was good to get into my stamp room to make a card for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week, a colour challenge with a touch of gold suggested by the lovely Nikki; definitely a gal with a heart of gold.
I generally prefer silver over gold but I've been embracing gold a bit more... & I do love pink pirouette & night of navy, so this clean & simple card is what I came up with:
I was so glad my beloved Swallowtail butterfly stamp carried over to the new annual catalogue so a celebration was called for. It's hard to see in the pic but I stamped the butterfly in navy & clear heat embossed it (click on the pic to see a bigger pic & hopefully the lovely glossy finish). Then I sponged & sponged/markered it in pink pirouette. To finish the card, I added a strip of vellum to ground the 'hello', added a few more gold touches & mounted it on some more pink & navy card to finish.
I feel like making a whole lot more of these in different colours, now too.

The Design Team have created so many lovely cards with this combo so go check them out, try it yourself & share with us here too. As for me, thanks for visiting today. Leave me a comment if you liked what I came up with & remember to pin it too.

Until next time, inky wishes from me,
Di

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9 comments:

  1. Rochelle Blok12 June 2015 at 11:39

    Beautiful Di! The swallowtail looks amazing embossed and I love how you've filled it in with pink. The vellum is a fantastic idea to still keep the swallowtail showing through! Love it!

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  2. Jan12 June 2015 at 13:33

    Stunning card Di! I too love Swallowtail and especially how you've used it here! The vellum strip and gold die cuts are such beautiful and elegant additions! xx

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  3. KimB12 June 2015 at 21:06

    This is stunning Di! I wouldn't call it simple at all!! I love how you laid over the big scrolly gold sentiment over just perfect for the scale of the butterfly. xxx

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  4. Teneale Williams13 June 2015 at 19:14

    Just beautiful :) Love how you have added to pink behind the butterfly. Two thumbs up.

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  5. Patrice14 June 2015 at 17:38

    So beautiful, Di. Love the vellum strip as a base for your sentiment. I too prefer silver, but now that we have the new gold twine hopefully I'll use it! x

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  6. Nikki Spencer14 June 2015 at 23:15

    What a gorgeous use of swallowtail Di. It's such a huge stamp and always intimidates me..:0) But you've used it beautifully and you hints of gold are perfectly balanced. xx

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  7. Anonymous16 June 2015 at 00:05

    Stunning Di, Love the idea of the vellum overlay with the gold across it. Think is goes well with such a large bold image. Chantell x x

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  8. Shona Chambers16 June 2015 at 08:22

    Wow, that butterfly stamp is amazing so can see why its a favourite of yours. Your right, this would make a brilliant card set in different colours. You sure used the challenge colours beautifully!!

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  9. Narelle Farrugia17 June 2015 at 22:33

    Absolutely stunning Di! I am in love with your gorgeous butterfly (can you believe I still don't own this image yet?) It's a perfect card to show off these challenge colours.

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