Saturday, October 26, 2013

Best of Butterflies Featuring Marie-Alice

I thought all our butterflies were gone.  Then I saw a Monarch today!  What a blessing!

This isn't a Monarch but I thought I'd share it anyway.  It's to honor the Featured Stamper at SCS this week, Marie-Alice (aka ladybug91743).  What a lovey gallery with so much inspiration!  I chose this card as my inspiration.   Here's my take.



All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, Inspired by Nature, Wetlands, Too Kind
Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, SU Marker (Soft Suede)
Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore), Whisper White
Other: Neutral Brad, Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success)

Nothing much to talk about here.  I stamped the butterfly in Soft Suede and the grasses in More Mustard.  I mixed in some of the wheat from the Wetlands set in Soft Suede.  I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White and stamped some of the grass and wheat on that.  I rounded the end with a corner rounder punch that the guard has broken off. Glad I didn't trash it!  A brad was inserted in the end and the sentiment was popped up on dimensionals.

Thanks so much for the visit.

Enjoy!



19 comments:

Benzi said...

Lovely butterfly and it is perfect among the wheat and tall grasses. It's a reminder to enjoy the beauty while we can. We had a hard frost this morning so I may not see another one of these beauties again this year.

stampwithsandy said...

Love your combination of stamp sets and the soft neutral colors, Bonnie. Wish I had that grass stamp!

jimlynn said...

Oh so pretty! Love the way you stamped over the sentiment panel too.
Lynn

Sue - said...

Beautiful - that is my very favourite butterfly!

Loll said...

Hi Bonnie. Fabulous design. I love the soft, neutral colors for the grasses ... and that you also stamped them onto the sentiment banner. Your butterfly is gorgeous! Loll xx

Marisa said...

Beautifully done, Bonnie! Love the way the sentiment panel carries the pattern too!

Colleen Dietrich said...

How cool that you recently saw a butterfly, but then again you are further south than I. We haven't seen any here in a while, with our cooler temps.

This is a lovely autumn scene!

Cathy said...

This is such a pretty card Bonnie, love the soft colours, Cathy x

Kylie said...

Bonnie! This is just stunning. I love it. The stamping is just beautiful xx

Kristie Goulet said...

Bonnie, this card is beautiful! Love the soft colors!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Gorgeous card design with beautiful stamping and images. The earth tone on white is so elegant. Happy Sunday, Shirleyx

Doris said...

This is just awesome, Bonnie! I love the way you matched up the greeting with the grasses in the background.

Patti said...

Beautiful Bonnie. Love how you stamped on the sentiment.

Greta said...

What a wonderful treat to see a butterfly now! The card you cased is a beauty & I absolutely love your tribute card with the same stamping on the sentiment tag--fabulous!

Hettie said...

Gorgeous Bonnie. Love the colours and of course the subject.
Great.
Hugs
xx

Mary Marsh said...

this is a pretty card Bonnie and a great tribute to Marie-Alice-I think our butterflies are gone here in Pittsburgh-we had a couple of days of snow showers here-no accumulation though

Darnell said...

I love your elegant fall butterfly card, Bonnie! The continuation of the grass on the fab sediment banner is awesome!! Hugs, Darnell

LeAnne said...

Gorgeous! I love the earthy feel of this card...and I saw a butterfly yesterday too!

Sue said...

Beautiful stamping and muted colours. I like how you stamped over the sentiment label too. xx