Thursday, October 5, 2023

A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

These embossed butterflies are so much fun to work with!


I've used blending brushes and ink cubes to color each in a different shade.

I did the ink blending on a piece of cardstock.  The run off makes a matching background. 

Challenges:
AAA Birthday #54 - Favourite Colors (I have lots of favorites)
Seize the Birthday #270 - Repetitive Die Cuts 
Simon Says Monday - Add Some Texture

 

 




Card Recipe
Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)
Ink:   Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes, VersaMark
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black
Other:  Graceful Butterflies Die & EF (SSS), Blending Brushes, White EP


Enjoy!


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28 comments:

Nancy said...

Good morning, Bonnie! Love your cascading butterflies card. Using the background that you inked on was such a smart idea. I love the look. Thanks so much for being in our gallery at Seize the Birthday and for using the Topping.

I Card Everyone said...

So beautiful, Bonnie! Such a pretty way to play with all your favorite colors!
=]

jimlynn said...

So beautiful and I love the soft colors. Great idea for the background too!
Lynn

Bobby said...

The color run-off makes it look like your colorful butterflies are flitting through a flower garden, Bonnie. So lovely!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

So very lovely, love the background too. x

Brenda in IN said...

A beautiful set of colorful butterflies fluttering along on that awesome background. I love the bright colors you chose and fun design.

Cat Craig said...

Love the under color you get from this technique.

Marcia Hill said...

Awwwwww...you're making me think Summer here Bonnie! And it felt like Summer here earlier this week with temps in the mid 80's, but the rain and falling temps started today and now it feels like Fall! I wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to Summer yet, so I'll just gaze at your lovely and colorful butterflies and not look out my window! BEAUTIFUL card my friend!! Hugs. :0)

HilaryJane said...

Such pretty colours and I love that soft inked background xx

Lisa Elton said...

This is a lovely way to say happy birthday!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Gorgeous colorful butterflies, Bonnie - love the background too!!

Susan said...

Such pretty colours for the butterflies! Love the inking on the embossing folder background.

kiwimeskreations said...

Such a joyous butterfly card Bonnie - wonderful colours on the butterflies, and a great background using the 'run-off'.
Blessings
Maxine

Loll said...

LOVE the rainbow of colours of your beautiful butterflies, Bonnie. Using the paper used to sponging makes a FABULOUS background. So clever and creative, my friend! xx

Linda said...

Bonnie, fantastic idea to use the paper that you did your blending on. It makes for such a beautiful card. Love it and your butterflies. Thanks for joining us at Seize the birthday.

Cathy said...

Such a pretty butterfly birthday card Bonnie, gorgeous arrangement and thankyou for playing along at STB too, Cathy x

Pat said...

These embossed butterflies are fabulous Bonnie, and in five different bright colours, and love the contrast with the black bodies and the white on black sentiment strip across the card. A great idea to use the piece of cardstock which you did the ink blending on as a background...it all harmonises beautifully. x

shirley-bee said...

Beautiful card, Bonnie! Your run-off card has made the most gorgeous background for the die cut butterflies, and I love the soft colours you’ve used.

Chandhini said...

Love how you made the background, so pretty!

Brenda said...

Wow, love the colors of this one and love this card Bonnie! The butterflies are just gorgeous and I love how you shaded them on another piece of card and used it for the background. Simply beautiful! Hugs, Brenda

JoAnn said...

Love your pretty and colorful butterflies and the way you have them cascading down the card. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.

Vicky Hayes said...

Your butterflies are delightful Bonnie and I am so intrigued by the background you created by ink blending on a piece of card. Must try this technique! Vicky x

Christine Alexander said...

wonderful rainbow of butterflies ♥

Linda said...

Just spotted this on Seize the Birthday, love all those pretty colours together. The embossed butterflies are so beautiful fluttering across the card and I love how you've created the background, very clever xx

JD/ Jill said...

This is a fabulous card! I like all your different colored butterflies

Trina P. said...

Beautiful rainbow watercoloured butterflies. The run-off ink background is awesome.

Helen said...

Beautifully done - great background and beautiful butterflies.

Thanks for joining us at the AAA Birthday Challenge.

Helen x
DT

BożenA said...

the card is so happy, Bonnie. I love the entire rainbow palette used to color these butterflies
xx