May 21, 2010

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happy friday, ya'll!

i'm busy painting the trim on the bathroom window but while it's drying, i wanted to share this card i made for embellishmagazine.com's color challenge with butterflies.

now i love my martha stewart butterfly punch, but this time i chose to use a much larger butterfly for my focal point. this is a butterfly that i drew in adobe illustrator some time ago when i wanted a big butterfly but did not have a die-cut for one...so i created my own little template. i do that a lot...trying to save money and since i am a graphic designer... :0)

so anyhow,this was an easy card...just traced the butterflies and cut them out, cutting inside the lines on the polka-dotted paper so it would be slightly smaller. i found some great big sparkly glitter at wal-mart a couple weeks ago, so i added that onto the wings for a little glitz! the scalloped edge behind the kraft card is actually fiscars treading water punch (i think it's called that) but i just hid the portion with the little dots. love how it turned out!

hope you all have a fantasic weekend. i will be doing more painting and organizing the loft and getting things ready for a yard sale in a couple of weeks hopefully! ooooh and playing with my new baby kitties!

xoxo andie...

11 comments:

  1. Love your sparkely butterfly and the pearls down the center- wonderful card!

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  2. Wow, what a gorgeous handmade layered butterfly! Love the layout too! So very pretty! So glad you joined us in the Embellish Challenge!

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  3. Sweet job with the challenge, I love your swirl topped with the gorgeous fly, nice work!

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  4. love the dimension on the butterfly...great pic of it :)

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  5. love your card! the beads as the butterfly's body is so cute!

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  6. Stunning! Love the swirls and scallops but your butterfly is just amazing :)

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  7. Very pretty! Love the butterfly and that swirl in the background! :o)

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  8. Love the pearls and and the dimension on that big pretty butterfly! Great card! :)

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  9. Very pretty! I love the colors. I'm kind of a Martha butterfly punch addict myself. :)

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  10. Soo adorable...love your butterfly card...elegant too..good luck with the challenge....I am just joining the challenge from Embellish Magazine too...would you mind to see my Blog?Many thanks before,hugs, Monika

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  11. Great layered butterfly! Thanks so much for joining us in the Embellish Butterflies Challenge!

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