Thursday, January 23, 2014

Blue Butterfly Sympathy

Hello friends!  I'm back with another card that was passed up for publication a while back.  Actually, I suppose it was meant to be, because I wound up sending this to a good friend of ours who just lost his father.


This beautiful blue butterfly is from the Lost Coast Designs set, Butterflies.


I used a Labels Eighteen die to cut an opening in the stamped-script panel (Hero Arts Manuscript Background). On the opposite side of the die cut, I stamped the sentiment and set it aside.  After popping up the script panel, I laid the sentiment piece inside and secured to the card base.


I'm so glad you dropped by today!



Stamps: Butterflies - Lost Coast Designs; sentiment - All Year Greetings - Fiskars; Manuscript Background - Hero Arts; flowers - Nature's Wonders - Practicing Creativity Paper: white - PTI; Crumb Cake - SU Ink: Crumb Cake - SU; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Fibers: twine - Creative Impressions Accessories & Tools: Labels Eighteen die - Spellbinders; pearls - Queen & Co.; Copic markers

23 comments:

Marisa said...

Gorgeous butterfly and loving the negative space for the sentiment!

yyam said...

Very classy card Colleen. Love that opening and the beautiful script stamping!

Leslie Miller said...

What a beautiful butterfly. They're always so gorgeous on cards. Absolutely lovely card, Colleen.

SD pooja said...

Beautiful card ! The bright blue butterfly stands out wonderfully on light colored bg !

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

This is so beautiful! I love that butterfly!!!!

~amy~ said...

gorgeous sympathy card!

Claudine said...

This is really beautiful!!

Lisa Elton said...

So sorry for your friends' loss Colleen. I'm sure she appreciated your beautiful card! Hope you're doing well and staying warm! I've been thinking about all of my east coast friends. We only have 1/2" of snow but WOW it's COLD!!!

Benzi said...

Colleen, this is such a beautiful bg and butterfly. I agree, this one was meant to comfort your friend.

Sathya said...

Beautiful butterfly...stands out brightly against bg...Pretty!!!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Wow such a elegant card and gorgeous butterfly! Take care, Shirleyx

Bonnie said...

Elegantly beautiful, Colleen!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Stunning colored bfly against the neutral. Sorry you had to use the card, but it is gorgeous~

Ann Schach said...

This is breath-taking, Colleen! The butterfly is stunning.

Rebecca Deeprose said...

A beautiful sympathy card Colleen~ Love the subtle background and vivid butterfly! ((hugs)) Rebecca

MackieMade Paper Creations said...

Gorgeous! love the negative space for the sentiment!
I can't believe it was passed by and not published!

lisa808 said...

Beautiful card and the butterfly is stunning--super coloring.

Crafty Lein* - enjoy creativity said...

What a beauty, I love the AMAZING butterfly and of course the layout!!

With love from The Netherlands,
Leintje*

Karen McAlpine said...

Lovely!

Jessi Fogan said...

Just gorgeous! I love the pop of colour on the neutral background, so soothing & perfect for a sympathy card. I'm sorry that you had to use it :(

Erum Tasneem said...

What a beautiful butterfly! gorgeous card too!

Maria said...

Love this cut out card! Another pretty butterfly on a gorgeous card! So soft and elegant...well done, Colleen!

Stella said...

So beautiful and subtle. A wonderful sympathy card; your friend felt the comfort you were sending. The butterfly adds a lovely touch of color. XXX

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