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Thursday 12 March 2020

Butterfly Birthday

Had to make a card in a bit of a rush for a friend's Birthday so decided to dig out a NBUS stamp set, then whipped this card up:
I used:

- 5" x 5" square white card blank, side opening

- piece of Core-dinations purple card, cut to 4.75" square and glued onto the card front

- piece of white card stock, cut to 4.5" square

- used stamps from Woodware's NBUS 'Mosaic Butterfly Round' set of stamps, the Misti and a Ranger 'Black Archival' ink pad to stamp the large butterfly mosaic stamp and a sentiment (the set comes with a choice of five sentiments) first of all

- then positioned a corner stamp from the same set of stamps and stamped all four corners, turning the square piece of card by 90 degrees each time - hooray for the Misti!

- coloured the image panel using my long-neglected Zig brush pens - straight onto the card so the colours are rather bright ☺

- glued the panel onto the layer of purple card - finished!

Another time using the Zigs, I really must have a play at diluting the colours and try to use them more 'artistically' with some blending. Need to watch some You Tube videos first - as well as allow more time! 

This stamp set would be great to use on acetate as a clear window, coloured with Pro markers and set into a big circular aperture.





19 comments:

  1. A very pretty look Di and the blue, purple, green and mustard colours all go beautifully. I'm sure your friend will love this. x

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  2. It's a lovely birthday card.

    I think my brain cell goes with your brain cell and then they get lost and even worse they forget where they were going and why. Sigh...............[Bunny]

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  3. Great stamp set and a lovely colourful card. I find the Zig pens tend to give mixed results depending on what card is being used - or maybe it is just me not being very adept with them!!

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  4. A gorgeous card Di - and your colouring works perfectly fine on this card! Don't put yourself down - you are an amazing woman.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  5. This is gorgeous Di, I love the colours and that is a fabulous stamp xx

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  6. Hi Di this is a stunning card that you have made for your friend. I bet they loved it. Take care Hugs Jackie

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  7. Great card, Di. I love the stained glass look xoxo

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  8. A fabulous card Di and I love the vibrant colours you've used.
    Kath x

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  9. Gorgeous image and card.
    Valerija xx

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  10. Very colourful and pretty Art Deco card mate.

    Acetate would be great with it for a stained glass effect.

    Hugs, Sarn xx

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  11. What a very pretty card Di, I love the stained glass look and the gorgeous colours, beautifully designed, Kate x

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  12. A gorgeous card Di, I love this stamp and the colours that you've used too.

    Sue xx

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  13. This is so pretty Di, and I love the stained glass look of this design. The colors you chose are some of my favorites too, but I share your frustration at not having chosen colors that allow you to enter at the Butterfly spot! I've done that too many times to count.

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  14. It's a gorgeous stamp and you've coloured it in such pretty colours, looks wonderful.

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  15. Beautiful card and coloring!

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  16. Love the card & love your coloring with the Zigs, Di! What a neat stamp that deserved to get out of the NBUS stack!

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  17. Well done using your NBUS, Di, and I love the beautiful colors you chose! This is a cool stained-glass image!! Hugs, Darnell

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  18. Fabulous card, Di. Love the stamped images and the colours are really lovely. xx

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  19. LOL, I am sure your brain has a lot of stuff on at the moment, but thanks for the reminder to check Mrs. A's challenge themes. Have a few butterflies in play........ Lovely card Di. Hugz

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