Tuesday with Tara {take 134}
Happy Tuesday!
I woke up this morning to find snow on the ground again… so I’m sharing with you a winter card which includes a hint of spring (or summer) that many of us are dreaming of!
Yep, Snowflakes & Butterflies! I love this saying and when I pulled this stamp from one of my storage folders (I love the Stuftainers by Stampendous for my cling stamps) a card concept started forming for me… I wanted a wintery colored card with this design, a snowflake background and these awesome layered “Beautiful Butterflies” stamp & die sets by My Favorite Things. Unfortunately, I have no idea who makes the sentiment (it’s a problem with cling stamps! I usually try to organize them by brand, but this was in a misc. Christmas/winter folder). If it looks familiar to you, please let me know and I’ll update!
My card is very simple- a gorgeous embossed background on pearl white card stock with the sentiment stamped in grey archival ink on a dusty green card stock. The butterflies were stamped primarily with Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink & Distress Oxide- it was fun to see how the two variations of the same color played together. The larger butterfly has a layer of Broken China Distress Oxide to add a bit of pop. The final detail layer was stamped in the same grey as my sentiment, then a bit of glitter finishes them off. I added Nuvo Glitter Drops (in Blizzard, of course!) to the butterfly bodies and a few spots on the snowy background as well. A touch of Rock Candy Distress Stickles adds that extra touch of shine.
It’s nice to know I can use my butterflies year round… even though I’m done with winter, I don’t mind looking at them on this wintery card 🙂
Thanks for visiting (and reading to the end)! I’m excited to announce that we’ll be back on Saturday with a fun BLOG HOP for you! Hope you’ll plan to join us starting right here on Saturday!
Have a creative day!
Inky hugs,
Tara
Materials Used:
My Favorite Things Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set & Dies
Sizzix 3D Snowflakes embossing folder
Distress Oxide Ink in Cracked Pistachio & Broken China
Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio
Archival Ink (mine was from the Archival Distress Color Mixed Media Palette)
Nuvo Glitter Drops in White Blizzard
Cardstock & Adhesive
I hope today’s card brings a smile! It features my ‘happy’ colors, which I am always drawn to! If you are in one of the many areas of BC that are affected by forest fires and evacuations right now, you are on my mind! Many of my family and friends are in the middle of this crisis and my heart is hurting for you… praying you are all safe with your loved ones!
