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Thursday, 2 July 2015

Happy Little Stampers July Challenge!

I am so thrilled to have been asked to join the team at Happy Little Stampers.
The focus this month is on Stamping.


For my card, I stamped this huge Indigo Blu butterfly with Versamark and embossed it with WOW Dusky Woodland powder.
I water-coloured it with Distress inks adding some Gold and Clear Wink of Stella.
The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley. I tried embossing it with the WOW powder but because of the predominance of glitter in the mix the sentiment was indistinct, so I decided to stamp it in black Memento ink and quickly added some Heat it Up Enchanted gold over it, then  heat embossed. It meant that the sentiment was clearly printed and yet the looks of it tied in with the butterfly.
The front panel was cut with a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle, extending it slightly to fit the UK dimension card base.

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37 comments:

  1. My Card Attic: Hazel2 July 2015 at 21:06

    WOW! What a gorgeous treatment on that fabulous butterfly Chrissie! Gorgeous design! Hazel xx

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  2. Loll2 July 2015 at 21:54

    Amazing image, Chrissie!! This is one of the most elegant butterflies I've seen. Love the mix of embossing and watercolouring in browns and golds --- very elegant. So happy to have you on the team! xx

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  3. Toni2 July 2015 at 21:54

    So very beautiful!

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  4. Craft-E-Place2 July 2015 at 22:31

    Fabulous card, stunning colours and as always immaculately executed - CAS perfection!
    Elaine

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  5. Deepti2 July 2015 at 23:01

    Breath taking beauty!

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  6. Linda2 July 2015 at 23:54

    This is stunning! Beautifully CAS and gorgeous colours. xx

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  7. Valentyna Komisarenko3 July 2015 at 01:01

    Gorgeous butterfly!!! Elegant and stunning! Love it!

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  8. Jan 3 July 2015 at 01:09

    This card is absolutely gorgeous

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  9. Kylie3 July 2015 at 03:00

    wow, Chrissie, you have started with a BANG. Amazing card!!! xx

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  10. Tasha Vovchuk3 July 2015 at 07:37

    What a stunning butterfly!!! I'm totally in love with your card! Thanks for an inspiration it evoke! ;)

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  11. Carole3 July 2015 at 12:05

    Jaw dropping ...beautiful...stunning! Love it!

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  12. Sue3 July 2015 at 12:14

    The butterfly is stunning. I really like how you stamped off the edge and the lovely embossing powder and colouring.

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  13. Unknown3 July 2015 at 13:47

    What an amazing card Chrissie - just jaw dropping! Congratulations on being asked to join HLS - all lovely ladies and so talented. When you mentioned about stamping the sentiment in black Memento ink and quickly adding e/p, a tip that I use is to ink my stamp with Versamark before stamping the black (or whatever colour) this way you get Versamark ink on the top of the stamped image and it gives you longer to put on your e/p.

    Hugs.

    Karen x

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  14. Sandy3 July 2015 at 14:40

    What gorgeous art work - beautiful card!!!!!
    Sandy xx

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  15. Sharon Madsen3 July 2015 at 16:38

    WOW! This is just stunning!

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  16. Dotty Jo3 July 2015 at 19:03

    Amazing card! You'll do this team proud, Chrissie, Jo x

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  17. MaryH3 July 2015 at 21:09

    Hi Chrissie, Saw this gorgeous golden butterfly over at HLS CAS and popped in to enjoy a closer look and become your newest follower. This is a beautiful use of this wonderful image and I love the golden shimmers you've put on this stunning design. TFS

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  18. Pam4 July 2015 at 03:12

    Gorgeous card, Chrissie! Love the embossing. So very elegant!

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  19. annie4 July 2015 at 11:08

    This really is a stunning card! So beautiful, love the WOW embossing powder you used, it is a very elegant card!
    Annie

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  21. Neets B4 July 2015 at 15:39

    Love this big bold butterfly, Chrissie, and how perfect in brown and gold. We always reach for bright colours but we have plenty of brown butterflies here! And a great tip about extending your die cut, it's frustrating that most rectangle dies aren't the right scale for UK card sizes x

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  22. Sarah G4 July 2015 at 22:38

    This is stunning, Chrissie! Love the embossed butterfly (dusky woodland - must try that) and the way you have added colour and richness. Great to see you at HLS :)

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  23. Bonnie5 July 2015 at 00:52

    What a gorgeous, elegant butterfly, Chrissie! I'm so excited to be on the team with you!

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  24. Karen M5 July 2015 at 06:24

    Your card is gorgeous Chrissie - I love all the sparkle:) xx

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  25. Nonni9 July 2015 at 08:56

    I saw this at Happy Little Stampers and just had to come by and tell you how much I love this! What an elegant, fab, stylish card!

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  26. sue t.11 July 2015 at 13:42

    This is just unbelievable! It is simply stunning! I have no more words!!!

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  27. Kim Jolley20 July 2015 at 13:44

    Completely stunning!

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  28. Petra Swart20 July 2015 at 20:22

    WOW, that butterfly looks great, Chrissie!!! Beautiful!!!

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  29. Mac Mable11 August 2015 at 16:36

    Saw this and had to make a comment. Just WOW, simply stunning and just love everything about it....gorgeous!

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  30. Unknown14 August 2015 at 14:21

    Wow this card is stunning!

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  31. Cathy6 September 2015 at 23:19

    This card is amazing Chrissie, Cathy x

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  32. Julie21 September 2015 at 20:21

    An absolutely gorgeous card

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  33. Marilyn15 February 2016 at 16:16

    Wow.. what a spectacular card!

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  34. Cards By Jan20 June 2016 at 22:15

    Wow...This is STUNNING!!

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  35. nwilliams620 May 2017 at 22:47

    Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous!!!!

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  36. Charli31 May 2017 at 02:22

    This is exquisite! Thanks for sharing

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  37. Charli31 May 2017 at 02:23

    This is just exquisite! Thankx for sharing!

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Thank you so much for popping by, I appreciate your comments!
Thanks,
Chrissie