Sunday 1 May 2016

Teal Butterflies

I made this card for the Butterfly Challenge 'T for Texture and/or Teal', using inspiration from a card by Carol Lampard in Die-cutting Essentials magazine.  I'm also entering the Cuttlebug Mania 'Butterflies' challenge and the Alphabet Challenge 'E for Embossing Folders'.  The card is from my snippets drawer so I'm also hopping across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.


Card blank: 6" x 6" white linen
Dies: Tattered Lace ' Mini Butterfly' ,Apple Blossom 'Flourish Heart' (magazine freebie), Creative Dies 'Thank You' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Floral Border (magazine freebie)
Snippets: Dark and pale teal matt card

I embossed a strip of dark teal card, trimmed the edges, layered it onto pale teal card and attached it to the lower edge of the card.  I die cut two Flourish Hearts from dark teal card (one was just the top section of the heart) and the two butterflies from pale teal card.  The large heart was attached to the left side of the card, trimmed against the edge of the card and the embossed strip.  The upper section of the second heart was the attached and trimmed.  I inlaid the two pale teal butterflies and attached small hearts amongst the flourish.  I die cut Thank You from dark teal card and attached it to the upper edge of the card.  To finish I attached a Tattered Lace mini butterfly below the sentiment.

Kath x

21 comments:

brenda said...

A classy and elegant looking card Kath.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

B x

Tina Z. said...

So elegant.

Sue said...

Hi Kath, Beautiful card. Loving the colour.

Hope you have a nice day. Sue

Barb said...

Oh Kath what a lovely card. Beautiful dies and I love the colour. Barbxx

aussie aNNie said...

STUNNINGLY card and colours Kath.xx  {aNNie}

KandA said...

Love it Kath. Super use of dies and embossing and striking colour contrast with the teal and white xx

Di said...

Fabulous card Kath, love how well you combined the die cutting with the embossed strip. Yet another great snippets make from you :)

Hugs

Di xx

Basslady said...

a very noble and elegant card!

Thank you so much for playing along with us at Alphabet Challenges!

hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo

AlisonC said...

Lovely colour, looks very smart against the white. The die cuts are beautiful, so intricate.

Janice said...

Lovely card Kath, loving the colour teal at the moment. The die and embossing folder make a great combination.
Janice x

Mrs A. said...

The butterfly border is lovely against the crisp white of the base card. A most elegant card. Thankyou for fluttering by my challenge. Hugs Mrs A.

Kimbo said...

I love how all the elements come together to make such a classy card

Thanks for entering the Butterfly challenge this time, Kim guest DT x

meg said...

Beautiful colour Kath great use of the die, stunning card

Nonni said...

Teal is such a pretty color and I love your creative use of dies here, great card! Thanks for popping by at my blog!

Valerija said...

A beautiful teal card.

cotnob said...

This is stunning Kath, such a fabulous design and gorgeous colour.
Pauline
x

Carol said...

This is gorgeous Kath, love the dies...so pretty. Carol x

MaryH said...

The dark teal certainly shows off the lovely filigree in this pretty butterfly die. Love the way you've added the embossed border strip too. A beautiful CAS and perfect for this challenge! TFS & Hugs

LesleyG said...

Pretty and clever, using hearts this way xxx

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

A very beautiful card Kath.

Love and hugs
Maarit

Helen said...

Great card - thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge.

Helen x