Thursday 29 May 2014

Autumn Butterflies


Hi, I'm glad there's only one day left before the weekend, I'm planning on catching up on lots of cards I need to make. Oh and maybe a bit of housework might creep in!

I was inspired to make this card by the challenge at Scrapbook Boutique.
Here's the gorgeous inspiration pic. (There's a day or two left so if you live in Australia join in.)

Enter Our Challenge - starts 10th each month

I cut the Bailiwick die from some cream card and coloured it with a couple of brown distress inks. It looks like a rusty piece of ironwork in real life!


The challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More is to make your mark with pencils, markers etc.
 These are the last of my stash of butterflies that I had fussy cut and coloured with Inktense pencils. 

At Seize the Birthday its a birthday theme with a tags option. I cut a small tag and used a brad from my stash to fix it to the card.

Materials used:
Memory Box Bailiwick die; Hero Arts antique engravings butterfly stamps; distress inks; Inktense pencils;
sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

21 comments:

Brenda in IN said...

Very cool vines for the background and I love how you colored the butterflies. Pretty card.

Karen Petitt said...

I love every little detail of this one Cathy - stunning card, love the chocolate colours and the butterflies are gorgeous too Karen xx

jimlynn said...

GORGEOUS! Love the vines and that background. So pretty!!
Lynn

Ann said...

That background die is lovely - with its swirly movement, and those butterflies are gorgeous! Great take on the inspiration photo, Cathy! Thanks for visiting my blog, and leaving a comment - I had almost forgotten I had entered this challenge - a month is such a long time it seems! :)

sandie said...

I always love how you create these butterflies, just stunning. Thanks for joining us at ATSM

Sue said...

Love this Cathy! great background and gorgeous butterflies..huggles Sue xx

rachel said...

beautiful butterflies cathy - enjoy your weekend. looking forward to seeing what you make xx

Karen M said...

Gorgeous card Cathy - I really love your beautiufl background and your butterlies are so pretty! hugs xx

Anonymous said...

Such a beautiful design Cathy, love those butterflies! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Scrapbook Boutique!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Beautiful design, love those butterflies and the cupcakes look delicious! Hopefully you have lots of time for crafting and maybe a little houswork (which gets in the way of crafting). Cheers, Shirleyx

Viv said...

Gorgeous card Cathy, love the pretty butterflies too :) Viv xx

Anita in France said...

What gorgeous butterflies fluttering through the shimmery vines, Cathy ... awesome bling on the bodies! Anita :)

Sharyn Polesel said...

Beautiful card! Love the butterflies in those swirly vines. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

Carol L said...

You might want to get busy and work on another stash of those butterflies, because they're gorgeous! Such a pretty card!

roffeycreations said...

Love that background - the butterflies are ok too... LOL... Mxx

Bonnie said...

This is awesome, Cathy! I've seen this background die and it didn't jump out at me. But seeing it in the brown...it's awesome and a perfect background for these beautiful butterflies!

Deborah Frings said...

Simply beautiful! I love these pretty butterflies! Great work. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!

Jodene said...

Your birthday card is gorgeous Cathy! Love those butterflies and the background is so pretty. Thanks for joining us at Seize The Birthday :)

Anonymous said...

What a lovely design Cathy. Love the twirly die cut vine and the butterflies on top are gorgeous.

MaryH said...

Love that background, and will have to check out this die. It truly does look like an ironwork gate, with 2 gorgeous creatures perched on it, just about to fly away. Beautiful card, Cathy. TFS & Hugs

Angela said...

Forget the housework!! Make Cards!! Your CAS card is simply beautiful, the background compliments the butterflies perfectly! Thank you for joining in and sharing with us at Scrapbook Boutique!