Hi everyone it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn has chosen squares as the theme.
You can always play along with our anything goes theme too, as long as it's for a birthday.
The design team and our guest Lynda have some great cards to inspire you so I hope you can play along.
I've been watching some of the Tim Holtz demos on youtube and wanted to try crackle paste and embossing glazes.
I think I tapped too much of the colour off as the glaze isn't as prominent as I'd planned.
Here's a closer look.
After embossing the glaze I sprayed on some antique linen distress stain. I wanted a darker look so added some golden sands infusion powder and spritzed with water.
Probably a bit too dark now but I think my cardstock had had enough lol!
The butterfly was stamped with versafine clair ink, clear embossed, fussy cut and coloured with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush.
I'm linking up to these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.
Allsorts, anything goes, and I'm not using the option of monochromatic.
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, anything goes.
Butterflies are one of my favourite things that appear in Spring!
Supplies:
TCW mini cubist stencil; Ranger opaque crackle texture paste; Distress embossing glaze, cracked pistachio, peeled paint and broken china; Indigo Blu butterfly stamp; antique linen distress spray stain; PaperArtsy golden sands infusions; inktense pencils; sentiment sticker.
Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x
21 comments:
This had a spectacular look to it. Well done.
It's a pleasure being your party guest Cathy. I lurve(!) these colours - and that crackle paste on those shapes looks very effective xx
That butterfly is beautiful and what a great background you created for it. Love your card.
Whoa... that's so pretty Cathy, the butterfly is gorgeous as is the backdrop x
I love your crackle paste background! That's a product that I've been meaning to use. A nice organic background for this beautiful butterfly!
Fabulous card, Cathy. I love all the texture. xx
A very effective background for the focal Butterfly, thanks so much for joining in our AG/Mono theme at Allsorts challenge.
B x
Crackle paste is on my list to try and now that I see your card, I love it. That is a great background and stunning butterfly.
What an amazing creation with this beautiful butterfly and gorgeous background you created!
Thank you so much for joining us this time at Allsorts challenge, hope you stop by again soon!
Ellie
Ellibelle's Corner
Wow! That crackle paste background is fantastic and the whole design with the butterfly is super. I love this!
I love the crackle glaze giving great texture Cathy with that soft blue, and the sand coloured background goes perfectly with the beautiful blue coloured butterfly over the top, and two pretty blue gems on its body too. x
Look at you tapping into your Tim Holtz artsy side. In all seriousness Cathy, I love your background as each square has its own unique design. The butterfly is just as beautiful too. Well done incorporating the topping!
Mixed media and glorious and I love it...The colours, the crackle and the butterfly look amazing Cathy x.
you created such a yummy texture-y, dimensional, dramatic look to this fabulous card, Cathy ... so cool ... and fabulous! Hugs, Anita :)
Love this bfly against that awesome crackled background! Fabulous card~
This is fabulous, Cathy! I love the crackle squares on the background, and the lovely shades on the butterfly.
Beautiful butterfly and background Mxxx
Both the background and the butterfly are just GORGEOUS, Cathy! I love the combination of turquoise and brown (gold) and the crackle looks so cool!
I have absolutely no idea how you made that background panel but it is amazing!!!! I love it! Perfect background for that stunning butterfly.
The crackle effect in the background was worth the effort, it is amazing. I love the butterfly, it's gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge. Caz. DT
Wow!! I just love the background with all the glaze and embossing!! It is so clever and eye-catching!! The wonderful butterfly is a perfect addition!! This card really is amazing, Cathy. You should be proud!! Thanks so much for joining us at HLS Watercolour Challenge! Stay safe! :)
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