Friday 18 March 2022

Green & White for Seize the Birthday

 


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn has chosen green and white as the theme.


Of course you can always play along with our anything goes theme, as long as it's for a birthday.
The design team and our party guest  have some wonderful inspiration for you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I'm casing a card I made a few years ago when I tried the bokeh technique.
This background is darker than I wanted as I used peeled paint in the mix of greens, the white pigment ink seemed to disappear into it!
The butterfly was stamped, fussycut and coloured with Inktense pencils.

I'm linking up to these challenges:


The Darkroom Door Wings butterfly stamp hales from 2012.
I've added some gems to the butterfly body for some sparkle and shine.



Sisterhood of Crafters, old rejected stamps
My Darkroom Door butterfly stamp is from 2012.


Supplies:
Darkroom Door Wings butterfly stamp;  2nd hand sentiment stamp, Stampin Up maybe; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; distress inks; white pigment ink and a bubbles stencil; Inktense pencils and a water brush.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

26 comments:

Lee said...

A Beautiful card,love the design and colours.

Pat said...

A beautiful bokeh background Cathy and the pretty butterfly looks so pretty over the top and love the clean and bright greens you chose. x

Mac Mable said...

Subtle effect with the bokeh technique and it looks really pretty Cathy and what a beautiful butterfly x.

Liz said...

Gorgeous card Cathy, the butterfly is stunning. xx

Carol Cel said...

Love this!

Kathyk said...

Fab make, love the bokeh background

Kathyk

Lia said...

This is an amazing CAS card!
Lia DT TSOC

Brenda in IN said...

The bokeh background looks so soft and pretty but that butterfly steals the show. It is stunning, Cathy.

Darlene said...

Oh Cathy this is absolutely beautiful! Simply PERFECT! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
SISTERHOOD OF CRAFTERS
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Loll said...

Pretty bokeh background Cathy. And a gorgeous butterfly. You blending of the colours on the wings is perfect and I love the pretty green pearls. xx

Cat Craig said...

Lovely. The bokeh is so soft and great to highlight your bold butterfly.

Heather said...

Beautiful, Cathy - love these greens and the touch of bokeh you have! And what a glitzy butterfly! Perfect! Thanks so much for playing at Retro Rubber!

Ina G said...

Love your bokeh background Cathy. That butterfly matches it perfectly. Lovely CAS card.

Barbara said...

Your background is glamourous and so appealing with this butterfly. Great combination and card.

JulieP said...

I love the subtle bokeh effect!!! Beautiful Cathy!

JoAnn said...

Your bokeh background looks great and the pretty butterfly perched on looks perfect. Love your card Cathy.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Awesome layout and colored bfly!

Nancy said...

I love this card so much! Your background is so well done and not too dark as you mentioned. Awesome job!

Claire Grantham said...

This is stunning! I love the clean feel and the bokeh. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT

shirley-bee said...

Beautiful CAS card, Cathy! I love the soft bokeh background, keeps the butterfly in focus.

Ina G said...

Thanks for adding this beautiful CAS card to the Bizzy Becs Gallery Cathy. Like I said earlier - love the bokeh background for that gorgeous buterfly.

Ashwini Rao said...

I love the bokeh effect and the lovely butterfly. Clean and neat design as well. Such a wonderful card!

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

This is gorgeous, Cathy. Love that bokeh background, and your bit of bling on that wonderful butter is fantastic. Thanks for playing with us at Less Is More.

perfectly4med said...

I love the bokeh effect you've achieved on your background - I really must look up how to do it! The butterfly works really well as your focal point. Thanks for playing along with us at Less is More.

Neil

Glenda J said...

This is so pretty and your bokeh panel is wonderful! I still need to try that technique. The butterfly is gorgeous too - wonderful card.

roffeycreations said...

I also like the Bokeh background - and your butterflies are always sensational :) Mxxx