Friday 29 April 2022

Butterflies or hummingbirds for Seize the Birthday

 


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and our wonderful leader Nancy has chosen butterflies or hummingbirds as the theme.


Of course you can always play along with our anything goes option as long as it's for a birthday.

My team mates and our guest Deepti have some wonderful inspiration for you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I've been making glitter paste cards for a 21st birthday in purples and blues and had a reject piece sitting on my table. I thought I'd see how it would die cut and was pretty happy with the result. I traced around the butterfly die to fussy cut a vellum layer too.

Here's a closer look at the sparkle.

And here's the stencil it was cut from, Funky Fossil brand but not sure of the name.


The sentiment was snipped from the Birthday cursive script circle.
I love the font on this die but didn't want the circle part for this card. I inked it with versamark and clear embossed it for some shine.

I'm linking up to these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday, wild and wonderful. My take is wild colours!


Allsorts, something beginning with B...Butterfly!

Supplies
Dies: Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Memory Box birthday cursive script circle; Sizzix scribbly butterflies.
Other: Bo Bunny glitter paste; Funky Fossil stencil; versamark ink & clear ep; happy sticker; vellum.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

21 comments:

Pat said...

Wow, love the look of the die cut butterfly cut from this colourful glitter paste piece on black card Cathy, and the matted layer and black clear embossed sentiment coordinate beautifully. x

Mac Mable said...

Wow that butterfly looks amazing and love the font on the sentiment too Cathy x. Love the stencil and the glittery paste that the butterfly was cut from, so dramatic x.

Claire said...

Love this idea and the end result is a beautiful card, definitely one to try x

Liz said...

Beautiful card Cathy, the butterfly is stunning. xx

Ellibelle said...

So beautifully done! Love the two toned butterfly and how you made it with the pretty stencil design. Such a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge!

brenda said...

An elegant Butterfly creation, many thanks for sharing and joining us at Allsorts challenge this week.

B x

Pauline C said...

Stunning - the die cut glittery butterfly is outstanding. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts this week for our "Something beginning with 'B'" challenge
Pauline xx

Cat Craig said...

Lovely big beautiful butterfly. Statement card.❤️

Barbara said...

I was wondering how you got that gorgeous butterfly. This is so CAS and simply amazing creation.

Nancy said...

I am so glad you showed us how you achieved such a pretty butterfly. That background is amazing!!! As is your card! Looks like a great stencil too!

Darnell said...

You win the Schparkle Award for April, Cathy! What a brilliant idea to cut that big butterfly from the pretty paste panel and I love how you glossified the sediment! Hugs, Darnell

Bonnie said...

This is awesome, Cathy! Makes me want to get out some glitter paste and believe me, that takes a lot!

JoAnn said...

Beautiful card Cathy. Love the colors and how you used the pretty glitter paste design, very creative.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love the bfly with the glitter paste -- pretty colors and I bet the texture is fun

Colleen said...

Thank you for the visual...that is amazing and the butterfly is magnificent with all the sparkle!

Loll said...

WOW! Your glitter paste butterfly is GORGEOUS, Cathy! What a great way to save your work and use it in a different way. Love it! xx

JulieP said...

Now I want to go dig through my scraps!! It's amazing how this gorgeous butterfly looks with the glitter!

Ashwini Rao said...

Wowzers!! Love the sparkly look of the butterfly - I am glad for a new idea for glittery rejects!! It really looks amazing, Cathy!!

shirley-bee said...

What a way to repurpose a reject, Cathy, the butterfly is gorgeous! And I love the CAS theme - makes the sentiment pop.

Glenda J said...

That butterfly is absolutely stunning - perfect to put it on a white background with a bold sentiment. Love this card.

roffeycreations said...

Gorgeous - I love the piece the die was cut from too!! Mxxx