Monday, February 3, 2020

Thinking of You



This card started with a panel of water colored paper that was spritzed with water and sprinkled with blue Nuvo shimmer powder. I die-cut the panel with a stitched square die and added a mat of red. The two designer papers were in my stash of snippets so I layered them in keeping with the red & blue color theme. The MB butterfly was done in red and a pastel yellow and seemed to match the colors well enough, so I added that, along with a SU! sentiment and some bling of red, blue, and a pale blue pearl. I wish I'd used a different color card base than white, but it's finished so I'm going to leave it alone.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:


The House That Stamps Built Sketch Challenge ~ J2920



Here's wishing you a wonderful week ahead with lots of sunshine! Thanks for stopping by.

Carol

24 comments:

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Happy Monday and thanks for enabling me with the shimmer powders. Fun sketch!

Anna M. said...

I just love the effect of the Nuvo Shimmer Powder! It sets off the die cut butterfly beautifully.
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Verna Angerhofer said...

So beautiful and I love the wonderful colors.

*Vicki* said...

This is just beautiful Carol! LOVE the watercolor panel behind the butterfly and you've really brought out the colors with your papers! Great take on that sketch as well! HUGS :)

jimlynn said...

I haven't tried any of the shimmer powders but love the look of them on your card. Beautiful!!!! Pretty butterfly and patterned paper too.
Lynn

Ina G said...

Great take on that sketch Carol. I am a huge fan of those Nuvo Powders. beautiful butterfly. I like that you used a white base btw.

Liz said...

Lovely card, Carol. I love your colour choice and I really like the white card base. xx

Maria said...

Such a lovely card with the beautiful butterfly! Wonderful color and great design, so pretty!

Claire said...

Great work with the sketch, not an easy one to pull off but you did it justice. The Nuvo powder is such an intense colour for your pretty butterfly and it really draws your eye in... pretty colour scheme x

Janice M said...

Very pretty Carol! Specially love the water colored background for your butterfly. This was a fun sketch. Saw you couldn't get the Linky to work for it either? What a pain! LOL

JD/ Jill said...

Pretty card, Carol. Great design!

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning card and lovely watercolours. That floral paper is fabulous.xx

cotnob said...

A beautiful card Carol, a fabulous butterfly and pretty papers.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Such a lovely card Carol, love the effect of the shimmer powder and the paper matches it beautifully. Love that butterfly.
Faith x

wannabcre8tive said...

A beautiful card. I have always loved this color combo. I like the use of the Nuvo shimmer powder. Great job.

Brenda in IN said...

Oh, I like that repeat pattern and pretty paper. The blue is a lovely background to showcase that butterfly. It looks red and kraft on my screen and either way, it is gorgeous.

Heather said...

Beautiful!! Love the color combo and that beautiful butterfly! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

crafty-stamper said...

Great watercolour background to the beautiful butterfly -great snippet layout too x

Wendy said...

Now I just love the design of this, Carol! And I also love the white card base as it makes your paper and butterfly stand out! I have always loved the MB Butterfly die....you do amazing things with it! Well done, my friend! Enjoy the warm temps! :)

Unknown said...

What a pretty card! Love that color combo and your beautiful watercolor background really sets off the butterfly wonderfully. Thank you for playing along with The House That Stamps Built. ~ Wendy

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

The watercolor behind the butterfly is dreamy and the colors are just right. Great job!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Love the choice of colours, they work so well together and the texture of the butterfly looks great! Beautiful water coloured panel, it gives the idea of a lovely sunny sky! :) Great design as always, and the white base for me is good, make the patterned papers pop out!
Hugs

Brenda said...

What a fun sketch and I am loving your take on it Carol. Your card is beautiful and you know how much I love that butterfly. I also love the papers you used on this card. Your inky background under your butterfly is beautiful too! Hugs, Brenda

foleysfriend said...

I like how you were able to incorporate the colours of your patterned paper onto your card. Everything just fits together so perfectly. Loving the watercoloured background for your beautiful butterfly. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Watercolour Challenge.

sue n.