Hi there! I’m excited to be participating in the Spring Lawnscaping Blog Hop!
You should have come here after viewing Eve’s creative goodness. If you’ve just lucked into finding the hop or think you’ve gotten lost somewhere, you can always go back to the Lawnscaping blog to figure out your way.
Spring always makes me think of butterflies and the color yellow, so I knew I wanted to use those things on my card. I decided to go the “KISS” route for the card design – “Keep It Simple, Stamper!” LOL To create the butterflies, first I colored a scrap of white cardstock by watercoloring it with ink refills. After I let it dry, I stamped the butterflies, colored in their bodies, and cut them out. As a last minute thought, I decided to paint them with a sheer coat of Shimmerz paint so they would glisten. The butterflies curled up from the combination of watercoloring and paint, so their bodies are attached directly to the white layer, and their wings are attached with dimensional adhesive for a 3-D effect.
You’re going to want to make sure to comment on all the blogs in this hop by 11:59 pm EST Sunday, April 8, 2012 because there are some great prizes to be won! All the details can be found on the Lawnscaping home page linked up above. Thank you to the hop’s generous sponsors – Lawn Fawn and Sweet Stamp Shop – for the fabby giveaways.
Thanks for stopping by here today! Your next stop is Handmade Creations by Stephanie. I hope you have fun seeing what everyone else has created, and I hope you’ll come back to visit again!
Supplies for today’s card:
Stamps: Flutter By, Sophie’s Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight (Stampin’ Up); Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist ink refills, corner rounder punch, dimensionals (SU); multiliner brush marker (Copic); Angel Wings paint (Shimmerz); paintbrush
69 Responses to “Spring into Spring! – Lawnscaping Blog Hop”
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What a neat tie-dye effect you’ve got going on there!
Love this card!
Simply stunning card and I bet it is even prettier in person! Gorgeous!!
Lovely card! Love the simplicity of it as well as the gorgeous colors you combined here! (:
Oh, this is so pretty! Adding shine to the butterflies was a brilliant look! I love this!
Love the glistening effect – GORGEOUS!!!
Beautiful CAS card. Love the way you made those butterflies!
Beautiful color on butterflies! Those shimmer makes me think of spring! 🙂
those butterflies are so pretty. Love the subtle color changes.
ooh! I love how you colored the butterflies and made them shimmer!
Such a simple technique but yields such beautiful results. I have to remember to try this out! Thank you very much for sharing!
So simple but yet so striking and beautiful. You did a great job.
very pretty! must remember to follow that rule myself 🙂
Love those shimmering butterflies! Great technique and dimension.
love butterflies, so I love your card!
So pretty! I love the way you colored the butterflies 🙂
Beautiful butterflies!
Pretty colors to use for butterflies!
These butterflies are so gorgeous! The shimmer is perfect!
Great CAS card! Those butterlies look FABULOUS!
Very pretty butterflies.
I love the shimmer of your butterflies. How cute!
Lovely CAS creation!
Nice and simple!
The butterflies are gorgeous! I love how you created the watercolored paper to stamp them on. Very creative!
yay!! love the shiny butterflys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just lovely!
So cas and beautiful!!!
What a cool coloring technique on the butterlies..
the shimmery butterflies are gorgeous!
Very cute card. I love the colors you chose for the butterflies. Wonderfully done.
Love how you coloured the butterflies!
I love those butterflies. you did a fantastic job!!!
Love those butterflies… TFS
Such pretty butterflies!!!!
Such a cute, simple card! Thanks for sharing!
Love the glimmered butterflies!
Love the CAS design. Great card. TFS
And thanks for playing with us at Lawnscaping
Absolutely wonderful 3D butterflies!!!
Great card, love the butterflies and shine
NICE movement in this card.
So pretty! Love the yellow cardbase with white layer, and the opposite corners rounded too =) TFS!
Very pretty–I like your shimmery butterflies.
I love that your butterflies shimmer! Just the right amount of detail. I love it!
Love those butterflies!
Beautiful card….love all the shimmer on the butterflys.
This is such a pretty and elegant card! Love the 3d effect.
What a wonderful idea to paint the paper first, then stamp and cut out! Shimmer is so hard to capture in a photograph but I can see it here! I bet it’s lovely shimmery in person. Simple and beautiful!
Beautiful card. The butterflies are nice and shimmery and the coloring is wonderful.
So cute!
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So pretty and delicate!
LOOOVE the butterflies. They are sooooo cute!
Beautiful! I love the butterflies!
Your butterflies are beautiful.
I love those butterflies! Just gorgeous!!
oh the shimmer looks great! you nailed the KISS! lol 🙂
Love the shine and shimmer. beautiful
Gorgeous!!! I love the butterflies!
So simple and wonderful card!
Cute CAS card. Love it.
Very pretty one layer card
sweet…love the butterflies!
Simple and elegant. Great!
Lovely coloring on those butterflies! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping!
Beautiful butterflies!!
Oh my, the way you colored the butterflies is gorgeous!! Love this CAS card, stunning!
Amazing card. Love the elegant simplicity of it with stunning butterflies.
Beautiful butterflies!
I love the way you colored the butterflies! Great card!
Love the clean look of your card & the way you worked those colors!