Freshly Made Sketches has a great sketch for you today! Just look at what the lovely Cindy Hall dreamed up for us this week! I know, right? I love off centered sketches and this one is going to be fun for you all to use!
I kept it pretty simple for today. I had only a little stamping time yesterday and really wanted to do this sketch justice. After some playing around with shapes and stamp sets, I settled on this butterfly die. I think a layer under him might have been nice but he was was already glued down before I considered it, lol. In any case, I took some Tim Holtz Distress Inks and blended them onto watercolor paper, then cut the butterfly out. I wanted the panel to have some detail but not distract from the butterfly. I inked up Dots for Days (retired) with the same ink colors, stamped off and then stamped onto Thick Whisper White. I cut the panel out with a Stitched Rectangles Die. The sentiment is from a sweet little set by Altenew called One of a Kind. A few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh matched perfectly so I just had to add them on!
So I have been in the midst of a flying blitz (lots of 4 day trips) and then had a soccer-palooza weekend. Tournament play for both of my soccer boys! To top it off, my oldest turned 13 on Sunday too. How can that possibly be?! We had a pretty chilled out family day on Monday topped off with his dinner request: Breakfast for dinner with lots of bacon. Yep, he is 13!!! Oh, and of course cake. Strawberry Applesauce Cake. YUM! So blessed to have been home over this long weekend for all of that so it is worth the rest of the flying schedule that was needed to make that happen! Out again today but a bit of a respite next week where I hope to fit in more stamping!
Just a quick reminder…the new Stampin’ Up Catalog goes live today! Wow it is fun! If you want to see it online, just click here: 2016-17 Catalog. I hope you love the rest of the DTs inspiration as much as I do…fabulous as always! I’ll be back on Friday with some details about an amazing hop I’ll be participating in on June 5th…but you will want the details early! Please stop back in to see what it is all about! Until then, have a great week!
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamps: One of a Kind (Altenew), Dots for Days (SU Ret); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade) ; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterflies Thinlits, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Summer Mix Sequins (PPP)
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Beautiful card, Jennifer! I am especially drawn to learning more about making subtle backgrounds, so thanks for sharing your tips and techniques with us. Fly safe, crafting friend! And yes… Those parenting years go by so quickly… Mt oldest turned 36 last month… How can that be?!
This is as sweet as can be! Love the soft inky dots! And your butterfly is a star!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous! So much beautiful white space and the touch of stamping in the bottom left corner is perfect!
I adore that butterfly and the dotted background. I love that the background is sort of distressed. It really shows off the sentiment and the beautiful butterfly.
Firstly – this card is so clean and lovely! The elegant fade of the polka dotted panel is super visually interesting! Secondly – let’s circle back to this Strawberry Applesuace cake. I think I need that recipe! 😉
Oh! I love this card so much!!! It’s so white!!! That butterfly is gorgeous and I love the faint polka dots!!! So pretty!
Oh wow – this is just stunning! All that white with tinges of oranges – LOVE!