Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Butterfly Hello

Hi, everyone!  My card today was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge.  This time the theme is Butterflies and Y for Yarn.  I saw an awesome card by Shari Carroll over on the Simon Says Stamp blog and I loved it so much that I decided to CASE it - you can see her card here.


I don't have the Simon card kit so I used what I had. I started with kraft cardstock (DCWV) and applied Brilliance Gold Galaxy ink through a Heidi Swapp chevron stencil to make a chevron strip.  I die cut a butterfly (Cheery Lynn Small Exotic Butterflies #1) from MME patterned paper. Using the negative die-cut, I rounded the corners and layered it onto a DCWV metallic patterned paper with foam tape. I added a Memory Box Rhone Butterfly in yellow into the negative die cut.


I die-cut the Savvy Dies hello from black cardstock and black craft foam and layered them together and applied a coat of Glossy Accents.  I stamped the sentiment (Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental) and cut the words apart.  I made a triple-loop bow out of yellow yarn and added a thin strip of black cardstock along the left edge. To finish off the card, I added a number of black sequins. Definitely not as CAS as Shari's card, but I'm happy with how it turned out!

I would also like to join the following challenges: Beccy's Place September AG UE; Cheery Lynn Things with Wings 1E; Craft Your Passion Always AG 3/3;Crafting from the Heart 2/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 1/2; DL.ART September Linky AG 1/day; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Not Just Cards AG UE; Penny's Paper-Crafty Use a Bow or Christmas 1/3; Scrap and Craft Butterflies 1/3; Scrapbook Blessings Club AG optional Favourite Technique (stencilling and using die cuts) UE; Simon Says Stamp Monday Love this Technique (stencilling and using die cuts) 3/5; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Die Crazy 1/5; The Craft Barn Stencils/Masks 1/3; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions WIW Photo Inspiration Challenge ~ S1615 UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

47 comments:

Barbara Godden said...

Love the collage look to the card. love your use of the negative butterfly die cut, great card!

New Creations said...

Beautiful art of work, love the negative use of die cut and all collage work, great job done Kitty!!!

Unknown said...

Beatiful card, so loving the butterfly and colours. Thanks for joining our challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty and look forward to seeing you again. Jennifer DT member x

Jo said...

LOVE this Kitty
hugs Jo x

Barb said...

It's a lovely card Kitty. The little yellow butterfly and matching bow look so pretty. Barbxx

Sue said...

A beautiful card Kitty, hugs xx

Becca Cruger said...

This is soooooooooooooo cute! I saw it in the CGC gallery and before I even knew who it was I had to click through and say that I LOVED it - turns out it's yours! Even better! So eclectic and fun! Sorry I have been missing in the commenting lately - I'm in the process of moving, so the next two weeks are going to be super hectic and I'm not going to have much time. Please forgive me!

KandA said...

Wonderful card Kitty and such a great use of the negative butterfly xx

KraftyKoolKat said...

A very pretty creation Kitty. Love the gorgeous shapes and colours and the very effective layering.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

jimlynn said...

Great CASE of Shari's card Kitty! Love the yellow butterfly you added and that bit of yarn. So pretty.
Lynn

Lisa said...

This is gorgeous, Kitty!! I love the layers and the beautiful butterflies!! Using the negative image of the butterfly is so creative and fabulous!! Love this my friend!! Thanks so much for linking up with the DL.ART September Linky!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
DL.ART DT Member

Jacee said...

Such a lovely design, but no kitty!
hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design

Kuni said...

Beautiful card and a great design.
Hugs
Kuni

cotnob said...

This is fabulous Kitty, pretty papers and great design.
Pauline
x

Fikreta said...

Gorgeous card
Hugs

Jenny L said...

Hi Kitty,
what a great card for the butterfly challenge.
The colours are so bright, and cheerful.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Andrea W said...

LOVE it! Adding the glossy accents to the Hello sentiment really makes it stand out and I adore the butterfly details.

Kathy S said...

I was gonna say - how'd you get the SSS Oct kit already!!! I do like that design - Shari is such a great teacher. The cards is beautiful and really reflects the creativity for our photo inspiration at The House That Stamps Built.

Jackie T said...

Hi this is a gorgeous card I love the butterflies.Thank you for joining us this month at Not Just Cards for challenge 24. Hugs Jackie DT

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow Kitty!! This metallic patterned paper behind the negative of the butterfly is really an interesting design!! Love how you arranged all the pieces to make this patchork card! The yellow little butterfly and the yarn bow look great and the foam sentiment has a beautiful 3D look that contrast with the other words! Fabulous work!

Annette Allen said...

what a beautiful card.. i love the butterflies..

Taunya Butler said...

I LOVE THIS!!!! The card is beautiful and I love the soft touch of yellow in the yard and the butterfly - such awesome details on this card - like the side border, and the black hello, the cut-up sentiment and the butterfly cut out that the yellow butterfly is resting in!! Such a delightful and pretty card!!! Hope you are having an amazing day!!

Lori m said...

I love butterflies and the way you used the positive and negative layers. Awesome!
Hugs, Lori m
DT Member DL.ART

marion said...

gorgeous and sweet, so glad to see your crafting mojo is back, lots of hugs and love, cuddles to Kiwi, Honeydew and Snowy, Marion

Unknown said...

Super work!!!!!Thanks for joining us at the Craft your passion Challenges
Cristina DT

Donna Ellis said...

Woooo, Kitty! I love love LOVE this design! I've pinned it to case it later on - so fabulous in the techno-natural theme, especially with the geometric shapes AND the negative portion of the die cut! BEAUTIFUL! hugs, de

Jennifer Scull said...

this is gorgeous with that cut out butterfly! love the stenciled bit on the side of the card, too.

have a great day! :)

SewPaperPaint said...

So very pretty, great layers!

Michelle said...

This is gorgeous Kitty. Lots of lovely details to look at on this card - Michelle x

Sandra said...

Wonderful card, love the layering. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

Jenny Alia said...

I love the collage look of your card and the colorful graphic quality. Thanks for sharing your project this week at Cheery Lynn Designs and good luck in the draw!

Mrs A. said...

Very pretty Kitty. I love your yarn bow and how you have layered up the butterflies. Thankyou for fluttering by my challenge. Hugs Mrs A.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Putting the small butterfly in the big b-fly cutout is such a neat idea and look. Love your yard bow! So fancy!

Amy Cohen said...

Very creative and fun design! You have done such an eye for detail. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
Amy-DT

Debbie's Time Out said...

Great design on this card and lots of nice layering. Thanks for joining the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge. Best of luck to you.

Beccy said...

I really like this card KT... it's got a fun, artsy, collage look to it. I love the way you've added the "hello", it kind of looks like it's floating above the other elements. You did a great job CASEing Shari's card.
Cheers,
Beccy

Monika Reeck said...

I knew Shari Caroll as I was join Flickr Hero Arts comunity
her cards always shown on Hero Arts main Blog always inspiring
and you even have the same butterfly DIES like Shari on her card...wooooww
Your interpretation of her card is perfecto Kitty
I love your version too and I see so cute ribbon tied on your card
Really different than your style but adorable made my dear friend
luv this
hugs, Monika

Helen said...

A great card - thanks for sharing it with us at Crafting from the Heart.

Helen x

EriEs said...

Beautiful card - great colors

Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
Erika, DT

Nancy said...

This one is really fabulous! Love the layers!
Thanks for joining us at Scrapbook Blessings Club! :o)

Pia S said...

I love this feel of randomness, a bit of this, a bit of that and it becomes something beautiful!

Jane said...

This is so beautiful! Thank you for joining in The Craft Barn Challenge.
Jane x

Helen said...

A great card - thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog.

Helen x

Melanie said...

A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "use a bow and/or Christmas” challenge over at Penny’s & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our next challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Come and Get It)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT Tuesday Throwdown)

Heather said...

This is gorgeous!! Love the layout and those beautiful butterfly dies. Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

Charity Morris-Chamberlain said...

Very pretty! Thank you for playing along in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge! Have a blessed day!

Charity - DT Member - Word Art Wednesday
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
http://collectivecreativity.blogspot.com (my personal blog)

debby4000 said...

What a wonderful card, love how your layered the details.
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Luv
Debby