I've played along with this week's Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge. Here's my 5" x 5" card.
And here's the sketch that inspired me.
I've made so many butterfly cards with soft colors, so this time I wanted to make something more bold.The combination of Basic Black and Melon Mambo is perfect for this purpose, but sometimes it's too striking, so I added Sahara Sand to tone it down a little.
Even with the Woodgrain embossing on the band, the left side of the card somehow looked empty, so I added black pearls to balance it out. The curvy typeset of the sentiment matches the butterfly wing lines.
I coated the butterfly with clear glitter to give it a shine.
I wanted to make something fun this weekend, so I've made this cute pop-up card.
Stamps: All in the Family, Family Accessories, Family Phrases, Good Neighbors Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, DSP Subtles Ink: StazeOn (jet black), Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, SU markes (Rose Red, Calypso Coral, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Early Espresso) Accessories: Owl Builder Punch, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots, Nylon Thread
This week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge is using these three colors:
And here's my card:
I've experimented a few positions of the brush stroke, and I like this place the best. Somehow my Elegant Eggplant ink looks grayish...
Stamps: Work of Art, Crazy about You Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum Accessories: Hello You Thinlits Dies, Dimentionals
Hello! I'm Hideko Lagan. (My first name is pronounced as "Hee-deh-ko".)
I'm originally from Tokyo, Japan, and my husband and I moved to the States in 2008.
I started papercrafting in June, 2012, and I enjoy it on weekends. I used to love origami when I was a child, so the paper-crafting seeds were already in me at that time!
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