Saturday, 21 April 2012

Watercolour butterflies

I really loved a card made by Amber Daigre for the "A Cut Above" online card class this week - she used partial diecutting to have butterflies flying off the folded edge of her card.  I used the same principle, but off the open edge, not the folded edge.
I wanted to use this week's "Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Watercolour Butterflies", and The Play Date Cafe's colour scheme of Flamingo Pink and Bright Orange.  Here's what I came up with.
 Now, I don't own a colour spritzer, so that speckled effect on the card front is from me flicking the orange and pink Tombow markers with my index finger.  It's going to take a few days to get all that ink out from under my nail, I think! LOL!


16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, gorgeous card Michelle - LOVE it :)

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  2. Love that one butterfly fluttering off the edge!

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  3. Really, really pretty, Michelle!

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  4. I love these kinds of cards, too, Michelle - yours is a beauty!

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  5. this is beautiful! I'm hoping to get to my partial die cut card today.

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  6. Brilliant, Michelle! So worth the mess! I have Tombow markers and no color spritzer, so I appreciate the tip on how you did that!

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  7. Very pretty! Sounds fun to make. :)

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  8. Beautiful! Good job flicking those markers!

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  9. OH! I love the butterflies and the side design of your card! BEAUTIFULLY done! THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at the PDCC:)

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  10. Love it, very clean and simple but plenty of punch!

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  11. Very pretty card - love the partial die cut butterflies!

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  12. Love the flicking! It really added a lot to the card-these are some of my favorite butterflies, BTW. Beautifully done :)

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  13. What a pretty card and take on the TT! Love how the butterflies are off the edges. TFS

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  14. Hey Michelle! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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  15. great take, you made me smile with your marker flicking stained fingers! for the same resullt but without the staines' problem i use my blowpens which were given to me from father christmas a LONG time ago (i really keep everything!)

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