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Sunday 5 April 2009

Twisted Thursday #5 & Flutterby Weds #51




This is the sketch for Twisted Thursday's #5 challenge. The twist is to add embossing. Danni's Flutterby Challenge this week was not to use design paper. I decided that the two challenges go really well together and I combined them, using the sketch for Twisted Thursday.
I began by stamping a butterfly and "Happy Birthday" onto textured pale blue paper, using blue Stazon. Both are Elusive Images stamps. The butterfly is coloured in with Inktense pencils and has a line added with an embossing pen that is heat embossed with silver powder.
The gold coloured background is glimmer-misted paper. It's dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder with a leaf design, rubbed over with an embossing ink pad and silver embossed. The main piece of paper is treated much the same way, it's a very dark glimmer misted paper that I've rubbed over with white embossing ink to lighten it a bit and then with the silver embossing powder added.
The ribbon was a friend from my SBS25 "sister" Vanja and I've folded a Prima flower to one side. It's been fun avoiding printed papers, I've certainly used lots of embossing, dry and heat! There seems to be a lot going on in this card, hope you like it:)

12 comments:

  1. Oh wow!! This is stunning!! I LOVE that butterfly, so gorgeous!!
    You did a wonderful job! Thanks for playing along with my challenge!

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  2. What cool colors you used! Very nice.

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  3. Love the color combo on this one. The butterfly just pops out so nicely!!!

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  4. Way to go, love the butterfly

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  5. Love the colors and metallics. Great job on the sketch.

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  6. Simply devine dear! Elegance and charm. Your card is a work of art. Not for nothing but, I am such a coffee lover that all this time I thought that was a coffe mug you are holding in your picture...today I realized its not..

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  7. This is gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us for Twisted Thursday.

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  8. Wow~ I love your background and the butterfly is gorgeous and what a really great touch with the flower too!

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  9. Wowsa!! Love all the glimmer and bling. You ROCKED this sketch!! Thanks so much for playing!!

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  10. It's beautiful! I love the pretty butterfly, it's so lovely!
    Hugs, Vanja

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  11. This is lovely Anne. I love the effect on the butterfly.

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  12. Wow Anne what a wonderful creation. The butterfly jumps straight out of your card with its beauty. -x-

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