Thursday, 2 June 2011

Pretty Little Butterfly

I made a card! And it was sooo much fun :D

I followed the fabulous sketch from Magnolia Down Under using 'Tilda with Hawaiian Flower' and a magnolia butterfly stamp coloured with distress inks.

The flowers and seam binding are both from Wild Orchid Crafts, the music paper is by 7gypsies, but i'm afraid i don't know the make of the pink one. The flower border is an x-cut cut and emboss die and then I just added a doily, some x-cut punched butterflies, a hand-cut tag, string, a charm and some pearls. All of the edges are inked with Walnut Stain distress ink and distressed with scissors. Distress ink colours:
Skin - Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose & Victorian Velvet
Hair - Walnut Stain
Dress, socks, butterflies, flowers - Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose & Black Soot
Shoes - Vintage Photo & Black Soot

I'm entering this in:
Allsorts - things with wings
Totally Gorjuss - string or twine
Charisma - something that flies

Thanks for looking,

Rachel xx

20 comments:

Fleur said...

Oh Rachel, I'm so glad you entered our challenge, and I found your blog. Your card is awesome, so beautiful & I love your style
Thanks for joining our challenge at ALLSORTS this week, Good Luck
Hugz Fleur xXx

Donna Mosley said...

Hi Rachel, love this amazing card, so many pretty details, a real feast for the eyes. :o)

Donna x

Cor* said...

Rachel, this is simply fantasic. Magical almost! Stunning coloring & details. LOVE the wee butterflies!

Debbie Pamment said...

OH WOW Rachel - this is a gorgeous job with the sketch - love it ALL.
Thanx for joining us at MDUC this week.
xXx

Bron said...

You can see you had fun making this card as it is stunning. Thanks for joining us at MDUC this week hugs from Bron :D

Janet said...

This is stunning sweetie! x

debby4000 said...

Absolutely gorgeous card Rachel and so adorable too.
luv
Debby

Tamara Morton said...

Wonderful card Rachel! I love the colour scheme is just adorable!
Hugs
Tamara

Louise said...

Hi Rachel :)
WOW, I´m sooo impressed with the card you´ve made following this sketch made by Kylie :)
LOVE IT! The soft coloring, choice of image (totally adorable ;)) and amazing dp´s :) And that butterfly...mmmm! Totally yummie!

I´m so happy to have found your blog :) Regristered my self as a follower right away :)

Thank you so much for joining us at MDUC this week :)
Welcome back!
HUGS!

Stampin'Piper said...

Stunning card, I love your coloring, it's perfect!

Thanks so much for joinig our Magnolia Down Under Sketch Challenge this week!

Hugs Tanja

Sharon said...

Hiya Rachel, wow, am I pleased you entered the Totally Gorjuss challenge this week. I love your card, it is absolutely stunning. Your layout, shabby chic design and colouring is fabulous! Well done! Thanks for joining our challenge and I hope you'll be a regular on Saturdays. I've just joined your blog, so I'll be visiting more regularly. hugs Sharon

coops said...

fabulous card rachel.the tilda is so pretty and i love your stunning soft colours and details :D

xx coops xx

Georgia said...

Wow Rachel, this is so gorgeous! I love the musical notes and your colouring is fab! :) Love, Georgia xx

Vee said...

Wow!! Rachel this is such a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Charisma this week.
xx Vee

Hayley said...

Rachel this is stunning, your colouring is absolutely beautiful!
Have a great weekend
Hayley xxx

Vicki said...

Your card is absolutely stunning Rachel, coloured beautiful, the papers, embellies, layout well everything is utterly gorgeous xx vicki xx

Kristie W. said...

Gorgeous card! Your coloring with the distress inks is just wonderful! It's something I need to try!

Thanks for playing along with us at Flutter By Wednesdays!!

Kerryn said...

Rachel I just adore your work! You are such a talented young girl.
This is a beautiful card and I want many of the bits and bobs on your card now!
I too suffer with ME (and fibromyalgia) so I know just how enjoyable it is when you can craft. It's a wonderful distraction isn't it!
Please feel feel to nosey round my blog, as I don't have many followers x x x

Juls said...

wow wow wow!!!!! this is just sooooooooooooo pretty!!!! I love every detail!!! Hugs Juls

Lim said...

WOW!!! You blog is AMAZING and your cards to die for... You are so talented and clever. I love, love, love ALL your creations, cards, cakes, etc... Congratulations and thank you so much for the inspiration.
Hugs,
LIM :)