Monday 2 April 2018

Butterfly Love


There are some gorgeous new digi printables at Pink Gem and I love to print them a bit smaller and use them as toppers but if you wish you can simply print them to fir your card blank or decoupage them with the extra sheets. This one is Purple Butterfly. The paper is First Edition Beyond the Shore. I used an old Marianne corner die and coloured it with DI Dusty Concord which really acentuates the embossed detail. The wooden cream butterfly is from The Works. I coloured it with purple Wink of Stella then let it dry slightly and pressed kitchen towel on it to remove some of the colour. The flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I would like to enter this into the anything goes challenge at Simon Says and The Ribbon Girl and flowers at Noor! Design UK.

We had a lovely Chinese meal on Friday night and the Kim Wilde concert was amazing. As I said it was hubby's choice but as I like her music I was happy to go.  The atmosphere was fantastic and by the last few songs everyone was on their feet. We came away with a real buzz and it was so nice to say at a Premier Inn rather than driving home afterwards in the dark.  Today hubby is off to Bedfordshire  volunteering driving a rescue boat for the powerboat racing.  After a few chores I have lots of crafting planned.

21 comments:

meg said...

Beautiful card love the pastel tones

aussie aNNie said...

Beautiful and I was admiring this in the store today.x💖 [Aussie aNNie's Blog]

Chrissy said...

GORgeous Marianne..love the soft colours..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Valerija said...

This is so gorgeous. Love the colours.
Valerija xx

Linda Simpson said...

Beautiful card and love that butterfly. Happy to hear you had a wonderful time at the concert.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow! Love so much the feel of this card and the purple tones! Great images and design!

Christine Dol said...

Wow...Marianne..this is gorgeous! LOVE the purple butterfly! The corner dies are a perfect touch. I am glad to hear you get some crafty time today! Glad you had a nice evening out!

Gibmiss said...

Stunning card Marianne... love the colours and the Butterflies...
hugs Sylvie xx

Marlene Atkinson said...

Wow gorgeous, I love all the purple and the papers are gorgeous. Marlene

Ribbon Girl said...

nice butterfly card Marianne and thanks for joining in with The Ribbon Girl 'Anything Goes' April challenge, best of luck, Mary xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ah what a beautiful card, love the colors you have gone for, sounds like a great weekend for you, Love Hazelx

rachel said...

A really beautiful card Marianne - sounds like you've been having a fab time too! Good for you! Hugs rachel x

cuilliesocks said...

WOW!! this is absolutely gorgeous Marianne, the papers are beautiful and so are your embellishments and design.
Sounds a brilliant night out too, Kate x

cotnob said...

A beautiful card Marianne, a lovely kit.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Lorraine said...

A very pretty card Marianne, gorgeous butterfly and colours
Lorraine x

Carol S. said...

Love the image and colours. Gorgeous butterfly. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A beautiful purple creation, the papers and image are lovely. Hope you enjoyed your crafty day.
Lorraine

Jules said...

Hi Marianne

A great finish look.

Love the added die work and your gorgeous flowers.

I hope you have had a lovely Easter break.

Love Jules xx

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Marianne :-) the butterfly is stunning and I love the corner details and flowers, so pretty :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Luv
Lols x x x

Fikreta said...

beautiful card!

Barb said...

What a beautiful card and I love the distressing. Barbxx