Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Golden Butterflies

Good morning everyone! 

Today I'm sharing a card featuring a couple of gorgeous butterflies from Hero Arts. The background was created with some very old shimmer ink sprays from Recollections. After that layer dried, I sprayed it with Tim Holtz Distress resist spray, sprinkled it with Simon Says Stamp gold detailing powder and heat embossed it. The butterflies were also heat embossed in gold and watercolored with the same ink colors.  
Here's a close up of one of the butterflies and the inky- gold background. 
I used the coordinating dies to cut out the butterflies, an Avery Elle die for the wonky stitched rectangle and the sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment!
Tammy :)

Challenges I would like to enter:
a2z Scrapbooking- Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers- It's s Bugs Life
Daring Cardmaker- Splish, Splash, Splosh (use watercolors, inks or paints) 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies- Anything Goes 
Retro Rubber- (C10)  Anything Goes (my stamp is 6+ years old)
Stamping Sensations- Things with Wings
Try It On Tuesday- In My Garden There Is... 

34 comments:

meg said...

beautiful colour combo on the background and stamps the gold was a wonderul idea

jimlynn said...

Absolutely gorgeous!! I love the background and those colors too. Beautiful butterflies.
Lynn

*Vicki* said...

This is absoluely stunning Tammy!! WOW! I didn't know that you could heat emboss over that resist spray! Now I need to give it a try! The butterflies are so stunning!! TFS! HUGS

Kuni said...

Wonderful card Tammy, love the great background.
Hugs
Kuni

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

Beautiful and a super background. Thank you for joining us in our 'Things With Wings' challenge at Stamping Sensations and good luck. Sandra x

Cath Wilson said...

This is pretty, Tammy but oh, I bet it's so much prettier in real life! That gold ep on top of the shimmer will look glorious and the coordinating flutterbies will just enhance it. Lovely colours. Thank you so much for playing in our 'In My Garden there is...' challenge at Try it on Tuesday.
Cath x

Miri said...

That's a beautiful card, Tammy! I love your "messy" background with the golden accents and that your butterflies match it perfectly! Great job.
Thanks for taking part in the Daring Cardmakers' challenge.

Sarah said...

I really love this fresh colour combo Tammy and the gold adds that touch of opulence x

Jan Clothier said...

The butterflies are lovely but it's the wonderful background that has stunned me. Fantastic card! Thanks for playing along with us at Retro Rubber Challenge.

Vickie Y said...

Beautiful background and butterflies! Thank you for sharing with us at The PIP Challenge.

papierelle said...

That looks great !! The butterflies look very noble. And your chosen colors make the card fresh summery.
HUgs Gundi

Lin said...

Gorgeous background. Love the colour combo and the gold splatters give it a touch of elegance, and those butterflies are perfect for our 'Bug's Life' challenge.

Thank you for sharing.

Lin
Crafty Cardmakers

Dawn Phillips said...

Love the colours and the gold highlights. It's beautiful. Love Dawn x

Crafting Queen said...

Love the background you created. Great card.

Angelnorth said...

Those Hero Arts butterflies are among my favourite stamps! Love the splattery background you created for them with the touch of gold embossing - gorgeous! Thanks for joining us this week at Daring Cardmakers!

Svenja said...

Gorgeous! Love your splashy background. The mix of watercolours and metallic works out great. Thanks for sharing this with the Daring Cardmakers!

Babs said...

Beautiful card and a lush background .
Babs x

Donna said...

Your butterflies are beautifully colored and your background is stunning Tammy!

Rachelle Oltean said...

Hey Tammy! This card is beautiful : ) I love the way you integrated the coloration between the background and the butterflies - this one is really special! The background almost looks like agate or turquoise stone with a vein of gold - very COOL! Thanks for providing the tips on how you got this to work!
Hugs - Rachelle

Gibby Frogett said...

Gorgeous card Tammy - love the butterflies and colour combo ( love that). I'm wondering is blue and green your favourite colour combo or is it just a current colour thing you like? It sure makes for happy cards :)
I lost my stamping mojo after doing it for about 25 years - but now getting back after recently getting a stamping platform and the lots of Altenew layering flower stamps :)
Your lovely cards inspire me and make me want to stamp even more...
Hope you have a lovely weekens.... Gill x

Claire Grantham said...

I love everything about your card, the background is stunning and I love backgrounds and then those beautifully coordinated butterflies just make it all come to life. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber. Claire DT

Cindy C. said...

Both the butterflies and background are so beautiful! Thanks for linking up to our August Challenge gallery at a2z.

Lynn McAuley said...

So very beautiful, Tammy!!

creative lady said...

Beautiful card, love the background, love the butterflies. Thanks for joining Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.

sarascloset said...

This is so beautiful! Your background turned out great! I'm so sad my resist spray won't spray anymore.

pinky said...

Very pretty with very striking colours! Love this card. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Pinky

Aimeslee Winans said...

What a beautiful background and your butterflies match perfectly. xoxo

Lori said...

Such pretty, pretty butterflies! And what a fantastic background - love how you combined the colors and the gold powder!

pearshapedcrafting said...

Wow! Love this - the colours are wonderful and those touches of gold powder look fabulous! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday! Chrisx

Mrs.B said...

A lovely card tammy, the colours are gorgeous, love the added gold EP.
Thanks for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesday
Avril

Arlene said...

Beautiful card - love the background and those wonderful butterflies. So glad you joined us at The A2Z Scrapbooking challenge.

Jo said...

Very pretty, love the colours & that background is fabulous. Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Cardmakers this time.....hope to see you again
Jo x

Karen L K said...

Wow what a great looking card! I love the color combo with the gold just so nice! Thanks for joining in over at a2z Scrapbooking.

HeatherB said...

Love your background!! Thanks for playing with us at PIP challenges!