Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Birthday Butterflies...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have a couple of mixed media cards to share with you... they feature a beautiful butterfly from Tim Holtz/Sizzix. They were stamped in black ink, heat embossed with clear power and watercolored with Distress inks. For the backgrounds I started with a piece of Tim Holtz Melange Tissue Wrap and then I got a little crazy with all of my mixed media goodies! Between the two cards I had used gesso, acrylic paint, crackle paste, Nuvo Glimmer paste, Distress inks & Distress crayons, a couple of stencils and several stamps :)

They were really fun to make and I love how this card turned out...
and I'm pretty happy with the one below but I applied too much glimmer paste through my stencil and you can't really see the shape of the yellow circles but IRL this card is super sparkly! I used a Pink & Main die for the 'celebrate' sentiment and a Avery Elle die for the stitched rectangles. The label sentiments are from Altenew & Studio Katia and the stamped circles are from Simon Says Stamp and Carabelle Studio.
Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Tammy :)

Challenges I would like to enter:
Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes
Dies R Us- Nature
Dragonfly Dreams- Happy Birthday
Happy Little Stampers- Always Anything Goes with Dies
Moo-Mania & More- Use a Stamp
We Love 2 Create- Always Anything Mixed Media Goes

21 comments:

meg said...

Two stunning makes, love both colour combos and all the layers

jimlynn said...

WOW! The backgrounds for these are stunning!! Love the crackle look too. The butterflies are so gorgeous. LOVE!
Lynn

Sarah said...

These are fantastic Tammy, you have nailed the mixed media xx

*Vicki* said...

Oh my thesse are both stunning Tammy! Really love the different colors on both of them and the stenciling over the background turned out really cool!! I love the results you've been getting with your fun mixed media play! :) Thanks for sharing! HUGS

Kuni said...

Stunning cards Tammy, great background,
Hugs
Kuni

papierelle said...

Your background design are so amazing. Great work and the colors are so brilliant!!! I Love both cards.
Hugs Gundi

Lynn McAuley said...

Those backgrounds are AMAZING, Tammy!! And so perfect for your bold sentiments and beautiful butterflies!!

Creaine said...

WOW!!!!!
Thanks for joining us at Creative Sketchy Girls. Very nice and Good luck! Hope to see you again next time.
Ine (DT) http://creaine-cards.blogspot.nl/

froebelsternchen said...

They are simply FANTASTIC! Brilliant! Thank you very much for joining us over at Moo Mania & More! Susi xxx

Darlene said...

WOW these are both just gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Dies R Us challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DIES R US
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

Claudia's kaartjes said...

Mooie creatie Leuk dat je meedoet met onze challenge bij Creative Sketchy Girls.
Wonderful card Thanks for joining us at Creative Sketchy Girls.

XX
Claudia

DT Creative Sketchy Girls

http://creativesketchygirls.blogspot.be/
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Donna said...

These are gorgeous, like those butterflies and your backgrounds are amazing, as always! Have a great weekend!

Andree said...

Two wonderful cards. Gorgeous colours and fabulous textures.
Thank you for joining in with our September challenge "Anything Mixed Media Goes" at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck x

laurie said...

Gorgeous cards! I love those pretty butterflies. Thanks for joining us at Dies R Us!

Gerda said...

These cards are both beautiful!! Love the fabulous backgrounds and the pretty butterflies!! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!
Have a great day.
Gerda

Davi said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Love all the mixed media you used and the butterflies are beautiful! Super job :)!!

Jane Savage said...

Lovely cards!
Thank you for joining us this month at We Love 2 Create With Polkadoodles! Jane (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx

Susan Renshaw said...

Two lovely cards! Love the colour schemes and the mixed media feel!
Thank you for sharing with Happy Little Stampers!
Susan
DT for AG with Dies
Calling All Crafters! – My personal Blog!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Two wonderful mixed media cards! I so love the butterflies- and how gorgeous are the backgrounds!!!

Lucille K said...

Two wonderful cards, Tammy. Love the designs and mixed media.

Helen Gullett said...

Tammy, both of your cards are amazing and gorgeous!
I love the colors, textures, and butterflies.
Thanks for playing along with Happy Little Stampers Challenge!