JG's Nook and Another CAS-ual Friday

Happy Monday friends! Hard to believe another weekend is gone - where do they go?  We didn't do anything terribly exciting. In fact, I was a bit under the weather, feeling much better now though.

Here to share a card I originally created for the current challenge over at Jay Gee's Nook. I love me some purple, so I wanted to play. Oddly enough I had a really hard time combining different shades of purple to get something I liked.  After the fact, I realized that I could also throw this in over at CAS-ual Fridays! Look at me being all efficient lol.

I knew I wanted to use the Butterfly stamp, and actually made that first. I heat embossed with white powdered and then used my Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls like watercolors to paint and fill in the image.  Then I went to bed, and finished it the next day haha.  I cut the Half and Half die, white heat embossed the sentiment, and then clear embossed the envelope pattern. I broke out my Janome Sew Mini to do a little stitching just for something extra. That sounds like a lot of work, but it didn't take very long.




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20 comments

  1. I am OBSESSED with that butterfly. This card is one of my favorites from you EVER!! Good job! :-) Also, could you come to my house and help me put my craft room back together! WHAT was I thinking?!!!

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  2. This is such a dramatic look, Danielle. The white card base and sentiment really 'pops' against the dark card stock. The butterfly is gorgeous as well.

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  3. gorgeous! Love my wonderful word dies - fabby! Great colors too.

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  4. gorgeous! Love my wonderful word dies - fabby! Great colors too.

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  5. Beautiful. I love those sharp contrasting colors of white and deep purple, especially that bright white sentiment! Wow!

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  6. Wow. I'd say you did a great job using different shades of purple. Gorgeous.
    TFS
    Ang

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  7. Striking card Danielle. I love the soft, pearlised look of the butterfly against the bold white and dark purple. Thanks so much for joining us at Jay Gee's :)

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  8. Wow! What a beautiful card. I love the butterfly and all the beautiful colors.

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  9. Wow! what a lovely card!! Really love the sentiment in white on the dark purple!!!

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  10. Fantastic!!! I LOVE the white embossed look so much - it's the embossing technique I used for this week's CAS-ual challenge but I haven't finished the card or posted it yet. ha!

    Have a great day,
    Jess :)

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  11. This is gorgeous! So bold and graphic. I love it!

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  12. Your card is so beautiful! I love the purples :) You've inspired me to have a go :)

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  13. Darling, YOU are simply fabulous, and so is this card! Def CAS and just really pretty colors on the butterfly!
    Cindy ScrappyV

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  14. This card is simply fabulous! Love everything about it! Great job!

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  15. Love love this, Danielle! So glad that you play with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  16. Scrumptious! love those purple colors and that butterfly is beautiful :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  17. Stunningly C & S. Love that butterfly. Why did you have to tempt me to buy yet another new set?

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  18. So pretty, Danielle! :) I love the inking on the butterfly, such a neat effect!

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  19. Wow! this card is gorgeous! thanks for playing along with us this month ... cheers Ange

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