Saturday 10 June 2023

Having a Play

Morning and I have been having a play with some stamps and watercolour.Two sets  of stamps are from Carabelle, butterflies from Fun Stampers Journey,black marks with ink on edge of shop loyalty card and black thread added,watercolouring round the stamps and on the butterflies-even managed to get some splatters on my card too!

 

There is a new Unique Art Expressions(no cards) challenge blog opening 15th August ---https://uniqueartexpressions.blogspot.com/


challenges-----

make my Monday-Summer

lil red wagon-things that fly

Pennys challenge-ATG

use your stuff-ATG

double D-lemon/yellow

QKR stampede-ATG

creatalicious-ATG------------------------TOP 3

crafty catz-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

pink gem-ATG--------------------------TOP 3

inkspirational-Seasons(Summer)

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

triple B-birds/butterflies/blooms

critter crazy-ATG

four Seasons-Summer

a place to start-ATG---------RISING STAR

613 Avenue create-ATG/Summertime------TOP ROCKER

daisy chain-no design paper --------------------------TOP 3

rabisco-ATG

the paper funday-ATG/no squares

crafty calendar-Summertime

happy little stampers-watercolours-ATG----------FAVOURITE

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol xx x

53 comments:

dutchess said...

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

meg said...

Beautiful colours and stamping Carol

Janette said...

Absolutely beautiful Carol, I just love this style...
Have had to come indoors for a while its just got to hot for me, I am melting, haha, sat here with the fan blowing on me, take care.xx

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning and most awesome design CArol, love the colour combos and stamping xx

Fiona said...

I really like the design of this card and all that lovely background stamping. The water colouring shows off the butterflies just perfectly. Thanks for sharing with us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour

Valerie-Jael said...

This is fabulouss, love the colours, yellow and grey go so well together.I love splatters, too - I have them on my clothes, my wall, my table....! Enjoy your weekend, hugs, Valerie

Pia S said...

I love what you have designed here, the background has an interesting look and works so well with your yellow butterflies.

HilaryJane said...

Your 'play' has turned out really well, love the black and yellow and all the interest in the background xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A beautiful piece of ART Carol, a stunning creation.
Faith x

Elle-Jeanne said...

Prachtige kaart met een een prachtige achtergrond Carol.
Mooi met de vlinder stempels.
Top.
Groetjes Elle-Jeanne

Anonymous said...

Hi Carol I just read ur message, so glad you finally got the sunshine enjoy its free hahaha. Hugs Janette xxx

Darlene said...

Oh my friend, this is just AWESOME! Love your overall design and the yellow really pops!! Nicely done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D, Triple B and Four Seasons challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
Co-Owner
DOUBLE D
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

More challenge fun beginning July 7th … check it out … SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE

Heather said...

Wow, beautiful collage of images, love this line art style, and your added washes of color are perfect! Very evocative of summer for me, too! Thanks so much for playing at Make My Monday!

Jean said...

Oh my Carol abuse of a loyalty card ! Lol what a great idea no doubt i will do this in the future. Stunning summer card with beautiful colour palette x

Chrissy said...

Fabulous Carol, love the stamps and hint of yellow water colour and of course wonderful splatters..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Lovely stamping and design Carol.
Lorraine

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Great design and watercolouring, the beautiful butterflies just pop from the background!!

ahlers5 said...

Absolutely lovely butterfly card! I planned on staying a little better caught up. Hopefully, from here on out I will.

brenda said...

Beautifully done Carol, especially love the collour palette.

B x

KarinsArtScrap said...

such a beautiful card Carol

gr karin

Mrs A. said...

Beautiful butterflies look like they are flying straight from the page. Love the colour combo. Hugs Mrs A.

chrissy xx said...

GOrgeous colours and design.
Thank you so much for joining us this week at Crafty Catz.
GDT Chrissyxx

Carol L said...

Those butterflies look awesome with their color and fun artsy background. NJ1

Mariann Jakobsen said...

Awesome card! I love the background, and the butterflies is stunning! A masterpiece!

Chana Malkah said...

This is awesome, Carol! Thanks so much for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana

Linby said...

It's a lovely delicate composition and a great colour combo.

Sarn said...

Love this fabulous butterfly card x

Freubelmina said...

I love the handsome butterflies…great card!!

StephW said...

Carol you are the queen of challenges, thanks for the heads up re Crafting from the Heart challenge and your lovely comments on my blog. Love your inky butterfly creation and colour palette x

Chris said...

Such fabulous stamps and background design, it's a beauty!
xx

Leslie Miller said...

This looks like a fun play, Carol... splatters and all! Thank you for sharing your card with us at Double D!

Pauline C said...

Gorgeous vintage style image and fab watercolouring Carol
Pauline xx

Judy Woodland said...

Oh WOW, I love this!!!! It has such an artsy feel, and those butterflies are gorgeous! Just a wonderful design! Lots of fabulous work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us over at Double D, hope to see you back again soon.
Judy~ DD DT

Chana Malkah said...

I just love this, Carol! Fabulous composition and amazing color organization!
Thanks for hanging out at A Place to Start !
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner
Redora Lee Designs , My Blog
A Place to Start , Challenge Blog
613 Avenue Create , Owner


craftytrog said...

It's beautiful Carol! x

Beebeebabs said...

Very nice as always!!!

Brenda said...

Lovely, lovely, every thing about it. I love the gorgeous butterflies and your watercolors and splatters are perfection.

Shabneez said...

This really caught my eye on FB - it's beautiful Carol. Shabneez x

Nonni said...

This is beautiful! Love the artsy look. Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational!

Donna Ellis said...

oooooooooh! this is so GORGEOUS, Carol! I love love LOVE how you layered the butterflies on this creation, and used monochromatic theme in the process. Thanks for your comment on my blog this morning, and sharing about how you apply colors. Wishing you a delightful weekend! hugs, de

Donna Walls said...

This is a stunner Carol! I love the images and all the interesting detailing. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Funday Challenge and we hope you'll share again soon!
Donna xx
Inspiration Station Challenge
Paper Funday Challenge
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge

pinky said...

This has to be the prettiest combination of stamps and colours. A real beauty Carol.

Lisa said...

Wonderful imagery and dimension on this very lovely card.

Dawn Phillips said...

This is lovely. I love the look of this. It's a style I can't get the hang of. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Love Dawn x

Renske Wishes You said...

Beautiful design, love it. Thank you for joining the Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog.

Good luck with your entry.

Crafty hugs, Renske Penny's DT

https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/ said...

Another gorgeous card, I love the dimensional butterflies. Congratulations again on your challenges Michelle x

Jackie C said...

We always love to see all the entries at Classic.
Thank you for sharing in our challenge at Classic Design Challenge
We really appreciate you joining in.

Jackie DT

Dee's Craft Room said...

Another beautiful fold Carol and I love he cheerful papers.

Dionne xx

Helen said...

Beautiful card, Carol - love your background.

Thanks for joining us at the Critter Crazy Challenge.

Helen x
DT

Lyn Bernatovich said...

Wowza! The 3D elements along with the overall vertical orientation of your card is stunning! Thanks for playing at Happy Little Stampers. xoxo LynB

Elaine aka Ellapu said...

Wow I love this design, colours, layout well absolutely everything xx

Beverley said...

Gorgeous card, I love the design. Thanks for joining in our challenge over at Crafty Calendar.
Bev x

foleysfriend said...

Great job. I like how you used the same color for the background as well as for two of the butterflies and I like how all the elements work together. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Watercolour Challenge. Apologies for the late comment.

sue n.