Tuesday 15 March 2016

Butterfly challenge #50 buttons and/or bronze



So the challenge over at Butterfly challenge is to add buttons with the optional colour choice of bronze. Now I don't have many butterflies and certainly not statement butterflies in my stash ( I know, appalling right, and certainly something that needs rectifying) but in the words of Baldrick I had a cunning plan...
I didn't have any bronze items but I used that as a starting point for my colour scheme. I started off by painting an mdf heart (dreamees I think) with umber and warm stone chalk paint. Once dry I stamped little butttons and butterflies (freebies from magazines) in vintage photo and aged mahogany ink. I sacrificed a butterfly off my water bottle from the weekend that was in a browny card and sponged on some topaz starlight paint. I also sponged 3 white buttons with the starlight paint and edged the mdf heart with it. Once dry the butterfly had a bit of a crease in the middle where I'd pulled it off the bottle so I bunged some gems down it. I then assembled the heart with some additional gems, pale brown roses and a couple of old die cuts that were lurking in the box of "shove in any possibly useful bits when tidying up" bits. Finally I added a bit of gold organza ribbon to hang it from.

10 comments:

  1. Oh wow this is so gorgeous Cara!
    Lucy x

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  2. Every crafty girl should have plenty of butterflies.
    Having said that I love your project, great colour, super statement butterfly and fab flowers. All matching perfectly.

    Hugs Erika. x

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  3. Very creative work with the mdf heart, any detail is very sweet! It came out so lovely!
    Thanks for your entry in the Butterfly Challenge#50

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  4. A fantastic heart. What a beautiful piece of work Cara. I loved how you "bunged" some gems down the butterfly. The colours are wonderful. Barbxx

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  5. Wow Cara what a beautiful project. The most beautiful layout and colours.

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  6. Stunning Cara, what a elegant design.

    Hugs Diane

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  7. OMGosh, this is so beautiful, Cara. Such a lovely design. xx

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  8. Hi Cara,
    oh what a gorgeous creation for the Butterfly Challenge.
    The work on this is super, and very lovely.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  9. Bunged to perfection! I do love your terminology. Sorry you had to desecrate your bottle of water. This is so so pretty and ticks all my boxes for me. I love the delicate colours. Thankyou for fluttering by my challenge where your entry will go into the draw twice. Hugs Mrs A.

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  10. That's sooooooo pretty! Beautiful colour and lots of lovely details :)

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