'What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday 31 January 2012

The Make My Monday Challenge is Dragonflies and Butterflies and here’s a card I made with a little flutterby on it.
I was wanting to try recreating a rainbow, so I tried it with inks, using only 3 colours – red, blue and green.  There isn’t much blue, but you can still see a bit of it.

rainbow
I stamped over it, then embossed but because I used watercolour paper, the paper stayed wet and it’s embossed all over, so I had to use white pen to colour.  My Promarkers were downstairs and I didn’t want to come hunt for them.

Can’t believe this is the last post of the month.  Who stole January??

29 very kind comments from lovely people:

Helen said...

Just love your rainbow!! and the white flowers are really striking.

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Fantastic background, the colors are outstanding.

Zoechaos said...

Very pretty love the sentiment XOXO Zoe

Sally H said...

Wonderful rich colours, Cath! Gorgeous background and just the right amount of highlights

Carol Q said...

gorgeous background Cath and I think the white flowers really stand out.

Marja's Stamp Addiction en Marja's Creativity said...

Beautiful rainbow colors and beautiful sentiment.
Lovely greet Marja

G Peplow said...

Gorgeous colours here and beautiful butterflies xx

trisha too said...

Bright and beautiful, Cath!

:-)

Netty said...

A beautiful card and loving the sentiment, brill. x

Sandy said...

Cath I love this.
So great colors. Awesome card. xoxo

froebelsternchen said...

This is so vibrant! I love it .. Those blossoms and teh butterfly and the Quote ! GREAT!
and...I did not have the time stolen...

xxx Susi

Von said...

Fabulous background Cath :)
Von xxx

Femmy said...

gorgeous!! love the background!!

Paula Whittaker said...

great colours and sentiment

Gery said...

You did a perfect job by creating your rainbow. I can almost see the pot of gold.
The card looks beautiful and I will try out the saying when I need it.
To uncolour the flowers to white, you can also use a tiny bit of chloor (I did it with my Christmas cards), but maybe you knew this already.
Love Gery

Inkypinkycraft said...

Gorgeous colour!!!hugs trace x

joanna said...

Hi Cath! Thank you for your visit :) Love the striking background on your card! and the white flowers are so pretty!

Jacqueline said...

Lovely card - thanks for joining us at MMM this week - Jacqueline xx

Karen Petitt said...

that's stunning, love your background and the stamped images look great hugs Karen x

hazel said...

Fabulous Cath, love the background colour.
xxx Hazel.

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Fabulous inky background with a great sentiment. Thank you for entering the Make My Monday challenge this week! Suzanne

Tessa said...

Very wise words...
I love this card!

xx Tessa

JoZart Designs said...

I love it!... just gorgeous!
Jo x

Anjas-Artefaktotum said...

Wonderful coloring and really spring feeling, I love it!

Di said...

Yikes Cath - were you waiting as I pressed publish this morning? Fastest comment I've ever had!

I love the backgrounds here - and the end results are gorgeous too.

I don't think you've come into the snippets playground yet to play have you?

Di xx

Marina Huisman said...

Absolutly fantastic cards Cath, real eye candy.

With regards,
Marina.

Suzi B said...

fantastic colours and gorgeous butterfy. thank you for joining in at MMM
suzi b :)

Fliss said...

Really lovely creation and just love that sentiment.
Thanks for joining in with this week's MMM challenge and wishing you good luck.
Fliss x

Anke said...

Absolutely stunning Cath.

Hugs
Anke