Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Pink and Turquoise Butterflies

 It's Wednesday so yay, time for another challenge at Stampotique. Polly  is our hostess and she has chosen pink and turquoise as her colour theme.
I guess now is the time to apologise for all of the photographs lol, but it was a nice day, the sun was shining, so here goes...
 A Pan Pastel background to begin with in pink and turquoise, then some  stencilling with deeper shades. Who recognises the 'corner, corner side' technique :-)
More stencils, then time for my favourite Stampotique stamp, Vintage Script. I love how the colours change when you dab the pastells over Versamark.
Journey Collage  over the top... (this is my favourite stamp too)
Then Jo's Small Butterfly was stamped in the journal and on to some tissue paper. This was coloured on the back with Prisma pencils and stuck down just on the bodies.
Papillon Script was stamped in black archival, and Splatter Long in blue DI ( I have to confess they are ALL my favourite stamps :-)  )
A little bit of TH's tissue tape to finish off and we're all done!
This was great fun to make 'cos I got all inky and pastell dusty and these are not colours that I usually work with, but I love the result so thanks very much Polly.
So please dig out your pinks and turquoise's and join in with our challenge. There's a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to spend in the Stampotique shop.

 I'm also entering this into the Country View Crafts Challenge which is How Does Your Garden Grow and
The Artistic Stamper - Words

 Thanks very much for looking x
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28 comments:

  1. Karin1 May 2013 at 08:05

    beautiful creation, gorgeous colors and i love the butterflies!

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  2. chrissie1 May 2013 at 08:19

    Very beautiful background to show off the butterflies

    Chrissie x

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  3. Valerie-Jael1 May 2013 at 08:27

    Lovely piece with gorgeous colours and good to see a few of your favourite stamps! Valerie

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  4. Inkypinkycraft1 May 2013 at 10:25

    A really soft and delicate make! Hugsvtrace x

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  5. Words and Pictures1 May 2013 at 10:32

    So pretty, Sue - delicate colours and so beautifully composed!
    Alison x

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  6. Helen1 May 2013 at 10:36

    Stunning!! Love the colour combination, and the subtle, pretty (no other word for it!) background - the butterflies are perfect.

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  7. Sam & Poppy1 May 2013 at 11:57

    Beautiful Sue :) xx

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  8. Anonymous1 May 2013 at 12:08

    Wow gorgeous pages. I love the nice and delicate colours you achieved with the panpastels!

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  9. Von1 May 2013 at 14:03

    Love your choice of colours Sue :)
    Von ♥

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  10. Kaz1 May 2013 at 15:55

    I love this page Sue and I also have a lot of 'favourite' stamps!!

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  11. Claudia1 May 2013 at 18:04

    Verry beautiful creation, love the colours.

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  12. May1 May 2013 at 20:38

    Gorgeous work... Love the soft colours & fabulous butterflies... Hugs May x x x

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  13. Sally H1 May 2013 at 22:17

    Wow, sue! Breathtakingly gorgeous! Love love love it!

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  14. france papillon2 May 2013 at 08:58

    butterflies, pink and turquoise. how could i not love this piece?? ;)))

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  15. Kay Wallace2 May 2013 at 14:53

    (still laughing at France's last comment!) Just a magnificent job, Sue! I love that you shared the process on this one. It was fun watching your layers build up through your photographs! I recognize several techniques, yes, including "corner-corner-side"!

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  16. Nicole Maki2 May 2013 at 15:03

    This is gorgeous, Sue. I love how you walked us through how it's made.

    I don't normally use pink and turquoise either but they are a really fun combo I;ll be reaching for again.

    Warmly,
    Nicole

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  17. Silvia(Barnie)2 May 2013 at 17:24

    A fabulous page, love the color combination.

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  18. Astrid Stulemeijer (AssiCrafts)2 May 2013 at 18:48

    Gorgeous!!! XOXO

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  19. Words and Pictures3 May 2013 at 14:03

    Should also have said: it's lovely to have you play along at Artistic Stamper!
    Alison xx

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  20. Cocofolies3 May 2013 at 18:17

    Great page using stencils and Panpastels (a very clever choice for this combo challenge I think !), and so beautiful stamps... It's just perfect like that, I love it !!! Coco xx

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  21. Magda3 May 2013 at 21:27

    Beautiful! x

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  22. sam21ski4 May 2013 at 16:03

    Oooh Sue, this looks fab xxx

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  23. Unknown6 May 2013 at 13:33

    This is beautiful Sue, love the composition and the feel of it, great work. Thanks for joining us at Country View Challenges this month. Chris xxx

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  24. Jenny Marples6 May 2013 at 20:01

    Love this Sue (and yes, I do recognise the corner, corner side technique!) Hugs, Jenny x

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  25. Basement Stamper6 May 2013 at 20:38

    Love how this turned out, especially with one of my favorite stamps-Jo's butterfly.

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  26. Joan9 May 2013 at 23:24

    lovely card Sue, beautiful colours and butterflies

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  27. Minxy10 May 2013 at 20:46

    Totally gorg... love you sharing your layers process xo
    Hugz Minxy

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  28. Emma Williams15 May 2013 at 09:54

    Gorgeous project and lovely colour combination. TFS and joining us and our challenge, over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog!! xx

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