Hello … bonjour! Our next fabulous challenge at Time Out starts today … this fortnight, we have a wonderfully light and airy, almost graphic ‘Home Sweet Home’ photo to inspire you (below) … here’s my take on it …
… and here’s the glorious inspiration …
I stamped some of the delightful butterflies from Stamplorations’ Winged Things – The Bee’s Knees in a swoosh shape onto a watercolour card panel. They were watercoloured with Distress Inks and I added in some doodling with a black fineliner. The sentiment is also from Stamplorations (Fond Expressions), selectively inked to leave off the flourishes each side of the prayers … they didn’t seem to fit with the design/feel of the card. I finished off with some tiny dots of Enamel Accents to accentuate the swoosh … picked out from the dots on the clock face in the inspiration picture.
There’s so much to see in this photo … the graphic grey background, the cool round clock, the kaleidoscope of butterflies (in a heart shape?), all those bright reds and pinks, the touch of silver and black … where will your creative imagination go with it? We’d love to see! This time round we’re sponsored by STAMPlorations … our winner will receive a $15 GC, as well as the chance to guest design with us in a future challenge. In addition, there’ll be a random draw for a stamp set, die or stencil from STAMPlorations that the DT used (we each had one to play with, thanks to our team mate and owner of STAMPlorations, Shery). All the details are over at the Time Out blog … along with a whole host of delicious ideas from our wonderful DT and from our talented Guest Designer Michelle from The Craft Cradle. Do check out Michelle’s blog … there are so many wonderful things to see … and there’s a tutorial for her Time Out card !
I’m playing along at …
AAA Cards – Spring (with no shine option)
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour – Anything Goes (with no rainbow option)
SSS Work It Wednesday – Spring Has Sprung
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂
My Papercraft World 
Wonderful card, Anita! The way you stamped the butterflies is so pleasing for eye and your watercoloring looks great, I can really see the inspiration photo here!
What can I say…it’s so so pretty and I just love those butterflies x
Wow I love how you used these stamps and the colour is perfect, wonderful movement. Wish I had this set now!
Hi Anita…seeing your wonderful card is like getting a ‘warm hug’! ♥♥♥=a warm hug back to you!
So beautiful Anita, your butterflies are coloured the perfect colour for this inspiration!
This is gorgeous, Anita. Your butterfly images are so pretty and I just love red and white. A beautiful take on the inspiration. Am hoping to have time to join in too, you have inspired me.
The colours are beautiful, just as the design and the doodles give it such movement; a beautiful card Anita! Hugs, Gerrina
Such beautiful butterflies! Gorgeous watercolouring – I just love it! The inspiration photo is fab and your interpretation is wonderful! xxx
Pretty, pretty butterflies, Anita. You’ve colored them beautifully. I like how you have them flying on the card. Lovely work!
gorgeous take on the inspiration photo, anita!! your swoosh of butterflies is absolutely perfect!!
The butterflies are such a lovely choice for this sympathy/thinking of you card, Anita – love how they float off the edge of the card!
Anita this is absolutely delightful. I love everything about the card which is a great rendition of the photo. This card design is versatile and I think it will be cased by many. Have a wondrous Easter. Thanks for your note. Hugs Barb
Oh swoon – one of those I wish I’d had that idea cards! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.
Fabulous flurry of fantastic fun. (Today, I’m into alliteration & can’t seem to help myself.) Seriously, though, that sweet swoosh if these glorious critters just makes my heart happy. And those precious little dots are like other teensy escorts showing the butterflies the way. Truly beautifully done and so indicative of your inventive, fertile imagination.
Gorgeous take on the inspiration photo, Anita! I love how you watercolored your butterflies, and how you created movement with your design…such a lovely sympathy card!
You combined 2 of my favorites, well 3, actually! CAS, red and butterflies! Oh my! I love it, Anita. Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards.
Light and airy and perfectly colored, Anita! You have really captured the inspiration photo in your stunning inspiration card!! I do hope you made a few dozen of this design to use with different sediments! It’s a classic and I’m pinning it to add to my favorite layouts!! LYAMYAWYAHEW!! Hugs, Darnell
Your swoosh of butterflies is so pretty, Anita. Love the black doodling. Fantastic CAS design. xx
WOW, Anita, your butterflies look stunning!!!!! Love the beautiful colours and the very fine doodling is simply great!!!! And the tiny black enamel accent dots …perfection!!!! This is such a gorgeous card and you’ve chosen a lovely sentiment for it!!!! Simply beautiful, my friend!!!!
Have a blessed Easter weekend!!!!!
Hugz
This is wonderful Anita. I love the gradations of color, and the way the butterflies seem to move off into the distance. Fantastic coloring and take on the inspiration. Wishing you a beautiful Easter. xx
Anita, this card has the WOW! factor! Love everything about it! CAS perfect, dramatic, delicate, gorgeous use of colour and a fabulous design. thanks for playing along at AAA Cards this week. x
Just stunning Anita…so beautiful with all those pretty pink butterflies! I love your incredible design.
Your pretty butterflies fluttering across your card look really uplifting! Adore the colors you chose!
Happy Easter, my friend!
Perfect take on the inspiration Anita! Off to catch up on the rest of your lovely work that I’ve missed.
You can almost feel the wings of your butterflies as they take off across the card, Anita.
Oh, you really captured the feel of the inspiration photo! Love all the movement you created with your darling pink butterflies! Gorgeous!
This is so pretty Anita – I love the swoosh of butterflies you created – the water colouring and doodling are so perfect – absolutely brilliant use of this stamp set! Love it!
Good Morning and Happy Easter to you Anita! What a beautifully stamped butterfly in flight card you stamped and so beautifully colored! Love this take on the inspiration photo!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love everything about this card and your attention to detail on the sentiment inking speaks volumes about how wonderful a crafter you are. Stunning. Thank you for sharing at AAA and HLS too!! Jenny x
These Shirley B. butterflies are among my favorite in our stamp world, Anita … you’ve created the most wonderful display with them, in such gorgeous flutter-by colors! BEautiful card, mon amie!!
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What a lovely pink flight of airy butterflies. Love the shading you’ve created with the DI’s, and what a perfect take on the inspiration picture too. Your doodling always looks so well done. (my doodling just looks like doodling!) TFS & Hugs
Fabulous take on the inspiration photo, Anita. The swoosh of butterflies is darling.
Beautiful! I love the colors and movement!
I like the butterflies fluttering across your card! Very pretty Anita. Hope you enjoyed a Happy Easter!
C’est superbe Anita ! J’adore cet envol de papillon, cela donne vraiment du mouvement à ta carte ! La coloration est superbe et ce rouge sur le fond blanc est vraiment captivant ! Encore une carte admirablement CAS et magnifique ! Une superbe interprétation de la photo. Hummm, difficile maintenant de trouver une autre idée ! Merci infiniment de partager et pour l’inspiration.
Bises
I love your take on that fabulous inspirational photo Anita! Your butterflies are so cool looking and look like they are flying right off the paper! Very cool card indeed! Hugs, Brenda
The white space is gorgeous! The coral-pink color is stunning ! And, your design makes my heart sing! STUNNING card Anita!
So cute!! Love the colors!
Such an awesome card – I love how you captured the motion of the butterflies! Still have not managed to make a card for this challenge – I might be running out of time….
Fabulous take on the inspiration pic Anita – those pretty butterflies look like they are going to fly straight off the card!
A perfect swoosh of butterflies, Anita! I love how you’ve achieved perspective with the different sizes, and the added doodling is fab!
Stunning array of butterflies. Love how you have arranged and colored them. Wonderful doodles, too. Will try to CASE this one and see if I can do it justice. Probably not, but worth a try!
I adore your flock of butterflies!! Such a stunning color!! I love that these are in different sizes ready to fly off the card. Great design!
Oh, how lovely your butterflies, carrying prayers on their wings! I have this set but my issues with water-colouring (yes…still unresolved…still practicing *grin*) see them not receiving as much attention as they deserve. Having the accompanying dies heading my way, however, will make a difference (I hope!). After seeing your card, I’m placing my set at arm’s reach on my crafting table…perhaps your inspiration will spark a *ping*….
Hugs~c