Welcome friends to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Celebrate Blog hop! I can’t wait to share my card with you today but first, let’s check out this amazing gift Simon has for you!
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Now onto my card.
This is another mixed media card. One day I sat down and did a bunch of backgrounds with the Hero Arts Spray using their Luxe White Watercolor Paper. I like to do that and set them off on the side for a rainy day.
Well, that rainy day is today! I picked out one of the backgrounds and sporatically stamped the Friendship Background using Archival ink.
Then added black and white splatters.
THis fun new stencil, Dash and Dots, makes for a great mixed media background. I placed it over my background and applied Slippery When Wet Lunar Paste over the top. I made sure to leave rough edges to it.
While that was drying, I die cut the Whirl Butterflies from Matte Silver cardstock and stamped a sentiment from the Flower Power bundle which also has a coordinating die for the sentiments. Gotta love that !
Keeping with the rules of three on my card front, I arranged the butterflies and sentiment over the stenciled area.
Pretty fun how this all came out.
Make sure you have those days where you just sit and create backgrounds. You never know when they’ll come in handy.
GIVEAWAY
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BLOG HOP
Your next stop is Miriam Prantner.
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Laura Bassen
- Nichol Spohr
- Barbara Tarayao
- Cathy Zielske
- Emily Midgett
- Mindy Eggen
- Miriam Prantner
- Heather Ruwe
- Bibi Cameron
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
- Heather Hoffman
- Dilay Nacar
- Lorraine Aquilina
Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the hop!
SUPPLIES
Great card, very creative.
I’m not a huge fan of the Whirl Butterflies, but I do love your mixed media background – so pretty!!
Pretty!!!
Love the background with the stenciled lunar paste. Beautiful card!!
Beautiful card! Love the watercolored background!
I love the background and butterflies on your card.
Love that you do more mixed media and especially love your color choices! Great!
Beautiful card
Lots of texture – beautiful!
I knew I was going to love yours!
Great release and fun cards!
Awesome butterflies and a fantastic mixed media background! The background colors are perfect for showing off the elegant butterflies!
Love the background! Thank you for all the inspiration! You guys rock!
Great card. Now I need those butterflies.
Absolutely gorgeous
Very cool card–love the colors, the gold background and the great butterflies!
The butterflies and background together are perfect. Gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
Beautiful card. Gorgeous butterflies.
Very pretty!
Awesome mixed media! LOVE the butterflies!
Awesome card Mindy! I have been wanting to get my sprays out and play with them and you have inspired me to do just that! And I have a set of Lunar Paste that I haven’t opened yet. I need to stop finishing some cards and make some fun backgrounds!
Great card! Love the colors, the stamped background, and the matte silver butterflies!
Wonderful artsy looking Butterflies.
Stunning card! Love this.
Nice usage of mixed media
Really cool card design!
Love the colors and the use of the butterfly die cut.
The butterflies are a stand out in simplicity.
Beautiful colours. The butterfly is gorgeous very different the way you cut it in silver.
Love your card. The background is just perfect. I also really like the butterfly die cut.
Your card is beautiful! I love the mix media background and those whirl butterflies. All things whirl made by SSS are great!
Beautiful card, the butterflies look amazing!
I had to have the butterflies! So unique and artsy! Love how you used the background.
Love the design and textures of the butterflies! Beautiful card!
Beautiful card and colors!
That background is everything! Thanks for the advice about taking a day to just sit and make some – sounds like fun. Great card!
I love the background and the detail on the butterflies! Fabulous card!
Your card is so pretty. I love the silver matte butterflies against the beautiful stenciled and stamped background.
I like the background for these pretty butterflies.
Gorgeous!
I love how you designed the card. So pretty.
I really enjoy mixed media ideas! The panel created is beautiful.
Beautiful card, Mindy!
Gorgeous ink blend, striking and beautiful design xoxo
Nice composition!
LOVE your background, it looks amazing, especially topped with those pretty and unique butterflies!
Love all the dimension & texture of the butterflies against that gorgeous background. Well done.
I love the layers and the color choice. Very nice to look at.
Beautiful. Love the gorgeous background you crept.
Loving your new found mixed media style! Beautiful card!