Thursday 10 June 2010

Butterfly Mouse Sketch Challenge

Anyone who reads my blog will know I have rather an obsession with the butterflies in my garden. I spend huge amounts of time stalking them with my camera. So I thought I would have a butterfly theme for the very first Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge - a brand new challenge blog you will find here. My butterflies have been created from vellum, Earthangel's wings and the butterfly body stamp Claire very cleverly included with this set.

I don't think I'm very good with sketches! I don't do them very often and find it quite hard to follow one - it has taken me three days to be happy with this card and its passed through quite a few versions in that time!

I created this butterfly digital scrapbook page some time ago when I was feeling really guilty one day about the time I had wasted chasing butterflies when I should have been weeding!

21 comments:

  1. A beautiful card and a stunning scrapbook page. You are so talented Ann.
    Linbyx

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  2. ANN!! Ann!! Ann!! I'm racing away to my craft studio (corner of the kitchen worktop) to make some butterflies, all the time I was drawing and using this set it never once occurred to me to do WEE butterflies!!! These are superb!!! LOVE them!!!! Genius!!!!!! thank you so much for playing with us at WMS! ps. your page is just dreamy!!

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  3. What a heavenly card, I'm going to try those butterflies myself!! Pauline x

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  4. Thats a really beautiful card.

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  5. Oh, I LOVE butterflies so very much!!! These had me smiling as soon as I saw them. Beautiful work! Theresa

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  6. I was catching up on all the thumbnails...and was really intrigued by your thumbnail and couldn't wait to see it up close - and it didn't disappoint....what clever use of those wings....lovely card!

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  7. Love the embossed circles with the stamped images inside! The butterflies are amazing. Thanks for leaving a comment at Asleep on the Couch. I appreciate the feedback.

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  8. What a gorgeous card! Those butterflies are out of this world! Thanks for your lovely comment on my card!

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  9. Morning Ann....your card is gorgeous,such a lovely idea and use of Claires sketch!,love your colour choice too...i haven't got this set of stamps...didn't really think i would make use of them,but now i've seen your card i want that set of stamps...thanks for the inspiration :0).
    I've stayed awhile and had a nosey round your blog....you are very talented and make some beautiful things and your garden is beautiful too!

    Have a lovely day
    Take care
    San x

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  10. What a gorgeous use of that set - it would have never accured to my mind to use the wings for butterflies - how clever you are!
    Great card!

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  11. So beatiful this card! The butterflies are simply superlative! Brava Ciao Lory

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  12. Well I'm so glad you visited my blog, because it gave me the chance to discover YOURS! I absolutely love your butterfly card!! And glancing through your previous postings I must say you are very creative and talented, and it will be a pleasure to become a follower :)

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  13. This card is gorgeous! I love the "frame" you've created for the butterflies! Love the digi page too!!!!

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  14. How pretty Ann!! I love your fluttering of butterflies on your wonderful sketch card! what great colors you used - and your page is just stunning too! no wonder you ignore the weeds!! thanks for playing with the WMS challenge this week and for such inspiration!!

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  15. OMGoodness, Ann!!!! That card is just breath taking!!!! I love how those butterflies seem to just flutter right off the card. Beautifully done. Oh no worries, if my garden has butterflies like those...I wouldn't be weeding neither.

    You are so lucky. We rarely have butterflies here in Hawaii. And when I see one, it's mostly the tiny white one...never seen the multi-colors ones before. How I wish to visit your beautiful place in the near future. :)

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  16. Beautiful card! Love your design! And if you didn't chase those butterflies we would not get to see those pictures of them. Thank you for sharing a part of your world with us!

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  17. Congrats on winning the 1st WMS sketch challenge!! Beautiful, beautiful card!

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  18. i'm a big butterfly fanatic. what at great cards and congrats on the WMSC1 win!

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  19. WOW what a wonderful card

    Anke

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Thank you so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment - its hugely appreciated. Ann :o)

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