Sending Big Hugs
Hi readers! Happy Sunday, and welcome to another creative uses post with the fantastic Debby Hughes! Her creative genius never ceases to amaze! Read on to see what she used to make this lovely card below.
Enjoy!
Hello, Debby here with a look at stretching your supplies just that little bit further; this card takes one die and turns it into something completely different! The STAMPtember release had a bundle of fabulous dies and I thought the Tattered Poppy set had a lot of different options than the one intended. You can see a gorgeous example of the Tattered Poppy dies in a card Nichol Magouirk used for the STAMPtember blog hop – so pretty with its rich red colours.
However, one of the poppy petals reminded me of a butterfly in flight with the poppy stamens as antennae and some of the other petals looked like ginkgo leaves. I die cut the flower twice from Canson watercolor card and reached for my watercolors. Cutting the die twice made sure I had enough ‘leaves’ to create a simple ginkgo stem. I love this patchy watercolor style at the moment with areas of white left to show through for highlights.
I also loosely watercolored a panel of Canson card as the background and splattered spare paint and a solution of Perfect Pearls to give it a dreamy bokeh look. The sentiment is from the Big Scripty Greetings set stamped in Versamark and Silver heat embossed. All I added as an accent were a couple of sequins from the Little Things by Lucy’s Cards range.
Thanks for joining me today and perhaps you can take a second look at your new supplies for alternative uses?
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Great card! ;-)
Such a fabulous card…Love the way the flower die transformed into bfly and leaves…
Dreamy and lovely…and perfect!
What a sweet card. I love the colours and the simplicity of it.
Wow. This is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Debby is amazing.
Love how your creative mind works, Debby! Beautiful card.
So beautiful. Another great way to stretch your stamps. Michelle t
Magical Card Debby!! Thanks for the idea:)
Love all those colors and the artsy look!
This is so lovely, and I love how you stretched that die, very creative!!
Love how that poppy pops off the page.
Wow! Extremely beautiful and dreamy card! Debby, you’re amazing! :-)
What a beautiful combination of die cutting and watercoloring! Love it!
As my very first Muse, Debby continues to boggle my mind with her incredible eye for detail – and her imagination never ends! Just gorgeous, my friend! Gorgeous die, SSS!
=] Michele
Debby always make such pretty cards.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
It really is amazing that you used the poppy die for the leaves and butterfly. Great job thinking out of the box. Beautiful card, beautiful colors. Thanks for sharing with us!
Wow. I love how calm and serene that card looks.
Lovely card, perfect for a Sunday morning.
the flower and leaves on the stem are wonderful.
the butterfly is exquisite.
Who would think that all were make from the same die.
thanks for sharing a fantastic idea.
Fantastic card! Love the creativeness and soft colors.
THIS CARD IS STUNNING!!!! so beautiful, I love it!
Like how the flowers are colored & add dimension to the wonderful Butterfly card.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
This is magical!! LOVE the softness and colors!!! TFS!
Love all the tips for using my stamps outside the box!Thanks for sharing your creativity!
I really like the sentiment that you used
Beautiful card and love the “dreamy bokeh look”!
Absolutely gorgeous and so creative!
Absolutely gorgeous,loved the colors
I would never have guessed what die you have used, even though I have spent a lot of time staring at that pretty poppy die. This card is exquisite, and beautifully coloured. Wonderful creativity :-)
This is GORGEOUS! I didn’t even notice the butterfly was a flower until I started reading… FAB idea!!
Another great idea from Debby!
Beautiful card Debby.
Such a beauty! Great use of the poppy die and the watercoloring is just stunning!
This is so beautiful. Love the cut outs and the watercolors.
What a beautiful card!
This is beautiful and so clever
Awww I’m in love with this card! Superb watercolouring and the ginkgo leaves are wonderful! The pretty butterfly seems really fly! Great stretch of die!
HOW BEAUTIFUL DEBBY!!! Colors, water coloring, & the dies!!!! SPECTACULAR OUTCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
I love when artists show us how to stretch our stamps! What a gorgeous card, Debby.
Love the soft colours, layout and sentiment of this card!
Brilliant! I really need to go through my dies & think outside the box :) And Debby…your watercoloring is just gorgeous – so soft and pretty. Thanks much for sharing another great project!
beautiful delicate colors and nicely designed card:)
Beautiful and such a sweet sentiment.
Beautiful card.
WOW – gorgeous card.
Stunning and such inspirational work by Debbie as always, love her beautiful card!!!
This is amazing! What card dreams are made of!!!
Lovely card!
What a beautiful and creative card!! Thanks for your alternate look. I LOVE it.
Just a lovely card. Debby is so creative!