Friday, April 13, 2012

Waste not time...

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to make a challenge entry for a trade show vendor challenge... this is the project I submitted! All stamps are from Impression Obsession. The only prompt given was the quote:

"Let go. Let fly. Forget.
You’ve listened long enough.

Now strike your note." -Seamus Heaney
I have a really limited amount of stamps with me while we are away from home, so I chose this Butterflies stamp from the latest release and stamped it several times on watercolor paper. All my coloring was done with ShinHan watercolors - these are the only colors I have right now, so I had some fun with blending:

Here's my finished project closed - I had hoped the sides of the gatefold card would interlock a little more, but the card didn't want to stay closed on its own.

I used the sentiment "Dost Thou Love" inside - I didn't plan for the word 'love' to show through this opening, but it's sort of cool that way!!


I splattered and dotted some watercolor paints on the panels, and also added some texture by tapping the panels onto an inked Cover-a-Card Graph Paper stamp. Here's a look at the dimension of the butterflies...It's fun to do something different once in a while!
Thanks for stopping by!

14 comments:

  1. Wow, Dina! This is absolutely gorgeous. I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is the sneak peak?!?!? This is just gorgeous...absolutely stunning..so vibrant..so much talent in one little body my friend!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I am truly amazed! You are so blessed with so much talent and vision.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Love the card..The shape and the butterflies etc.. Also, a BIG thank you for listing rubberstamps.net on your blog for personalized stamps. I just used them and the stamps are GREAT and came fast and were reasonable..Had to tell you..

    ReplyDelete
  5. beautiful card. i love how you shaped the opening to flow with the "flies"

    ReplyDelete
  6. Beautiful Dina!!!

    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Holly Saveur4/14/2012 3:55 PM

    STUNNING such a great idea..love the card!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Oh Dina, this is absolutely gorgeous!! Butterflies are my favorite for a number of reasons, and I just love your card and that quote goes so well with it when you think of how they evolve from that dull cocoon. One can't help but smile when they look at this!! Thank you so much for sharing you gift with us.........

    ReplyDelete
  9. I am always inspired by your coloring or painting to pursue more art type cards and images. This one really makes me want to sit done and "do art". Question: How did you get the dimension on the butterflies as well as the uneven gatefold edge around the butterflies?

    ReplyDelete
  10. WOWSERS!!! This took my breath away! SOOOOOO pretty! Love the fold. Who cares if it doesn't stay closed? (LOL) It's GORGEOUS!

    ReplyDelete
  11. What a beautiful card the butterflies are gogeous. Gate fold cards can be a challenge but I think yours is very elegant. Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Dini, just looking through your Pinterest board for some tips, and ran across this old posting. Wow!!! Your talent just blows me away, just awesome!!

    So glad to see you on Marcella's new Design team too. I'm happy for her new business (placed my order) and hope it's a success, as I've always loved her designs. Your card was just beautiful!!!

    ReplyDelete