Friday, June 10, 2011

Moxie Fab Neapolitan Tuesday Trigger

Hey everyone! For today's post I have a card to share and a question for you :)

This card is for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. This is the trigger photo
How scrumptious is this?! I really loved the colors in the photo so that's what I based my card on. Before I share my card I have a question for you. One of my crafty friends told me that they prefer to take photos of their cards with a neutral background so nothing takes away from the card. I on the other hand always use background colors or patterns because I feel like it makes certain colors pop. In order to see what you all think I took pictures of today's card with two different backgrounds, a neutral and a color. So please let me know which one you think looks better :)


Finally on to the actual making of the card! I wanted to use the large butterfly (Hero Arts, Butterflies) so I needed to make my card base a little bigger than usual, the tall card was perfect. I cut a piece of white 1/4 smaller and inked it up using, brushed corduroy, vintage photo, and some walnut stain on the very edges. To add some interest I spritzed and flicked water on it then stitched a border using white embroidery floss.

To make the butterflies I took another piece of white rubbed on spun sugar, worn lipstick, and barn door (very lightly since I was going for pink) then stamped the butterflies on top. I fussy cut them out then added some doodling with a white gel pen. Since I cut off their antennas I created new ones with some dark brown embroidery floss.

I stamped the sentiment (Hero Arts, Essential Messages) in walnut stain. I also added some stardust stickles to the butterflies before adhering them to the card. In order to create more dimension I adhered the bodies of the butterflies flat but popped the wings up with foam.

Thanks for popping by to visit and for the opinion you (hopefully) leave behind!
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7 comments:

  1. BarbJune 10, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Just beautiful, Kelly! Love the tall shape and pretty, pink butterflies!

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  2. UnknownJune 10, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Very pretty Kelly and I agree with you, I like it better with the pink background, I don't think it takes away from the card, in fact I think it improves the draw, makes the butterflies pop more I think!! Great comparison.
    Donna

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  3. jintyoo7June 10, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Very pretty, Kelly. I am lazy when it comes to taking photographs :o( I usually just pop them on my window sill above my desk. I do think the pink background makes your work look brighter.

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  4. Michele GrossJune 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Gorgeous! What a wonderful play on the colors and stacking. Great card :)

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  5. Jessi FoganJune 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    What a beautiful card! I love the way you added their antennas, and I too like the photo with the pink bg. I use white, simply because that's a guaranteed thing I'll have a whole piece of!

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  6. Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking EditorJune 13, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Hey Kelly! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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  7. Rochelle SodipoJune 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    What a sweetie pie card!

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