Friday, October 02, 2015

Flowery Butterfly


Hi everyone.  It's the start of the Happy Little Stampers October CAS Challenge - Paper Piecing.







This is such a fun technique!  It's an oldie, but a goodie.  I have added a little difference to mine by sponging with a stencil first and then paper piecing my butterfly overtop.  Worked great!

Today, we excited to have Sylvia (Poppy's Papercraft Patch) as our Guest Designer.  I was on the Design Team at Addicted to CAS with Sylvia for a couple of years.  She is so talented and I am always thrilled to see what she comes up with.  If you haven't been to Sylvia's blog, please take the time for a visit.  I know you'll be glad you did!

And I hope you'll play along with our fun challenge.  See you in the gallery! :)

Thanks for coming by for a visit!








Stamps:  Butterfly Birthday (Happy Little Stampers)
Paper:  White (Neenah); I {heart} Summer DSP (Simple Stories)
Ink:  Black (Memento); Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Lovely Leaves stencil (Wendy Vecchi), sponges, Clear Wink of Stella

Challenges:
HLS October CAS Challenge - Paper Piecing

20 comments:

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

Oh, this is so beautiful Loll! Flowery butterfly on the single branch, such a great CAS design.

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

Such a pretty card Loll! Love that pretty pattern on the butterflies wings and that leafy branch! Have a great weekend! Hazel xx

nancy littrell said...

Your paper piecing turned out so well Loll. Love your stenciled background too. TFS my friend.

Susan said...

Really well done, Loll - such pretty paper for your butterfly, and a great way to get around having a stencilled background without having to mask for stamping on top.

sandie said...

What a fabulous idea Loll and doesn't that butterfly look gorgeous. I am not so good at this but did make a card this week with paper piecing, perhaps I should try again!!

Linda said...

Beautiful paper piecing Loll ...... the butterfly looks so pretty with its flowery wings. I live the delicate branch in the background too. Have a lovely weekend my friend xx

Anita in France said...

So very pretty, Loll ... those stencilled leaves are so delicate with that lovely floral butterfly! Hugs, Anita :)

Darnell said...

Lolly, I think this is my most favorite butterfly card of all time made by anyone anywhere! The piecing works perfectly with that stamp image!! And the leaves and sediment make this a brilliant design!! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs, Darnell

Stamps and Paper said...

Lovely card Loll love the paper pieced butterfly

Anne

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

Love this card Loll - fabulous paper-piecing, and CAS perfection as always! Thank you so much for your comment, and the link to my blog.
Many thanks too, for your kind comment on my HLS blog post.
I hope all is well with you and yours - Sylvia xxxx

Sue said...

Beautiful card, Loll! I love how you've done the paper piecing for your pretty butterfly and the stencilling x

Bonnie said...

Another pretty butterfly, Loll! Love the softly sponged leaves she's perched on!

Pia S said...

This looks so elegant with the paper pieced butterfly and all the white space.

Vicki Dutcher said...

LOVE the sponged background leaves -- perfect with your bfly~

ps - Put up your Tags graphic on my blog :)

Barb Ghig said...

Your stenciled background is so pretty with your butterfly, Loll! Love the pretty pattern on your papers, too!

Karen Dunbrook said...

pretty card...love how you did the butterfly mf.

Toni said...

you chose the perfect paper, Loll! absolutely perfect. it's a bit soft and vintage which I think goes with the design so very well!

Toni
HLS CAS DT teamie

Deepti said...

Gorgeous !

Neets B said...

I love the paper you chose for your butterfly, so soft and pretty. And the shading of your leaves looks wonderful x

Bobby said...

I think this looks like Japanese art, Loll. Very pretty.