I like to be different. Use sets in different ways.
I LOVE my butterflies. Garden Whimsy was my #1 pick from the SU! Catalog. I had been on a SU! Cold spell till I got my new goodies, and now its HOT! The HAPPINESS is from So Many Sayings (the Holiday Happiness minus the holiday). I NEEDED something in that corner but couldnt add another flower-that would be too much and off balance.
When I say BALANCE what I mean is you want your design to flow, so the eye should travel in a triangle-
HERE IS MY TRIANGLE-butterfly, flower to the left, then flower to lower right, back up to the butterfly.
Its something you dont “notice” but it helps keep projects pleasing to the eye! ALSO remember in design ODD numbers are almost always more pleasing to the eye-keep these in mind when you look at the FLOW of your design.
So while playing around I made it little more funky by using these colors. These colors together are like my favorite fun combo with black Lavender Lace, Pixie Pink, and Tempting Turqoise-LOVE THEM!
I happened upon my American Crafts Green House Foam Shapes (aka the flowers here), while making this and was like BINGO!
I love how this turned out. The butterfly is also stamped on vellum and cut out. I LOVE my vellum cardstock-love it.
No real cool thoughts today-just a simple card, that came together from nothing other than 3 strips of paper.
I originally planned on the card going horizontally-but hey-things change, and sometimes what we set out to do, and what happens is totally different. Sometimes that BAD, and others its better than the original idea!
Have a great day!
14 Responses for "Funky Fluttter"
Very creative! I love the colors and design!
Beautiful Lauren! I love how the butterfly and flowers pop on the black background. TFS!
Beautiful Lauren! Hoping I get to catch up on the sketch challenges and all the goodies here!
Hope you & Jason have a wonderful ‘date night’… 🙂 Happy times!
Thank you for that insight into your design – it’s great advice! The card turned out beautiful. I love butterflies.
I really love these colors against the black! This is so beautiful!!
I love the colors and the layout of this card!!! Everything just stands out against the black background!!!
Just wanted to say that you make the most beautiful things. It helps that I love almost every stamp set you pick…great minds think alike eh? =) Keep up the good work.
OMG I love this card! How creative!!! I tried to make a butterfly like you always do (all 3-D like) and it just didn’t work…now you really ARE my idol!
Beautiful! The black bg makes this such a bold, striking card.
That is just fabulous!!! Love all the great colors, and the way the saying goes so well with the butterfly!It’s just awesome! 🙂
I’m lovin’ this.
Another great card! and thanks for the design tips!
Wow. Very pretty. Never thought to add foam pieces to my cards.
I just love your Blog – all your cards are great. I am glad I “found” you out there in blog land. This card is great! Did you color in the butterfly on the back of the vellum using sponge daubers?
Thanks for sharing your creativity!
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