Tuesday 18 February 2014

Fusion Card Challenge #4 - Butterflies !!!..

Thanks to some of my Creative friends,through whom I had come across The Fusion Card page on face book.... I saw the challenge and that too with butterflies was going on,I just couldn't stop my self from not being part of it.......

This has been mine first ever card making  challenge....and I'm kinda nervous....but the best part about this challenge is, that there are no restrictions about the materials or
 techniques to use....

So instead of one I ended up making 3-4 of them...which will be posted separately so that I can link them to challenge as well....

Being greedy!!!...I know..





Another thing ...what I love about this challenge is that I get to play around with one of my all time favorite .....
 " BUTTERFLIES" r Flutterby's as I call them...........beautiful,colorful,dainty-darlings.

As it is shown in the picture of Fusion here....I could have either used just the sketch or the butterfly photo inspiration....Else I can complicate my life a little bit more and combine/FUSE both the ideas  together....And guess what,I took the tougher part.....

It really took me long to conceive an idea that was fun to be executed ....And the  visualization was an effort,....even my daughter enjoyed water coloring along with me....
I really wanted to do something different, so instead of using scrap-booking paper I made my own background paper...
...I drew the butterflies with masking fluid/masking gum on water color paper...
...once the masking gum was dry ,I splashed water on top....
....and then added my water colors in RAINBOW shades.....
.....dividing my paper into 2 parts by WARM and COOL colors.....
Love the way water color merges into each other.....
Once every thing is dry on paper ,then the Fun begins....
...peeling the masking gum from your paper....you just need to rub a little on a corner , and it will start coming off like threads ,when the dried masking fluid is out ,it leaves crisp and clear white out lines.


But the hanging butterfly in the circle is different....
here I did the 'wet on wet water coloring' first...then out line the butterfly by a permanent marker....

Combine two such butterflies together ,so I can add antennas and a fishing thread to hang the butterfly in the middle of the circle.....
I drew and colored the butterflies on one side and left the other side white, but out lined it with marker on both the sides....cut it with paper cutter and glued  the black and white side of the butterflies just in the center .....so that I can bend the wings a bit giving it 3D look.....

Last but not the least ,all handy work literally.................................................Not BAD!!!

















18 comments:

  1. Shilpi, this is a stunning card hun, love all the butterflies, and amazing colours here, many thanks for sharing with us at Crafting Musketeers this month, best of luck hun xx

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    1. Thank you So much Avril, Luckily I came across your blog while making Butterfly card,and trust me its a real pleasure to share it with you.....

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  2. Oh wow!!! What a beautiful card for your first challenge! I love that you made your own patterned paper...your card reminds me of a beautiful stained glass window! The butterfly suspended from the fishing line really looks as though it is "fluttering" about. Well done! So glad to see you here at the Fusion card challenge!

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    1. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much Cathy...I just found your blog. Awesome challenge, and equally beautiful entries i must say...i love making cards,but ur challenge really made me sit up n think out of the box...hope I have come at par...

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  3. Awesome... Wonderful burst of colours with butterfly looking ready to flutter! Great goin for first time challenge. Best of luck.

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    1. Thanks a lot Brinda....
      Nice no...Gosh! I spent quite a bit of time brain storming,..out of practice does that to one....lol...

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  4. Beautiful butterflies Shilpi !!! Love the concept and colors of flutterbys as you call it! Great work !! Bhawna

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    1. Thanks Bhawana.....U know what, beginning of this month i hv been to "Surajkund Mela",U know the crafts mela...and saw loads of colorful awesome stuff, all hand made n the most prominent them of all was my another fav. "peacock", I was fairly certain that this month is gonna be dominated by them,but guess what, I ended up doing "Flutterbys".....lol....u should come n see "Surajkund Mela sometime....u'll really love it....

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  5. Beautiful , thank you for joining us over at the Crafting Musketeers this month , Fran (DT) xxx

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    1. Thanks Fran....I was so excited to join you guys that i didn't even read the rules ....today i read the fine print,n did the needful....Thanks again...

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  6. Love the vibrant colours. Thanks for sharing your lovely card for Crafting Musketeers 'butterflies' challenge, Hazel, DT Crafting Musketeers x

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  7. Absolutely stunning colours Shilpi - LOVE it!
    Thanks so much for joining in the fun @ FUSION! Hope to see you again soon :)

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    1. Thank you Lyndal.....love to take part again....

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  8. You drew these butterflies? Wow. I'm impressed. Great card, can't believe it's your first challenge. Love the rainbow color and the dangly thing in the window. Good luck!

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    1. Thanks Kristen.....i love to draw, esp with masking fluid its really fun,i use to do silk painting and batik in my previous life,say before kids....lol...,similar technique,gives you very vibrant colors and definition as they are not running into each other....Thanks again for appreciation...

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