Saturday, January 21, 2012

And the Winner Is....

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But first I want to thank everyone who visited!!!  And give extra thanks and hugs to everyone that left such sweet comments!! You each brought joy to my heart and a smile to my day!!!  I'm so very glad you liked the projects!!  I really did have a wonderful time making them!!

And second I'd like to share one more cute little project with you..


I thought a Butterfly Bouquet would be fabulous!!!  I stamped the larger flourish butterfly 5 times, each with a different color of ink, onto natural cardstock and cut each one out.  I took a piece of matching colored wire for each one, wrapped it around a skewer, took it off the skewer, and pulled both ends to again lengthen the wire but now it has a wave.  I attached the wires to the backs of the butterflies with a little blob of heavy gel medium.

The bottle is from Tim's corked glass vials.  I again used that very cool technique Wendy Vecchi shared for giving a faux crack to the bottle.. first brush on a thin coat of Ranger's Glue 'n Seal, let it dry, and then brush on a coat of rock candy Distress Crackle Paint.  After the paint was dry and cracked I added ink to the bottle for color.

I stamped the part of the large butterfly circle quote that had the words 'time enough' onto natural cardstock using Archival Ink jet black, cut out the words and glued them to the bottle.  The 4mm white silk ribbon was colored with Distress Ink and tied around the bottle.

To help the butterflies stand in the bottle (and also to give it a bit more weight) I put clear acrylic pieces you can find in the floral section of the craft store... I can't remember what they are called but they look like Dew Drops.. into the bottle.



And now... the winner is Nelda!!!!


Absolutely gorgeous, as usual! You continue to amaze me with your artistic abilitiy to apply ink to stamp and to cardstock!    Nelda

Nelda, you need to email your address to Suzanne of Quietfire Design, her email is   suzanne at quietfiredesign dot com.  

Suzanne will be posting all the winners on the Quietfire Style blog Here.  

10 comments:

Yogi said...

fabulous. Too funny too. I'm just photographing a butterfly iced cupcake card...

Carmen G. said...

Wanda: What a beautiful Butterfly jar. It looks so cheerful and airy. It makes one feel like smiling when one sees it. Carmen G.

Quietfire said...

OMG, Wanda, this is the cutest thing on earth!!! I love it!! You've made my day!

Marjie Kemper said...

Love the way you crackled that bottle!

BlackCats said...

This is so cute! It just shouts Spring.

Robyn said...

Love it! butterfly blossoms!

Netty said...

wow this is terrific, loving it. x

Lynn Stevens said...

Ohhh Wanda, I hadn't heard of that technique yet, very cool and I just so happen to have a bottle of Glue and seal. Gonna give that a try for sure!. Darling little butterflies!
Hugs Lynn

P.S. Congrats to Nelda!

Carole said...

Wanda, I love your project, it turned out so lovely and it's a new technique for me. Thanks for visiting me and for your lovely comments.

Alison said...

What a cool little project! I love the cracked glass! x