Hope your Monday was marvelous! Here, it's cool and a bit drizzly. We need the rain, desperately. Actually, the firefighters in the nearly-burned out city nine hours north of us - Fort McMurray - need rain and cool temperatures, desperately. I'm not sure if you've seen/heard the news, but close to 100,000 people have been displaced due to a raging beast of a fire that flared up last week. So sad...On the plus side, they're resilient folks, those Fort Mac people, and already, they're preparing, when the word is given, to return, revitalize, re-emerge. I wish them God-speed in getting their lives - their 'new' lives - started. May their journey 'home' be safe...secure...promising.
I have a card to share!
When I created my dragonflies card, as seen in my previous post, the butterflies from the same set were fluttering their wings for a chance to play, too. And so they did!
My inspiration, as with the dragonflies, is FUSION~Sweet Orange Blossoms
See...
I {heart} this Winged Things set! Thank you, Shirley, for designing it for
Also joining the galleries at
Just Us Girls #342~Word Week~Butterfly
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~Stencil It
STAMPlorations~Anything Goes
I so appreciate you spent part of your day with me; your visit brings me immense joy!
Very fun butterflies! I love the orange and your beautiful background. Thanks for playing along with us at Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! LOVE the colors.
ReplyDeleteFirst, what a nice paragraph about those people in Fort Mac... Unfathomable. Such a cute card! Sunny and cheerful and bright.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful interpretation for the challenge. Such a fresh and pretty card.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the soft stenciled background. Thanks so much for playing with us at Fusion!
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful butterflies! Thanks for joining us at Fusion!
ReplyDeleteThank you for beautifully articulating what we are wishing and hoping for for the people affected by that devastating fire. My heart goes out to them. I'm selfishly happy that it isn't near you, though! Your card is absolutely fabulous. I'm ridiculously happy that those butterflies got to flutter onto this card. Your color choices are fantastic. Look at those wings! Wow! And that background. Simple and oh so effective. Beautiful work, my friend! I'm all kinds of smiley. :)
ReplyDeleteYour stenciled bg looks great with the fun bflies! Thanks for joining in at JUGS!
ReplyDeleteHow pretty you colored those butterflies perfectly! And the stenciled background is just wonderful! Fiery colors!!! - My heart goes out to those people in Fort McMurray and to the destruction of a beautiful forest and all the animals who did not escape this... so sad. I wish I could have send you some of the rain we had in the month of May....
ReplyDeleteLove the subtle stenciling under those cute butterflies! Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteCuteness!!!! LOVE those butterflies!!
ReplyDeleteWow is this ever amazing... brilliant how you turned this into a one layer card! Love love love the stenciling and beautiful butterflies!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous Carol!! Love the beautiful background and the pop of the bold butterfly color makes them stand out beautifully!! ;) HUGS
ReplyDeleteOooh, this is so pretty! Love the orange and butterflies!
ReplyDeleteI love your stenciling behind those bright, whimsical butterflies, Carol. Such a beautiful card and I'm glad you joined the challenge at Just Us Girls this week. When I first heard about the fire I had to get out a map of Canada to make sure you weren't in harms way. I'll add my prayers to yours for those who have lost everything but continue to persevere.
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling those butterflies would be out to play when I saw your dragonfly card. This is so pretty, Love the colors. x
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful card Carol...love all that amazing and wonderful orange.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, Carol! Such a lovely take on the challenge, and I love your choice of butterflies! Loving your softly stenciled background, too!
ReplyDeleteOn our news bulletins they reported about the terrible fires and they are still reporting what is happening there - all those people are in our thoughts and prayers!!!! Hopefully everything is under control at this stage!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, those butterflies are so pretty, Carol - I really like them and your colouring is simply stunning!!! The very soft stencilling is so beautiful!!! What a fabulous card, my friend!!!!
Have a great day!!!
Hugz
Lovely card Carol...very modern butterflies and a lovely soft stencilled background to highlight them.
ReplyDeletebeautiful!!! thank you for playing along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!!!
ReplyDeleteEqually gorgeous with the butterflies! Love those colors!
ReplyDeleteFluttery and fabulous, Carol ... those layered orange tones are gorgeous ... from the stencilled background right through to these delightful butterflies ... just beautiful! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous, fluttery card! Love this as much as the dragonflies! We have heard & seen vision of the fires here.So,so sad.
ReplyDeleteLove your artsy style butterflies ! A very pretty card
ReplyDeleteStunning card Carol, congrats on your win at Just Us Girls
ReplyDeleteYour card is amazing Carol~like a ray of sunshine! Congratulations on your well deserved win~
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your well deserved win at JUGS, C! I knew this card was a winner. x
ReplyDeleteADORE this card, a deserving winner at JUGS. The Fort Mac fires are quite something!! My heart goes out to everyone there. Have a patient who works up there so can't wait to talk to him when he has his two weeks off and comes into the clinic to get an "on the ground" report!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS on your WIN over at JUGS! You Chic of the Week You! -- and with STAMPlorations images!! You Go Girl! :)
ReplyDeleteLove this version, Carol! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteYou are impressing my socks off!! Love how wonderful and bright this is!! So warm and impressive and I THINK YOU ARE AWESOME - SERIOUSLY!!!!
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