When my kids were in 8th grade, they had to choose a collection to create for science: bugs and insects, seeds or wildflowers. There was enough trepidation about it that all the parents knew about it ahead of time and started to collect things in the summer. Bugs and insects were the easiest so that's what most did. I spent many a day, out in a field with a butterfly net.
Moths are so interesting to me. Not as colorful generally as a butterfly but such interesting markings. My moth is pretty fanciful, cut out of some wc background I had. I didn't mean for it to blend in with the background so much so I added some rose gold glitter paste. I had to tilt the card to get a better picture of the background, a leafy, buggy, branchy clear stamp embossed with the pearl ep. It blends beautifully with the green metallic paper. A ribbon slider card is basically a pocket card with the bow at the end acting as a pull for a plain piece of cardstock to write a message. It's a Jennifer McGuire technique.
This is for today's MIX (into the woods) and the F4A (going buggy). Here is an article about a caterpillar I saw in northern WI Labor Day weekend. They are the funniest caterpillars ever. They will form a pupa and not hatch until spring, which must be a feat in our winters. They will become milkweed tussock moths. http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2014/8/...uchaetes-eglei
Date: Friday, September 6, 2019 GMT Views: 812
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 10:15 AM
Your linked caterpillar is amazing - like a cross between a pipecleaner and I don't know what. I agree, I think moths with their subtle colouring can be really beautiful, like damask. Love the effect of the stamped and embossed background for your very handsome moth.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74958
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 10:25 AM
That is such a beautiful moth and I like the rose gold glitter paste you used. I looked at your link. I used to have milkweed in my butterfly garden. So fun to watch them eat it and the whole process. My butterfly garden has gotten too shady for a lot of the plants butterflies love so it isn't used for that anymore. Too bad! Your card is beautiful, Jean.
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Registered: February 16, 2004 Location: Western Suburbs of Chicago Posts: 30966
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 10:59 AM
Such a gorgeous card! I love the story of the bug catching- I loved to do that as a kid, and caught many really cool ones too! I love raising monarchs from caterpillars, but did not really know much about this moth caterpillar.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105268
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 11:47 AM
I love the beautiful bg you gave the sparkly moth!
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Registered: November 7, 2006 Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Posts: 34503
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 1:37 PM
wowsers! This is a great tribute to both your interest in moths and your sleuthing for collection. I rather like that your moth is camouflaged for we are rewarded in lingering.
Thanks for the McGuire mention, I will check it out.
The wooly bugger...I grow milkweed in my perennial garden...no visitors that handsome tough.
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50660
Fri, Sep 06, 2019 @ 1:45 PM
The delicate moth is so pretty...the rose gold paste really adds a lot. I love the embossed bg, too with that pearl ep... a subtle look but very effective. Thanks for the link...that hairy caterpillar is quite intriguing.