I needed a birthday card for a friend and found myself short of ideas so used a challenge to give me a kickstart on it. Unusually for me there’s no stamping here!
I die cut the butterfly from watercolour paper and used various shades of red and pink paint to colour it, mixing some Gansai Tambi white gold with pink to colour some cells with subtle sparkle. I’ve also used some Stickles dotted around the butterfly for extra glitz and added a sequin and a nail art gem where the two fern stems join.
The top of the card was inked with Distress Oxide and then I splattered some diluted ink — it left coloured dots on the white portion of the card and lifted colour from the inked portion. The sentiment was die cut from card inked in the same Distress ink and the slender ferns left crisp white. Then of course, as it’s all die cuts, I spent ages shuffling elements around before getting something I was vaguely happy with — why do I find it so much more difficult than composing something with multiple stamps?!
Paper: Bristol board
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide by Ranger (Picked Raspberry)
Other:
Mini Detailed Butterfly dies (Tim Holtz/Ranger)
Happy Birthday Poe Script die (Poppystamps)
Fern Valley dies (Arden Creative Studio, Maker Series)
Watercolours (Winsor & Newton)
Gansai Tambi Starry Colours
Corner Chomper
Stickles glitter glue (Frosted Lace)
Sequin
Nail art gem
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