Hello and welcome
It’s hard to believe it’s December already! Of course, that also means a new challenge over at Watercolour Challenge at Happy Little Stampers. Our fun optional twist for December if you wish is ‘Stencil’. However, anything watercolour is just fine.
This is not quite the card, I had planned, but I think it turned out ok.
Originally, I had planned to use water through the stencil to take out the colour from the Distress Ink background. However, my ink blending was obviously too light to make a difference. So then it was on to plan B – smooching gold Delicatta ink through the stencil to give the subtle background I was after. The stencil is Memory Box – Butterfly Flutter.
I feel it looked quite effective in the end.
The butterflies (Hero Arts – Antique Engravings and one from Pinkpaislee – Butterfly Garden set) was stamped in black ink, then watercoloured with a mix of Distress Inks and Tombow Pens, then restamped with Brilliance Lightning Black ink to give a shine. Easy enough thanks to my Misti! Each butterfly was then fussy cut and arranged on the die cut card front.
The sentiment from Hero Arts – Thanks Stamp & Cut, was also stamped in Brilliance ink.
The combination of all these elements gives the card a lovely shine IRL. I’m not usre even this close-up shows it.
Please head over to our blog and check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team! I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month. Good luck!
So beautiful Helen, love how those butterflies are floating across your card design!
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Thanks so much, Therese! 🙂
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You have made the perfect background thanks to Plan B. So soft enabling those beautiful bright butterflies to take centre stage. Fabulous fussy cutting and placement Helen. Great sentiment too.
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Thanks so much, Ina! Amazing how things turn out! 🙂
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What a beautiful flight of butterflies Helen and I love the sparkle in the background. Love the bold colours too.
Hugs
Carol x
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Thanks so much for your very kind comments, Carol! I really appreciate them. xx
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I love those exquisitely colored butterflies! Thanks so much for sharing your card with us at CC&S! 🙂
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I really appreciate your very kind comments, Patricia! Thanks so much! 🙂
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Lovely card! Your water coloring is beautiful. Thanks for joining us this week at CC&S!
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I really appreciate your very kind comments, Jeanne! Thanks so much! 🙂
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Your butterflies are amazing. Great colors and arrangement of individual butterflies. When I look at the card, I have the impression that these butterflies are spinning in a dance around me. Beautiful card
Hugs,
BożenA
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I really appreciate your very kind comments, BozenA! Thanks so much! Hugs
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I have always loved those butterflies! Beautiful card! Thanks so much for joining us at A Blog Named Hero 🙂
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Thanks so much! They’re one f my favourites too. 🙂
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You’re butterflies are absolutely fabulous!
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I really appreciate your very kind comments, Sue! Thanks so much! 🙂
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