Today I’ve created a feminine spring but slightly edgy card with the splattery-bubbly butterfly stamp from the Visible Image Live Life Now stamp set. I’m fortunate enough to have several very strong women in my life, and I am sending this card to one of them whom I cherish and admire.
I started with a card front base of Strathmore Bristol Paper, which I wet down with water and then sprinkled on some Ken Oliver Color Bursts in Merlot and Lemon Yellow. I wanted a bit more soft pink so I also added some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Spun Sugar. Once I achieved the splotchy look I was hoping for, I made sure the whole card front was fully dry with my heat tool.
Next I used a MISTI to repeatedly stamp the butterfly until I got a fairly dark, saturated image. But it wasn’t quite what I had imagined so I used a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker to fill in some areas that weren’t stamping well due to the now slightly irregular card front texture (some of the Color Burst pigment grains had not fully liquified). Even still, I wasn’t totally satisfied with the dull black butterfly so I decided to try heat embossing. I used VersaMark Ink and some Ranger Black Embossing Powder to fully emboss the messy/sketchy butterfly, and ohhh! All of a sudden it seemed to come to life!
For the sentiment, I rummaged through my stash of sentiment stamps and rub on sentiments and found the word “CHERISH” in a beautiful swirly font rub on that I thought would complement and not distract from the focal point butterfly. I carefully rubbed it onto the whole lower part of the card front.
Next I inked the edges of the card front with some Versafine Black Onyx Ink before popping the whole card front onto a soft pink card base, backing it fun foam scraps for a bit of dimension.
For finishing touches and a bit of sparkle, I added sequins in black, pale pink, true pink, yellow gold and lemon yellow. I placed the appropriately colored sequins on the background areas to match the watercolored background. I also used a bit of ebony black glitter glue to add a bit of extra shine and texture on top of the black sequins, along the body of the butterfly, and strategically on some of the splattery-bubbly parts of the butterfly.
The following is a process video of crafting this card:
Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
CropStop Link Party Challenge #38
Addicted to CAS Bubbles Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Sparkle and Shine Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Dies and Punches Challenge
Card Mania Spring Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Use Vellum Challenge
Oddball Art Messy and Sketchy Challenge
lovely card thanks for sharing with creatalicious Rachel DT
Thanks so much Rachel!
Gorgeous butterfly and bubbles! I also love your elegant sentiment! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Addicted to CAS!
Awww thanks so much Barbara!
A beautiful card, love the background you created with the powder paints. Thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw… Megan DT LPoCF
Thanks so much Megan!
Really pretty card, love how you have used the colour bursts and then the contrast against the black…it really does stand out so well.
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Have a great weekend x
Thanks so much Tracy!
What a gorgeous card. Thanks for joining us for Oddball Stamps Blog Challenge.
Angie DT
Awww thanks so much Angie!
I love the background you’ve created for your beautiful butterfly! Such a gorgeous card!
I’d love for you to link up to the Cropstop blog where it’s always “Anything Goes” as long as you use a product or two from one of the companies they carry in the store. (You did!)
You can check out the current link party here: https://cropstop.blogspot.com/search/label/link%20party
Thank you so much Esther! I’ll definitely check out your challenge blog. Cool!
What a gorgeous background for a Visible Image stamp. Thank you for joining us at our Oddball challenge and good luck. Gail DT
Awww thanks so much Gail!
Absolutely beautiful!!Thanks for joining us in the Oddball Art Stamps Blog Challenge at
Thank you so much Stephanie!
Nice work … like it.
Thank you so much for joining us at Oddball Art Stamps Blog Challenge.
Hugs, Tina – DT
Oddball Challenge
Awww thank you so much Tina!
Beautiful! Love it!
Alexa (Oddball DT)
Thank you so much Alexa!
Beautifully designed card! Thank you for sharing with us at Card Mania Challenges.
Thanks bunches for your kind comment!
Beautiful card! Thank you so much for joining us over at Oddball Art Stamps Messy&Sketchy Challenge for this month!
Thank you so much Lizzy! I love your images!
Beautiful work, love this.
Thank you for joining us at the Oddball Art Stamps Challenge.
Hope to see you again next month.
Hugs
Suzi
xxx
Thank you so much Suzi!
What a gorgeous card. That background is gorgeous! Thank you so much for joining us at the April Messy and Sketchy Challenge over at Oddball Art Stamps.
Oh thank you so much EK!
Lovely watercoloring on this card. Thanks a lot for joining our challenge here at 613 Avenue Create. Hope to have you back for our May Challenge coming up soon. Have a blessed day!
JO ANN
https://jatterburycreatioons.blogspot.com
Awww thanks so much Jo Ann!