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<\/a><\/span>. 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.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I started with a card front base of Strathmore Bristol Paper<\/a><\/span>, which I wet down with water and then sprinkled on some Ken Oliver Color Bursts in Merlot and Lemon Yellow<\/a><\/span>. I wanted a bit more soft pink so I also added some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Spun Sugar.<\/a><\/span> Once I achieved the splotchy look I was hoping for, I made sure the whole card front was fully dry with my heat tool.<\/p>\n

Next I used a MISTI<\/a><\/span> 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<\/a><\/span> 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<\/a><\/span> and some Ranger Black Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> to fully emboss the messy\/sketchy butterfly, and ohhh! All of a sudden it seemed to come to life!<\/p>\n

<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

Next I inked the edges of the card front with some Versafine Black Onyx Ink<\/a><\/span> before popping the whole card front onto a soft pink card base, backing it fun foam scraps for a bit of dimension.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video of crafting this card:<\/p>\n

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Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some 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!<\/em><\/p>\n

This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nCropStop Link Party Challenge #38<\/a><\/span>
\nAddicted to CAS Bubbles Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Sparkle and Shine Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Dies and Punches Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCard Mania Spring Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Use Vellum Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nOddball Art Messy and Sketchy Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

MFT Color Challenge #91<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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