Wednesday, March 25, 2015

{Paper Smooches} Butterfly Duet


Today's card features the Butterfly Duet dies, combined with a sentiment from Bosom Buddy. I coloured the butterflies with daubers and three distress inks. Then I sprayed water with a mister, allowing the colours to run together. After they dried, I splattered more water with my fingers for some resist areas.


Behind the front panel of the card, I used the Fringe Die with three layers of coloured vellum. I staggered the layers a bit so they would blend into each other, as well as the butterflies. Since I used Versafine Onyx Black pigment ink to stamp the sentiment, I heat embossed the words on the large butterfly with clear embossing powder.


Before adhering the layers together, I used a small brush and misted Black Soot Distress Ink on a craft sheet to splatter the butterflies, the card base and the front panel. To finish, I stamped flowers from Botanicals 1 and Botanicals 2, then added sparkling clear sequins and tiny pearls.


Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow for the Paper Smooches March DT Blog Hop!

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10 comments:

Ardyth said...

So beautiful! So much here, but still so clean! Love the warm colours and the coloured vellum!

wienerhoneymooners said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous!!!!!!

Lindsey said...

Wow, Em, this is all kinds of beautiful!

snappy scrappy said...

LOVE!!!So pretty!

Lisa Lara said...

Oh love that vellum fringe border Emily.

Lynn said...

I like the watercolor effect you achieved with the distress inks. Great use of the fringe.

joy said...

Swoon! This is gorgeous!!!

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Wow, those butterflies are fabulous!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Such a pretty card. Love the butterflies.

Miriam Prantner said...

I love this one! Great use of the fringe and love how the sentiment goes across.