I was going to do a big balloon for this technique, but I couldn't find my dies. (I'm not only late these days, I'm more disorganized!) So I used my Life Is Beautiful butterfly dies. My watercoloured panel was done in 3 layers, but I did an ombre wash instead of all one colour on the bottom layer. Each layer was drizzled with Rubber Cement. I cut a pale yellow vellum top for this butterfly and applied some Wink of Stella to the vellum (not that you can see it in this photo). There are two other butterflies, but I'm saving them for another project--I forgot just how large these butterflies are! The butterfly is mounted on the Quilted: Winter Tag die, which was splattered with a little Distress Ink and embellished with some sequins. This card was a bit of a departure from my usual "style" (if I have one), as it's a bit more fussy. The person it's going to is another card maker, and is the "queen of detail", so I wanted it to be something she'd like (I hope). Enough blathering, here it is:
It looks very lovely with vellum!
ReplyDeleteThe recipient should love this as it turned out beautifully. No rubber cement so I didn't attempt this MIM...plus I've been kind of busy tending to DH's needs. :)
ReplyDeleteSoooo pretty!! I love your butterfly!!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful card! i love the ombre wash and the vellum overlay is a nice finishing touch. thanks for playing make it monday!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you posted the details! The ombre wash is outstanding! I love how you used it to cut out butterflies and added the vellum! Sweet little flowers sprinkled loosely around with the charming sentiment makes me happy ♥ Beautiful card Kathryn!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy! I ended up here through your post on FB. Didn't know you had a blog! I've enjoyed browsing through and seeing your lovely cards. Haven't been crafting much for about a year but am taking some workshops with Dyan Reaveley in May, so I am hoping that gets me going again. See you on the seawalk, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteOh this is fantastic and fun! I find it bright and sunny and very pretty! Love the splatters and your pretty butterfly. This is just one of the sweetest cards ever!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is so pretty! I love how you layered the vellum over top of the butterfly!
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