Watercolour butterflies

Browsing around YouTube one day, I came across this watercolour-stamped card and was inspired to create my own version. I do have the set Dawn uses for her card, but I like to avoid duplicating other people’s cards too closely, so I went hunting for some other solid stamps in my collection and found some butterflies…

The technique is really pretty straightforward — stamp with wet Distress ink and refine with a brush to create a loose watercolour look, then draw sketchy outlines once it’s dry — unless of course you are a bit of a perfectionist and control freak in which case the words loose and sketchy can make you break out in a sweat. But… if there’s one thing that making cards has taught me it is that not everything has to be perfect and precise and, in fact, it’s often better if it isn’t.

Inspired by:

These balloons from Dawn Woleslagle.

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Hero Arts – colour layering butterflies
• pens:
  Zebra – fude brush pen – medium
• Distress ink pads:
  abandoned coral, candied apple, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, wilted violet, dusty concord, hickory smoke
• embossing powder:
  Wow! – super fine – bright white
• embellishments:
  Papermania – adhesive stones – capsule monochrome
• paper and card:
  Canson Montval watercolour paper
  Papermill Direct – plain – dark violet
  black scraps

Another catch-up post. This card was created on 1st April 2016.