Thursday, February 24, 2011

Watercolor butterfly

Happy snow day! It's been snowing off and on for two days and we've got about 6" now. I can't wait for it to start raining to melt all this away. However, the roads are pretty clear so were not too bad off.

So, here is my watercolor butterfly....


Stamp is from The Angel Company. I watercolored this image using distress inks, water and the back of my acrylic block. Just ink up your block with whatever colors of distress inks you want (lighter to darker) and then spritz with water. I used watercolor paper, heat dried it and then stamped on my image. I did add a bit of coloring to the butterfly with some chalks to brighten it up.

I liked this technique so much I decided to do my card base the same way. I used my craft mat though instead of the acrylic block.

Pink designer paper is from Hot Off The Press and the cornice border punch from MS was used on the edges. Layered the main image and the pink with black, added a few black rhinestones and we're done!

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love to hear what you think!

8 comments:

Glittered Paws said...

This is beautiful - I read about this technique but have yet to try it so now you have inspired me. What a perfect image to use.

Marlene said...

Pretty pastels!

sorry to hear you've got snow....blecch! Ours is pretty much all gone now....and we're expecting RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS tomorrow!

Patti J said...

Beautiful card, Laurie! Very nice and even distribution of inks - looks soft and warm - love it!

Tammy said...

Oh Laurie, this is beautiful. I'm definitely going to try this technique. Thanks for the explanation.

Danni said...

Sounds like you got more than us...I'd say we got around 4 inches but it's already melting...but still snowing...LOL!
Very pretty card! I missed getting this stamp, love it! Thanks for playing along with my flutter by challenge!

Chelsea said...

Love the soft colors!

Chelsea said...

Love the soft colors!

Michelle said...

such a pretty card! Wonderful colors and fabulous butterfly! Thanks for joining us at FBW this week!