Quick Card | Stamped Watercolor Butterfly Hello Card
Sometimes when I'm working on a project, another one will happen by happy accident as I'm playing and experimenting with materials. This stamped watercolor butterfly card is one of those happy accidents, a bonus project that grew out of work I did while creating another butterfly card that I made for Buttons Galore awhile back.
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Watercolor Butterfly Card
Supplies:
card blank
Amy Tangerine "A Sweet Life" 6x6 paper pad
Hero Arts "Newsprint Butterfly" stamp: Amazon
Ranger Tim Holtz "Abandoned Coral" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon
Ranger Tim Holtz "Worn Lipstick" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon
Ranger Tim Holtz "Faded Jeans" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon
water spray bottle
This card has a super simple background - it's just three strips of patterned paper, with the sentiment stamped on one of them.
The centerpiece of the card is the butterfly, which the card was actually designed around. I created the butterfly while playing with my stamps and inks to see what effects I could get while creating the other card . When I created this particular butterfly, I first dabbed the stamp with a combination of Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. Then I spritzed it with water before stamping it. The effect was a blotchy liquid look that eliminated the newsprint design filling the butterfly but I thought was still really cool. So I decided to cut out the image and ink the edges and create a card base for it.
Sometimes happy accidents are the happiest way to create! This fun little butterfly will be flitting someone's way to say "hi" soon!
Stamp a watercolor butterfly card in 15 minutes | from www.scrapbookupdate.com
