Share the Love
by Jinny Newlin

Butterflies, Flowers, Spring, Summer, Watercolor

Morning, y’all!  It’s Jinny here today, sharing a card, highlighting one of our new, Spring 2017 Release dies, Butterfly Trio, and Birch Press Design’s gorgeous, Watercolor Wildflowers stamp set.  Enjoy!

I started this card by stamping the floral images, from the Watercolor Wildflowers stamp set, in layers of Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Dusty Concord Distress Inks, as well as Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks, on watercolor paper.  Their stems were stamped in Peeled Paint Distress Ink, before everything was spritzed with a little water to blend and soften the colors.  Once it was dry, I splattered some of the same ink colors used above, along with Pure Black acrylic paint, across the background.  Everything was then sprayed with a Pearl mist, which I know isn’t showing up in these photos, just for a little shimmer and shine.

The bottom center of the prepped piece was then stamped, in Jet Black ink, with the “share the love” sentiment, from our Be Mine Penguins stamp set, before framing it with both Elegant Eggplant cardstock and gold-threaded, straight, machine stitching.

It was then popped off the surface of the white, cardstock, card face with foam tape.  The Stitched Butterfly Trio was die-cut from vellum.  The larger two butterflies were layered one on top of the other; and all three were adhered, within the scene, just at their centers, in order to give their wings lift and studded with black pearls to complete the look.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a terrific Tuesday, Poppystamps friends!

Supplies

1798 Stitched Butterfly Trio
CL417 Be Mine Penguins clear stamp set

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31 Comments

  5. Oh wow, this is a lovely card. Love the background and the butterflies cut out from white Vellum, gorgeous ! x

  13. Wow, this is beautiful. The colors just grabbed me as they are so happy together. The vellum butterflies are lovely and the gold stitching just sets the whole card off.

  18. Beautiful!! And to see that you created that background, that it’s not printed paper, so cool and that much more awesome! Thanks for sharing how you did this!

  21. Your card is beautiful and
    I love the background and
    your choice of colors. I really like the flower stamp and the butterfly die.

  22. Wow Jinny…what a cool card with a very cool background. Awesome color and really neat butterfly. Thanks for sharing with us!

  25. WoW! Amazing card! I thought it was a watercolour painting at first, my jaw dropped when I saw the distress inks and water. The black pearls for the butterfly, an excellent embellishment, I will use that idea! Thank you for the amazing creative inspiration today. I needed it!
    Jacquelene L
    Canada

  27. Just love this card Jinny. Your background stamping, and watercolouring is fabulous. Xx

  30. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
    WOW – LOVE IT ALL!
    THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING!

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