It was another bitterly cold day yesterday and after I got the grands off to school for a 2 hour delay, I came home and grabbed a cup of hot coffee and hunkered down in my craft room. I wanted to play along with the tic-tac-toe challenge at The Paper Players and used the top horizontal choices of rainbow, sparkle and die cut.
It's been awhile since I used this Flying By stamp set from Papertrey Ink and thought it would be fun to watercolor with distress inks after heat embossing with gold. I added sparkle with moonshine sequins and Star Dust Stickles to the body of the butterfly.
STAMPS: Flying By (Papertrey Ink).
INK: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch distress inks (Ranger); Versamark.
PAPER: Harvest Gold, True Black, White (Papertrey Ink).
DIES: Border Bling: Blooming Hearts, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles, Flying By (Papertrey Ink); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).
OTHER: Queen's Gold embossing powder (Ranger); Moonshine sequins, Star Dust Stickles (PTI).
In hind sight, I wish I had omitted the black circle and used vellum instead. Glad you stopped by...thanks and have a great day! ~Wanda
What a stunning butterfly Wanda! the combination of the gold and watercoloured rainbow makes it look really opulent (and I like the black circle btw - I think it makes your butterfly more impactful). Love the additional diecut background panel too. Thanks for playing TicTacToe with us over at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteI love how your watercoloring looks on this showstopper butterfly! The transitions from one color to the next are perfect. All that shiny gold makes this such a beautiful card. Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteWanda, this is stunning! I love how your beautiful butterfly pops with the gorgeous rainbow shading and embossed detail. Thanks so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!
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