Mixed Media Butterflies

Hello everyone. I am here to announce the new challenge starting at The Alphabet Challenge. We have reached the letter ‘Z‘, and Deborah has chosen the theme of:

Z is for Zoology

Here is my card:

As you can see I chose butterflies, which – according to Google – are classed under the order of Lepidoptera.

I started by grabbing the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous red rubber stamp set called ‘Flutter‘ and chose to go down the mixed media path.

I first grabbed my Distress Pencils, some water, and then coloured each butterfly stamp with the wet pencil nibs in a selection of colours, applied a spray of water to that, then stamped.

This gave a water-colour pattern, not precise, which is what I was going for. After that had dried, I fussy-cut them out…..yep, me, fussy-cutting…….!!

Now for the background panel.

This was created with a piece of Distress watercolour card, some script stamps, Distress pencils – using the same wet pencil to stamp technique, and stamped a couple of times.

This was left to dry whilst I hunted out more stamps I could use, and found a label stamp on which I used a light purple Distress pencil – same technique – wet nib then spritz.

Once the panel was dry, some splatters applied and left to dry – again.

I then used a stencil from Finnabair ‘Gothic’ script and some clear embossing paste – you can see a slight shine in some parts on the background.

Once everything was dry, I attached the background panel to a white card base, created a little curve in the butterfly wings and attached with glue – 3D foam under each wing to maintain dimension.

The foiled sentiment was added – silver on black – and little black gems stuck down as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your projects following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Just Add Ink – inspiration & colours – pink, brown – light and dark, white,

Addicted to Stamps & More – die cuts and/or stencils – stencil on background

Stamping Sensations – stamping and inspired by nature

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Ellibelle’s Corner Garden Party – anything in or from the garden

13 thoughts on “Mixed Media Butterflies”

  2. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve never tried distress pencil, but I love the look you acieved with them, Lynda. So pretty!

    Thanks for sharing at Addicted to Stamps and More.

    Hope you are well.

    Hugs,

    Carol x

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  6. Unknown's avatar

    Fabulous mixed media card and great background, love the beautiful butterflies and how you coloured them. Thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations. Carol DT x

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  9. Kerry Bunting's avatar

    Wonderful watercolour effects, not only on the butterflies but also your background stamping and splatters. Makes a very pretty card. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Just Add Ink. Kerry, DT

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  10. Darlene Pavlick's avatar

    OH WOW! This is so, so pretty my friend! Well done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge!  Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.  Darlene . . . Triple B Challenge Co-Owner

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