I started with a sheet of watercolor paper, trimmed down with the large stitched die from MFT Blueprints 13. Apparently I am trying to see how long this particular die will last - if you've noticed how often I start my cards with this particular step! It still works beautifully by the way!
I then spritzed a very generous amount with my handy dandy Spritzer Bottle. I had already activated my Twinkling H2O's Thankful set from my previous attempts. I then added some with a brush in the approximate area of where each butterfly would be and let it spread on its own. It blended beautifully, and I am always freshly amazed at how shimmery it is.
I set it aside to dry and die cut two sets of the Memory Box Fairyland Butterflies - once in black once in white. I glued the two of them together first - offsetting the black just a bit for a shadow effect with Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive.
Once the watercolor was dry, I went back and splattered a few drops of water to remove some of pigment - another great trick to give it a nice organic watercolor look. I then glued the butterflies.
Since the butterflies took up most of the space, to add my sentiment, I stamped in blue pigment ink and then used Clear Detail embossing powder on Vellum and wrapped it around the watercolor layer. I always use Scor-tape to adhere the watercolor paper to the base layer because it is so thick and usually a little bit warped. The stronger the adhesive the better - or it might just pop up a corner after a day or two! I also added some Clear and Water Dew Drops...really going with the water theme today!
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This card is BEAUTIFUL - heart flutteringly beautiful!!! Love the color bursts and the gorgeous white butterflies!!
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