Fill your Life With Colour by Amanda Southern

Hi Everyone

I have a one layer card for you today using another of the recently released
Carabelle Studio stamps.

Here’s what I did:-

I started with a piece of mixed media card and stamped the large butterfly using black Archival ink. I then stamped it again on a large post it note, cut out, and used as a mask. Once the mask was in place I then stamped over it using the circles and dots stamp and then removed the mask. Once my images were stamped I started colouring. For the background I diluted down some grey Brusho Crystals and painted on as a water colour paint.

I then coloured the circles, again in watercolours. To make the butterfly stand out from the page I added some shadow using a black Spectrum Noir coloured pencil and blended it into the grey Brusho using a paper stump and blending solution.

I then stamped just part of a sentiment from a PaperArtsy set as I wanted to replace the word colour with die cuts instead of just stamping it on. I die cut the letters using pieces of coloured card that matched the colours of my coloured circles.

I then matted it onto black card and then onto an 8” x 8” card blank.

Here’s What I Used:-

Strathmore Mixed Media Card

Post It Note

Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

Carabelle Studio Stamps – Spread your Wings & Circle and Dots

Brusho Crystals – Grey

Prima Watercolour Pans - Tropicals

Spectrum Noir Coloured Pencils

Paper Stumps

Blending Solution

PaperArtsy Stamp Set – Emma Godfrey EEG17

Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Set

Coloured Card

Black Card

Card Blank

Have a fab week and I’ll be back next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X