Fly Free, See Beauty by Amanda Pink

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Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my Thursday weekly DT post of Creativity.
 This week I am sharing a card I have created using distress inks and one of That's Crafty! stamp sets: 'Life is a Balance' designed by Melina Dahl. 


The stamp set includes a wonderful butterfly and sentiment and it was a dream to create with as the design of the butterfly stamp is a pleasure to colour with its distinct lines and open spaces. Its also super easy to fussy cut! 

To create the background I applied a couple of colours of Distress ink to an acrylic block, spritz the ink with water and then stamped the inky block onto a piece of card. Once dry, I stamped the butterfly in the centre of the inked card using Versafine Ink. This is my choice of ink when stamping with clear stamps as it gives a really crisp black image. It does need to be heat set though as it is quite a 'wet' ink and will easily smudge if not dried. I then used Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean and Shaded Lilac distress inks to watercolour the butterfly.

Next I added some detail stamping and stenciling to the background. For the stenciling I used Shaded Lilac Distress ink with Tim Holtz layering stencil: Linen, moving the stencil around the piece of card as I worked. You could use any stencil of your choice.


For the stamping I used a PaperArtsy Mini stamp with Black Archival ink. Again you could use any detail stamp of your choice.

There's also the addition of some paint splatters. I do love splattering the paint around!  


I stamped a second butterfly onto a piece of card, heat set the ink and then coloured the butterfly in the same way, using the same colours as the one I had stamped on the background.
I fussy cut this second butterfly and manipulated it's wings lightly before adhering it to the background butterfly.


 Layering the butterfly in this way gives it some lovely dimension and a sense of movement.



To finish off I mat and layered the background onto white and black card before finally adhering to a white handmade card.

Products I used

Heavy White Card
Black Card
Tsukineko Versafine Ink: Onyx Black
Archival Ink: Jet Black
Tim Holtz Distress Paints: Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean.
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints: Snowflake
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac, Chipped Sapphire.
That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive
That's Crafty! Stamps: 'Life is a Balance' designed by Melina Dahl
PaperArtsy Mini Stamp EM108
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Linen
Ranger Cut n Dry Foam

I hope you have enjoyed your time here with me today and that maybe I offered some creative inspiration. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and for any comments you may leave.
 Both are much appreciated.

Hope you all have a lovely week.
Creative Wishes
Amanda
x

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2 comments

  1. A beautifully bright and cheery card Amanda. The butterfly looks so beautiful in pink and the lilac on the background looks just gorgeous in contrast.
    Fliss xx

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  2. The dimensional wings are a really cool touch on this fabulous card. Love the vivid colours.
    Alison x

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