The background. 

On a panel of That's Crafty! ultra smooth white card (cut to size) I sprayed some of Tim Holtz Distress spray stain's: Mermaid Lagoon, Salvaged Patina, Rustic Wilderness.  As I wanted a central concentration of colour with some white open space around that's where I focused the spraying. 

When dry I ink stamped and embossed one of the stamps from Tim's Stampers Anonymous 'Faded Type' stamp set in the centre of the panel. Tim's Black Soot Distress Archival ink with clear embossing powder were used for this. 

I caught the edges of the panel with black paint, lightly splattered some of the paint around and then  matt n layered it a couple of times before adhering to a handmade card. 

The focal feature 

I  chose one of the many moths and butterflies from Tim's Stampers Anonymous 'Moth Study' stamp set, stamped and embossed it using Black Soot Distress Archival ink with clear emboss powder and  watercoloured it with Mermaid Lagoon and Salvaged Patina Distress inks. 

After adding a few white pen highlights/marks and some wire antennae the butterfly was adhere to its resting platform - a That's Crafty! Craftyboard circle that I painted black, crackled with some of Tim's Distress Crackle Paste and adhered to a die cut circle painted black. 

There is beauty..