Butterfly Skies

 Hello Again!  

I was in the mood for butterflies, so I got out my Made New Stamp Set.  I was inspired by an amazing stamper, Michele Ferguson.  She used a gorgeous color combination that was just calling my name.  

The butterflies were stamped on Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor paper in Versafine Onyx Black ink; I then heat set the ink with the heat gun.  I used Zig watercolor markers for the background (Dick Blick has a great sale on the zig Markers right now).  Once the background was dry, I painted in the butterflies.  Then I stamped 3 more butterflies on watercolor paper and painted them with the markers.  The 3 additional butterflies were fussy cut out (there are coordinating dies if you don't like fussy cutting!).  

The sentiment is from the Made New set as well and was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink once everything was completely dry.  I used my MISTI for perfect placement of the sentiment and to get dark, crisp words. The 3 butterflies were glued on top of the background butterflies and a sequin was added to each body.  

The water colored panel was adhered to a background panel that was die cut using a Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Die.  

I do love how this turned out.  I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Stamp It.  as well as Butterfly Challenge, Happy Little Stamper Watercolor Challenge, and Triple B September Challenge.  

Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed week and weekend!

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

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3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	SnSS Made New Coordinating Dies SSS
SB Fluted Classic Rectangle Dies Spellbinders	Wagner Precision Heat Tool SSS
Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor Paper Blick	Zig Clean Color Watercolor Markers SSS | Blick
snss Made New Stamp Set SnSS	MISTI SSS