Quick Card | Stamped Watercolor Butterfly Hello Card

Sometimes when I'm working on a project, another one will happen by happy accident as I'm playing and experimenting with materials. This stamped watercolor butterfly card is one of those happy accidents, a bonus project that grew out of work I did while creating another butterfly card that I made for Buttons Galore awhile back.

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Watercolor Butterfly Card

Watercolor Butterfly Card

Supplies:

  • card blank

  • Bazzill "Walnut Cream" Smooth Cardstock: Sb.com & Amazon

  • Amy Tangerine "A Sweet Life" 6x6 paper pad

  • Hero Arts "Newsprint Butterfly" stamp: Amazon

  • Hero Arts "Layering Butterflies" stamp set: Sb.com & Amazon

  • Ranger Tim Holtz "Abandoned Coral" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon

  • Ranger Tim Holtz "Worn Lipstick" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon

  • Ranger Tim Holtz "Faded Jeans" Distress Ink: Sb.com & Amazon

  • Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Adhesive: Sb.com & Amazon

  • water spray bottle

This card has a super simple background - it's just three strips of patterned paper, with the sentiment stamped on one of them.

The centerpiece of the card is the butterfly, which the card was actually designed around. I created the butterfly while playing with my stamps and inks to see what effects I could get while creating the other card . When I created this particular butterfly, I first dabbed the stamp with a combination of Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. Then I spritzed it with water before stamping it. The effect was a blotchy liquid look that eliminated the newsprint design filling the butterfly but I thought was still really cool. So I decided to cut out the image and ink the edges and create a card base for it.

Sometimes happy accidents are the happiest way to create! This fun little butterfly will be flitting someone's way to say "hi" soon!

Stamp a watercolor butterfly card in 15 minutes | from www.scrapbookupdate.com

Stamp a watercolor butterfly card in 15 minutes | from www.scrapbookupdate.com

Nancy Nally

I’m the owner of Nally Studios LLC, which owns the websites Nally Studios and Craft Critique. I’ve spent the last 20 years working in the crafts industry as a writer and marketing consultant. My newest venture is the Nally Studios etsy store, where I sell digital files for scrapbookers. I live in Florida with my husband, teenage daughter, and a cat who thinks its a dog.

https://www.nallystudios.etsy.com
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