Butterfly Symphony

Hello friends, I can share this card now as it has arrived at the recipients house - I love 'mixing it up' and trying different things - Mixed Media intrigues me and this is the result of some creative time...

The background has been stamped using a script background stamp and sponged using Imagine Crafts Memento Ink in Summer Sky.  A cut/embossed Spellbinders Mary Border has been layered onto white card and added to the script layer - slightly off centred using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner.

A butterfly from Penny Black inc has been heated embossed using white and sponged with yellow and orange ink,  An IndigoBlu butterfly has been stamped and coloured using Chameleon Pens and then layered onto the larger butterfly - these have then been layered onto the Mary Strip using liquid glue.

Inking and splattering have followed - in no particular order, finishing off with Imagine Crafts Goosebumps in Dandelion and Tangerine.  Large Want2Scrap Pearls have been added to the braid and the butterfly's body.

This card is for the following challenges:

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Use a Rubber Stamp + Theme: Anything Goes!

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More – Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack -  Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - January - Use an Animal Image

QKR Stampede –  Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - NO Sentiment

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media - Layers

DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes

Let's Craft & Create Challenge - Things with Wings

Country View Crafts' Challenge - Anything Goes

Paradise of Stamps - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting - Always Anything Goes 

Tuesday Throwdown  -  Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

AIR Tutorial Number 2

  I am back with my 'Themed' AIR Tutorial for the month of May - the theme for the month is 'Self Portrait' - this is open to our interpretation,  I have decided to create a card - that is so 'me' in so many ways.

  I am using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink; IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink and IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink 

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink - Golden Glitz
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Peanut Brittle; Desert Sand
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink - Vintage Sepia
• IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S5-156 Labels Twenty Nine Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® 
•  Penny Black®, Inc. -  awakening rubber stamp; social butterfly stamp set

Other:  Double sided Tape; white card;, Acrylic Block; Recycled Lace;  BEACON ADHESIVES Zip Dry Paper Glue;  Foam Adhesive tape;  Want2Scrap - Baby Bling Pearls White - 100 Count - 2.5mm, 72 Count - LeCreme Pearls - Self Adhesive 

Start by inking the edges of the Penny Black®, Inc. -  awakening rubber stamp with the
IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink - Vintage Sepia, followed by the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink - Golden Glitz in the center of the image.

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Stamp onto white card and let the ink dry. You can see the contrast of the colours and the shimmer in the photos below.

Lightly spray the IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray onto white card, let it dry - drying time is fairly quick, a Heat Tool can be used.  You can see on the photo below the added texture.

Using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Peanut Brittle and the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™ apply the ink all over the white card - the IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray acts as a 'Resist' as you can see in the photo below.

Using the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine cut one Labels Twenty Nine Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® using the size five Die. 

Note: Spellbinders dies are numbered from the smallest to the largest - the smallest being 1

Using the Die as a stencil sponge the inside edges using  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Peanut Brittle; Desert Sand and a  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™

Cut flower using scissors and/ or a cutting knife.  I use scissors on the outside and my cutting knife for the inside cutting.  Layer the  Penny Black®, Inc. -  awakening image into the stenciled Labels Twenty Nine Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® using foam tape. Adhere these layers to the sprayed and inked card, also using foam tape.

Stamp a butterfly from the Penny Black®, Inc. - social butterfly stamp set using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink - Vintage Sepia, cut out and sponge the wings using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink - Golden Glitz, adhere this is to the Penny Black®, Inc. -  awakening image

I have finished off the card by sponging around the edges of the inked card and adhering it to the card base and adding some Want2Scrap© - Baby Bling Pearls White - 100 Count - 2.5mm to the corners of the sponged Die and 72 Count - LeCreme Pearls - Self Adhesive to the center of the butterfly.

I hope you like the finished result and are inspired to pop over to Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko and see all of the wonderful products they have and check out the facebook page for inspiration that is shared there, along with more tutorials from the AIR Team

Is this card a Self Portrait?

  It contains so many of the things that I love and are so me - Goosebumps - so very symbolic of the Dimension I like in my life - life is for living - on every level.  The Delicata - brings a gentle simmer that captures the eye without overwhelming and overshadowing everything around it - is representative of how I love to be around people but do not like to be in the limelight, although at first glance you may think otherwise but the more you get to know me, the more you see me for who I am.  The layers - body, soul and Spirit - all so vital in life and the sentiment - I am grateful for all I have in life, my friends and family and most importantly - my faith.  A card can tell a story without us even realising - who would have thought this card could say so much about me!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}