Butterfly Fold Back (by Anne)

Good morning. Here is one of my samples for the butterfly stamp set shows featured on Hochanda recently.

Materials:

• Patchwork Butterfly stamp set
• 6 X 6 inch square card blank (black), white watercolour card
• Inkpads: Versamark and Versafine (Onyx Black)
• Heat embossing powder (pearl blue)
• Sparkle brush pens (gold, teal)
• Watercolour pens (purple, teal)
• Stickles glitter glue (Icicle)
• Glossy Accents

How to make it:

1. Make a vertical score line half way across the card front and fold back.
2. Open the card out flat and stamp the swirls around the edges with Versamark ink to frame. Use a gridded acrylic block to help align the stamp with the card edges. Also stamp the verse and small butterfly. Heat emboss with the pearl blue powder. Colour the butterfly with sparkle pen and add glitter glue dots for added sparkle.
3. Stamp the large butterfly onto white card with Versafine. Using watercolour pens directly onto the stamp, colour the lightly spritz with water and overstamp onto the black image. This will give a watercolour effect. Add more colour with the sparkle pens. Cut out and glue to the edge of the card fold back. To make it neater you could paint the back of the white card with black acrylic.
4. Finish with more stickles and add some Glossy Accents to some areas of the butterfly detail.