Hello, crafty friends! It's almost summer and butterflies are starting to show up here in South Carolina. Today, I'm using a fun technique to create this beautiful butterfly card. I love the cool blue and purple colors for a tranquil setting for my butterflies.
Since I'm going to begin to using alcohol inks, I began with Yupo paper. Yupo paper is a synthetic paper made from 100% polypropylene. It's entirely non-absorbent.
Here is the result after using two colors of alcohol inks from my stash. You can put down several colors or one color at a time. Here, I put down the purple, added rubbing alcohol, then used a blower made for this technique until the ink dried. Being made with alcohol, it dries quickly. After the purple, I added the blue. This panel alone could be used on a card, but I wanted to step it up.
I used alcohol lift-in from my stash to remove a butterfly from the alcohol inked panel. You can see the outline here. I used the large butterfly stamp from the Heart Of Natue Butterflies and Bees Stamp Set.
I stamped off the ink that lifted off the alcohol ink panel onto a piece of paper. I love this stamp! It is so intricate and cheerful! See how the two colors flow seamlessly?
I repeated the process several times. As you can see, each butterfly is unique. To achieve this, I cleaned the stamp, reapplied the Alcohol Lift-Ink, and chose another area to stamp on. I turned the stamp when stamping off, as well as going off the edge of the paper, to give the piece the illusion of movement.
I took a piece of black cardstock, stamped my sentiment, You Light Up My Life! in white pigment ink from my stash, then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I used a sentiment banner from my stash to cut it out, then trimmed one edge.
Panel after die-cutting the panel with a scalloped edge rectangle die and adding the sentiment. I used black and white for the sentiment because it really pops.
I took an A2 size panel of purple cardstock and embossed it with a dot embossing folder. This adds interest to the background without being too busy or distracting from the butterflies.
Final card. I like how this could be given to someone special for several occasions! The dots and scallops add interest, but the real star of the show is the stamped off butterflies. I kept the negative panel to use on another card.
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