I made this card for this weeks Letter W Alphabet Challenge. This is a large butterfly die so the W in my card is for Wondrous Wings. I first die cut a white panel from Kromote paper to fit the front of my A2 card. Then I sprinkled color burst powders onto this, sprayed it quite heavily with water, sopped up some excess water, and set this piece aside to dry. Die cut another rectangle piece slightly smaller, then cut the butterfly die out of this piece. Applied Starform silver stickers to opposite corners for some added interest. When the watercolor piece was dry, then I sprayed this piece with Elmers Spray Adhesive and immediately poured Dazzling Diamonds glitter on top and tapped off the excess. This needs to dry for a few minutes as well. Applied 3M foam tape all over the top rectangle panel and adhered this over the watercolor panel that has dried and been applied to the front of the card base. Placed a small amount of glue on the butterfly body and pushed this through the aperture and glued it into place. This is really sparkly in real life and is a lot of fun to make. Thanks for looking! ~Karen.
Date: Friday, January 19, 2018 GMT Views: 1397
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Paper: Kromkote Paper; Georgia Pacific 110 lb White CS
Paper Size: A2 Card Base
Ink: None
Accessories: Impression Obsession Butterfly Die; Gina Marie Stitched Rectangle Die; Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders in Ultramarine Blue and Violet; SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter; Elmers Spray Adhesive; 3M Foam Tape
Techniques: Watercoloring with Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders; Die Cutting
Gorgeousness!!! High ho to the 10th!!! Speechless but to say “CONGRATULATIONS “!!!!!!!! So well deserving for you have been making amazingly gorgeousness since forever sis , and your gallery is proof of all that gorgeousness!! You go sis! !!
Registered: October 25, 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 420
Mon, Feb 26, 2018 @ 11:42 AM
So beautiful Karen! And it is good to see people using American made dies, like IO, even though they are much more expensive than the Asian imports. I think we need to support anyone who works hard.
Such beautiful colors, beautiful layout and a great description of your process. TFS!
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