Wow - this one took awhile! lol. Great challenge though, really made me think outside the square.
The butterfly layer was created by inking the stamp in Pumpkin, Sponging Rust and Ruby Red directly onto the stamp, stamping on watercolour paper - then spritzing the paper with water. It needed something else, so I mixed a drop of Cranberry Crisp with water, and splattered it on with a paintbrush. (You should see my t-shirt - Baby Blue with a hint of Cranberry anyone?)
I had been reading about making your own glimmer mist with hairspray and Pearl Ex yesterday, so decided to give that a shot. I mixed some white Pearl Ex with a shimmer type hairspray in a spray bottle (added beads to help it mix well) then sprayed that over the layer. In real life it has the most beautiful shimmer - not over the top sparkly, just right.
Then.....(are you sensing a novel here?) I found I didn't have any black brads! So I found some horrible red metallic things I've had forever, and covered them in black embossing powder. They turned out really well - but I broke my heat tool in the process! Those are some expensive homemade brads! It's still going - but the fan appears to be shot. Oh well, one must suffer for it to be art, right?
All the layers were sponged with Pumpkin Pie, then Really Rust. The butterfly was embossed in black then sponged with a little colour. The sentiment and butterfly layer are up on dimensionals - the butterfly was too small so I layered three mini glue dots together.
Whew! Ok, so it took awhile - but I'm happy with it, I would have been so upset if this one had ended up in the bin after all that!
TFL!
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008 GMT Views: 1285
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Registered: January 14, 2006 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 584
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:13 PM
Well all your hard work paid off as your card is truly amazing and beautiful. Love the whole look, colors and your brads turned out awesome. Sorry to hear about your heat tool. Get the SU! one......it really is the best!!
Registered: March 21, 2006 Location: sunny southern california Posts: 20098
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:22 PM
Thanks for all the deets, the tips should come in handy! I especially like the recipe for the glitter mist! Hope the specks come out of your shirt!!!
Beautiful Card, BTW!!!!
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Registered: February 1, 2005 Location: Temple, Tx Posts: 37720
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:22 PM
Oh, Sarah, this turned out fabulous!!! I love the background you created with the color mix and the homemade glimmer mist...gotta try that!! Love the sentiment and the butterfly, too!!