Saturday 16 September 2017

Watercolour & sparkle.


Hi everyone, I'm back with another card as a guest designer with
 CAS Mixup Card Challenge for this month.

The theme is to use a watercolour wash with stamping and another element or technique on your card.

I used  green and blue Stampin Up reinkers to create my wash. I added a drop or two to an acrylic block and blended onto watercolour paper with lots of water and an aqua brush.

I added some glass bead glitter gel through a stencil to give some texture and sparkle. The butterflies are fussycut and coloured with Inktense pencils and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts set that I've had for ages. I've used other stamps from the set so it was good to finally use this one!

I'm also linking up to the clean and simple challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

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The theme at AAA Cards is to use a creature on your card.


At Addicted to Stamps & More, it's also a clean & simple theme.



Supplies:
Stampin Up reinkers pistachio pudding and brocade blue; Darkroom Door butterfly stamp; Hero Arts Find Joy sentiment stamp; versafine ink & clear ep; Tim Holtz dot fade layering stencil; glass bead glitter gel; Inktense pencils.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x



17 comments:

Sue said...

Wow, Cathy, your card is stunning! I love how you used the stencil with glass bead gel and your butterflies are gorgeous with the beautiful colouring. Congrats on your GD spot, very well deserved!

Mac Mable said...

Such a delicate wash and those butterflies are gorgeous. Also love the texture through the stencil on your beautiful card x

Bonnie said...

Hi Cathy, I love your butterflies and the superb wash background with the glass bead gel! So sparkly and pretty! Thank you so much for being our Guest Designer this month at CAS Mix Up!

Cat Craig said...

Oh that sparkle strip is fabulous behind your butterflies.

nancy littrell said...

Beautiful watercolour wash background with your stenciled glass beads for extra shine and glitter, Cathy. Your coloured fussy cut butterflies look so pretty layered onto your glittery panel. How fun to use a NBUS sentiment too. TFS and joining us at CAS Mix Up as our Guest Designer this month. Your CAS watercolour washed cards have been Gorgeous! Hugs..

Susan said...

Love the soft colour of your wash! The stenciling sets it and the beautiful butterflies off perfectly. It's been great having you as our CAS Mix Up Guest Designer this month - thank you so much!

Jane said...

I can see the sparkle on your background strip, so pretty. And the butterflies are just gorgeous too. Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards.

Brenda in IN said...

And sparkle it does! Wow, that glass bead glitter really shine. I love the panel you made and the butterflies are so pretty.

Julia Aston said...

Your butterflies are just gorgeous Cathy - and the sparkle on your color strip is so pretty! Thanks so much for all your inspiration as our CAS Mix Up Guest Designer! Julia xx

Bobby said...

This is gorgeous, Cathy. Adding the glitter gel was a great idea. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Addicted to Stamps and More.

LucieGCards said...

Oh my goodness Cathy! This card is absolutely beautiful! Love the colours and the sparkle! Gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!

Papercraft Boutique said...

Gorgeous butterflies and background, Cathy! Love the colors and the glass bead gel stenciling! Hideko

Anita in France said...

Those butterflies are beautiful, Cathy ... seems they're fluttering over a sun sparkling trickling brook ... fabulous shimmer and shine! Hugs, Anita :)

cm said...

Swooning over your beautiful butterflies and oh, what a gorgeous landing you've created for them with the wash and glass bead glitter! Shimmery sensational! Thrilled to see your creativity in the Addicted to Stamps and More gallery!
~carol

Loll said...

Love the soft colour of your watercolour wash background, Cathy. Looks amazing with the glass bead gel stenciling on top. So much sparkle!! Your butterflies are gorgeous. Great colouring! Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer this month at CAS Mix Up!! xx

Melissa Bove said...

Beautiful card! Love those butterflies! So pretty!!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

hugs...
Melissa

roffeycreations said...

Love the use of 2 different coloured butterflies - should do more of this!!!! Maybe a rainbow of butterflies.... Mxxx