Brilliant Butterfly

Can you tell?  I love butterflies!!!

After 5 attempts this is my first card with watercolors.  It's not the traditional watercolor look, but I like it.  I will have to keep practicing. 

Stamps:  Sheena Optimism Leaf & Monarch Butterfly - Fun Stampers Journey Autumn Days

Inks:  Memento Espresso Truffle

Stampin Up ink pads to distress and water color.

Tim Holtz distress crayons

Technique:  Watercolor & embossing 

Paper:  Fun Stampers Journey Hazelnut Blend

Dragonfly Bookmark

                                        FRONT                                                      BACK

Image - Close to my Heart 

Paper - Stampin Up Wisteria Wonder

Butterfly Beauty in Simplicity

Stamp - Tim Holtz   Perspective

Paper - Stampin Up Wisteria Wonder

Butterfly Inks - Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Purple Twilight, Watermelon & Sail Boat Blue

Color Strip - Stampin Up Wisteria Wonder & Coastal Cabana - Adirondack Alcohol Inks Purple Twilight & Watermelon

Hydrangia

 

Colored with Copic Markers   V01, V04, Y17, YG06, YG13 & BG11

I found this image on Pinterest, but I've also seen a stamp 

Butterfly Purple

I've had this stamp for a while and haven't used it - I guess because it's so big,

Stamp - Indigo Blu Big Butterfly

Paper - Fun Stampers Journey - Butter Cream & Hazelnut Blend

Colorway paper pad - Paperhouse

Embossing Ink StampinUp Early Espresso

Adirondack Ink - Latte, Honeycomb, Wild Plum, Butterscotch

Fall colors with Butterflies

I love this paper - I bought it a while ago from Stampin Up and haven't used it until I started doing Fall cards - Stampin Up Going Places

Stamps:  Sheena Monarch Butterfly & StampinUp Nature Walk

Paper: Stampin Up - Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Early Expresso, Daffodil Delight & Going Places. 

Ink Pad: Stampin Up Early Expresso

Inks:  Adirondack Alcohol Inks:  Sunshine Yellow, Caramel, Butterscotch & Sail Boat Blue

Butterfly seeking Rose

I had embossed these images for other cards and had these pieces left.  I cut them out and used popup dots.

Stamp:  Penny Black Botanical Notes & Stampin Up Nature Walk

Paper:  Fun Stampers Journey - Buttercream, Hazelnut Blend & My Minds Eye Pad Bramble Rose

Embossing Ink:  Stampin Up Early Espresso

Adirondack Inks - Watermelon, Latte & Lettuce