Sunday 18 August 2019

Colourful Swallowtail


The current challenge over at CAS Watercolour is Colourful Butterflies. My absolute favourite butterfly stamp is this old Swallowtail stamp from Stampin' Up which I feel I can use over and over and over, and constantly find new ways of using it. This time I decided to use the faux watercolour technique. 


I coloured the stamp with Tim Holtz Distress markers and spritzed it with water before stamping onto watercolour paper. The first time, I didn't quite manage to place the stamp as I wanted it, so I used that first attempt for my tag, die cutting it with Stitched Tags Nesting Dies. I heat embossed a sentiment in white using STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2 to the tag. 

My second attempt at stamping the swallowtail turned out better as I was patient enough to ensure even pressure all across the stamp and really pressing it into the paper before removing it. I added a sentiment using STAMPlorations Happy Birthday and splattered some ink onto the white space for added interest.


I'm also linking up the card over at Cardz4Galz where the theme is Wings, Seize the Birthday where the theme is Butterflies and Stamping Sensations where the theme is Things with Wings.

Stamps: Stampin' Up Swallowtail, STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2, Happy Birthday
Ink and colouring: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine, Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Dies: CUTplorations Stitched Tags Nesting Dies



10 comments:

Loll said...

I do love that beautiful SU! butterfly too! It looks amazing in the rainbow of colours, Karola! Great save with using your first attempt for the tag --- it turned out beautifully. Your card is wonderful --- love the splatters! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

Marcia Hill said...

Your card AND your tag are both absolutely BEAUTIFUL Karola!! I am loving the rainbow of color on your butterfly and great save using the 1st try for a tag! Lovely, lovely duo!! Thanks so much for sharing these beauties with us at CAS Watercolour!! :0)

Bonnie said...

Karola, your big bold butterfly is so colorful and beautiful! Love the bold sentiment to go with it and the splatters! Your tag is a wonderful save! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

Cathy said...

What a beautiful card! Love the colourful butterfly and how you've positioned it. I have this stamp too and don't think I've ever used it! I must remedy that. Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

Cathy said...

What a beautiful card! Love the colourful butterfly and how you've positioned it. I have this stamp too and don't think I've ever used it! I must remedy that. Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

Sally H said...

A beautiful CAS card for our wings challenge at Stamping Sensations this month. Great stamping! Thanks for joining in and Good Luck! Brenda and Sally x

My Paper Epiphany said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Perfectly stamped and so colourful:) Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

Linda Handford said...

Stunning rainbow butterfly! Thanks for taking part with Cardz4Galz

Lynne K said...

Love that gorgeous butterfly! It looks fabulous in the rainbow colours. A great CAS card. Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.

Lynne

Sue - said...

Gorgeous colourful butterfly! Thanks for joining us at Cardz for Galz.