Beautiful Butterfly

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Happy Tuesday!
I have another unscheduled post today, I purchased a couple new stamp sets and found some time this weekend to get inky. The card was quick to make too. We actually had a 4 day weekend, and had no plans as my daughter and son were both recovering from what is probably the flu. My daughter was the last one to catch it and I still have her home today. She felt better to go to school this morning but she still has too many symptoms (sneezing, runny nose, some coughing) and with how bad the flu season is this year I decided to keep her home today so she doesn't get anyone else sick. My kids do hate missing school though as they know they will have to work harder to catch up on what they missed.

The stamp set I used on today's card is Tim Holtz Mixed Media Butterflies Stamps and Stencil Set by Stampers Anonymous. I just love the versatility of the set and what a great sentiment! So inspiring! I actually made another quick card with it, but I am keeping that one for Saturday's Allsorts challenge post.

I started out by inking an acrylic block with Distress Ink Evergreen Bough,  spritzing the block with water and then using it to stamp directly onto Strathmore Bristol Vellum card stock. Next I used my Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to stamp the verse and butterfly using Versafine Onyx Ink  (after making sure the distress ink was dry - I used a heating tool to speed up the drying process.) After cleaning off the black ink from the butterfly, I inked it up again using Evergreen Bough distress ink and then stamped it twice over the sentiment panel (only inking once). I have also used a paint brush to add a little bit of ink splatter to the background.

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The edges were distressed using a distressing tool, but this can easily be done with a pair of scissors. Mounted onto black card stock, distressed again then adhered onto a card base. The card base is one of Stampin Up's in-color (Bermuda Bay - not sure if it is still available). A couple of sticky pearlswere placed onto the butterfly body. I've also used one side of the stencil that was included with this stamp set on the watercolor piece, I just sponged a little bit of the same ink to give it a subtle texture.


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I'd like to play along in these challenges:
Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Messy Backgrounds
Path of Positivity -  Anything Positive 
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge  Anything Goes 
heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a Stamp
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
Crafty Calendar- 2 or More Layers
Imagine That! Creative Playground - Year Round Link Party
Cardz 4 Galz - Stamping
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Always Anything Goes
Country View Crafts' Challenge - Anything but Cute
Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media February - Butterfly

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