Valentine’s butterflies

Hello crafty friends. I have a Valentine’s card to share with you today, but if you’re not into red hearts, don’t worry, the same technique could be used for a swirl of stars, or a rainbow of flowers. The sky is the limit.

I started by colouring my own watercolour paper. I used reinkers in Picked Raspberry and Worn Lipstick for this. I love the way the colours work together. I wet my watercolour, added drops of reinker ( Only about three drops of each – they’re intense!) and then swirled everything around with a wet paintbrush. I then dried the panel well.

Next, I used the Flurry of Butterflies die from Paper Rose Studio to cut as many butterflies as I could from the paper. I also cut a heart shape in white. I used the Scribble hearts die, but any heart die, or any shaped die would work here. I reserved a few of the bigger butterflies, and added butterflies all over the heart with glue. I glued some of the bigger butterflies on top as features, and kept a few to have flying over the card.

The background for the card was ink blended using Paper Rose’s Half Tone stencil, and some Worn Lipstick ink to match the butterflies. Finally, the sentiment comes from a pack called Black and White Sentiments, and as always I used a black marker to go around the edges of the sentiment to hide the white core of the card. That’s all for today’s card. I hope you are having a great week, whatever your weather.

Blessings,

Donna

These are the supplies I used. You can click on the link to shop. Where available, I have used affiliate links, which means that I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. I’ve tried to link to companies in different countries, so you can save on postage costs. Thank you so much for your support.
Paper Rose Black and White Sentiment strips
Paper Rose Black and White Sentiment strips
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PRS | SBC
Distress Ink Worn Lipstick
Distress Ink Worn Lipstick
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SBC | SSS
Half Tone Stencil
Half Tone Stencil
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PRS | SBC
Paper Rose Flurry of Butterflies die
Paper Rose Flurry of Butterflies die
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PRS | SBC
Worn Lipstick reinker
Worn Lipstick reinker
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SBC | SSS
Picked Raspberry reinker
Picked Raspberry reinker
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Paper Rose Studio Scribble Hearts die
Paper Rose Studio Scribble Hearts die
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PRS | SBC

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