Back to the Butterflies

After a lovely anniversary getaway celebration,

to Lake Michigan,

I am ready to blog again.

Today I will show you how I created those butterflies that I added to the layout on the last post.

I started by inking up some cardstock using our new colors.

Glacier

Canary

Pixie

Thistle

I tried two different techniques.

On the left side samples.  I inked up one of our 3 x 3 clear acrylic blocks

using two ink colors.

Then I spritzed with water, using a spray pen.

Then I pressed it into the White Daisy cardstock.

On the right side samples,

I transferred the ink to a craft mat.

I am excited that CTMH is now carrying this product.

I have not ordered mine YET, so I used my TH mat.

I just touched the ink pad, starting with the lightest color, to the mat.

You can do that because our stamp pads have a raised bed.

Then I spritzed with water, using the spray pen.

I took placed the cardstock on the mat and moved it around slightly.

I really liked this effect better.

I let these pieces dry.

Then I stamped them with our butterfly stamps from the

"Your Own Kind of Wonderful" stamp set.

Then I fussy-cut each one so I could add them to my layout.

It took awhile to cut but I think it was worth it.  I will be trying this inky technique with some 

fall leaf stamps next.

Have a great week!