Today, Jonah, Sage & I are off to a Black Belt Development Day in Miami.
Miami, Manitoba, that is. ;)
But before we go, I wanted to share the card that I made for The Challenge #63:
I love this fun sketch!
I decided to use my PTI Life is Beautiful butterflies to make my card.
I started by stamping my watercolour paper background with PTI's Text Style stamp set
in versamark and heat embossing it in white.
Then, using my watercolours, I inked up my panel.
I stamped the sentiment from Winter Woods.
I diecut my butterflies and stamped them with their coordinating stamp.
I started with the lightest colour of ink and used my MISTI to restamp it several times,
adding more ink (& eventually a darker shade) each time with a sponge.
This is for this week's Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Sponge Stamping.
I used Altenew's Soft Lilac & Lavender Fields, PTI's Sweet Blush & Berry Sorbet
and Altenew's Buttercream & Mango Smoothie inks.
Thanks for looking!
25 comments:
What a beautiful card! I LOVE those butterflies, and love your soft watercolor background, too! I am a sucker for anything with text print. LOVE your inking technique on those butterflies. SO cool and SO pretty!
Such lovely spring butterflies Leigh.
Lovely, and good luck!
Your shaded butterflies are just lovely Leigh and I love your background too! Beautiful card!! :0)
beautiful card Leigh
perfect spring time card Leigh!
Leigh, this card is so soft and delicate looking. I like the embossed background with the watercolor. Wonderful.
This is beautiful, Leigh! I love the sherbet-like colors you used!! Thanks for joining us at The Challenge this week!
One can never go wrong with butterflies, and your sponged ones are gorgeous. Great idea using a text-style, white embossed background with a watercolor wash. Beautifully done and enjoy your Miami getaway. :)
Oh my goodness, Leigh, I love your card! Beautiful ink blending! Beautiful colors!
Beautiful, gradient butterflies, and I love your water-coloured background!
Hi Leigh,
Your sponge stamping is so pretty!! I found this technique a bit harder than it looked in the video but yours are flawless!! I might NEED those butterflies! : )
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Patti
This is just gorgeous Leigh!
Gorgeous, Leigh, love the softly colored butterflies and your take on the sketch is spot on! Thank you for playing along at The Challenge!
The background is so beautiful! It makes your butterflies pop! Lovely take on this challenge!!
Absolutely beautiful!! Love the soft colors and the Text Style script in the background is absolutely perfect!!
Bet the three of you had a great time!! Your card is just lovely!!
Soft, pretty and so delicate, Leigh ... those fluttery butterflies are just lovely! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Challenge! Anita :)
ålways amazed at your soft creations.
So stunning!!!
So pretty, Leigh! Such a beautiful palette for spring, and I love your watercolor backdrop! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Challenge!
Leigh, your card is so lovely! It reminded me to post mine :-) I used the Butterfly cover plate and sponged inks in similar way.
PS: Please stop by my blog to read about a fun new challenge starting soon! http://handmadecardsbyhelen.blogspot.com
So pretty! Love the emboss resist background. Thanks for joining us at The Challenge!
Gorgeous, Leigh! I need to go dig out my text style! Love it with the watercolor background!
I hope the training went well! Love the spectrum of colors Leigh.
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