Sunday 2 July 2017

Fly away Butterfly

July is butterfly month at CAS Watercolour challenge.  If you have time drop by and check out the challenge there are some amazing cards by the rest of the team.



I used Lolls awesome splat technique after masking the butterfly, then painted he butterflies using  ArtGraf watercolour, it's a graphite based watercolour.  I'm looking forward to trying some gray monochrome images with this product.


Card Recipe
Stamps: Tim Holtz
Paper: 110lb white, black 140lb watercolour
Ink: Ranger Archival black
Accessories: ArtGraf watecolour Graphite, Distress stains, Clear wink of stella, Cutplorations crazy double running stitch.
Techniques: Watercolouring

12 comments:

Bonnie said...

Love these butterflies, Christine! They look like they have so much texture! The splats are a great background!

nancy littrell said...

Even grey butterflies are beautiful. Love your splats of watercolour too. TFS Christine. Hugs...

Loll said...

Those butterflies are so cool with the splats, Christine. Have not heard of this graphite based watercolour. Might have to try out yours and then add it to my wish list. xx


Susan said...

This is such an artistic card! Love the splats creating some subtle colour and also the graphite watercolour giving shades of grey to the butterflies!

Cathy said...

Great card, love the look of these butterflies and the sentiment, Cathy x

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

I love those gorgeous splats and the graphite watercolour you've used on the butterflies.

Sue xx

Pat said...

That crazy stitched rectangular frame shows off the graphite butterflies so beautifully Christine and I love the splats. x

Karen Dunbrook said...

Lovely card Christine...the splats behind the butterflies really helps to bring attention to them and showcases their details.
xx Karen

Mac Mable said...

So contemporary and love the grey 'look'. I have this product so thank you for the inspiration...Off to find it again x

Trina P. said...

Lovely artsy card, Christine! Love the splats and the monochromatic butterflies.

Nstiz said...

OH Wow! I have that stamp and it has never seen ink! Now that I see yours, that's a different story! How incredibly artsy this is using black and white and just the splatters of color. LOVE this!

Papercraft Boutique said...

I love the color combination, Christine! It's very chic! The splats are effective too. Hideko