Butterfly Trail

Hello!  Here's a card using some of the techniques we're seeing in the
Watercolor for Cardmakers Online Class -  it's been a lot of fun learning
from the fabulous demonstrators and teachers! 

My card is also for the Featured Stamper Challenge honouring Nancy, aka NancyK, at Splitcoaststampers today, and here is Nancy's card which gave me inspiration.  I'm also entering it into the Moxie Fab World Hip on Handwriting challenge!

I sprayed the watercolor paper liberally with water and then added various watercolors, allowing them to blend a bit - in areas where the paint wasn't moving well, I sprayed a bit more water.  I then spritzed on water with a loaded paintbrush, let it sit a minute or two, then pressed on a paper towel to lift off some of the paint, as was demonstrated in the section of the class on backgrounds.
The paper is a lighter version, so it had warped a bit, I ended up adhering it to some strong cardstock for a nice smooth finish before popping it up on the white card base.  

Jennifer Maguire showed us how to watercolor with embossed images and I found it easy to do because the paint pools right inside the lines - I used various Ranger Distress inks on an acrylic block, like Jean Mannis demonstrated, with Hero Arts Antique Engraved Butterflies - they have fabulous matching dies.  The sentiment is from Wplus9 Handlettered Hello and it's embossed in white on a vellum banner which has been cut using MFT Fishtail Flags Die-namics.

Working with rainbow colors makes me happy - maybe it's
because we have gray skies and rain so frequently here in Belfast!

Whatever the weather in your area, I hope you're having a good Sunday
 and if you're celebrating Mother's Day, I hope it's special.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!