Flying Colours
Add a touch of glitz to your card making with stained-glass effects and a dusting of cosmic shimmer
This simple project makes a perfect card to send for just about any occasion and shows just how easy it is to combine watercolour with stamping and heat embossing. The vibrant colours used here with their iridescent sheen, provide an eye catching and delightful finished design. The butterfly motif once decorated can be cut and layered to give a three-dimensional quality to the finished greeting card.
Card: white, pink, teal
Cosmic Shimmer Watercolours: rose hue, frosted mallow, yellow sun, autumn twist, Persian sea, orange gold, pearlescent
Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Sparkle Glitter
Cosmic Shimmer Dries-Clear glue
Embossing powder, black, white
Ink-pad, perfect medium pad, clear
Tape, double-sided
Crystal lacquer, clear
Foam pads, 3-D
Punches: border, corner
Heat tool
Butterfly Cards
1. Ink the stained glass butterfly stamp with the clear, perfect medium pad and print onto white card. Sprinkle with black embossing powder, dust off any excess and melt using the heat tool. Put to one side to dry. Cover with black embossing powder and heat with the tool as before.
2. Using a small paintbrush and the Cosmic Shimmer watercolours, fill in all the sections of the design as shown. We have used rose hue, frosted mallow, yellow sun and autumn twist for the butterfly's wings and body. Apply orange and emerald gold to the flower shape and Persian sea to the outer edge of the background. Highlight all the areas using pearlescent paint and a second coat of the original colour to blend shadow into the image for depth.
3. Using Cosmic Shimmer glue, cover the inner background area behind the butterfly, then sprinkle with aurora sparkle glitter and tap off the excess. Allow to dry. Stamp and emboss just the upper wing area of the butterfly and cut out. Paint with Cosmic Shimmer watercolours in rose hue, frosted mallow and yellow sun. Apply a small amount of glue to the area of the wing nearest the body and attach to the original butterfly. Add some 3-D foam pieces to the underside of the wing to lift it up.
4. Cut out the rectangle around the entire stained glass window and mount onto pink card (matching the colour on the wing). Leave 2.5cm on either side and use your favourite border punch to add a pattern to the edge on both sides of the card. Add a rose hue colour wash to each side.
5. Mount the decorated panel onto white card and trim the corners with a punch. Lastly, fix the whole arrangement onto a teal card blank. Stamp your favourite sentiment inside, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat. Add clear crystal lacquer accents to the round dots on the butterfly’s wings and allow to dry thoroughly before posting.
When cutting out any stamped images, rub a black felt tip marker along the edge of the card to remove any unwanted white areas
