My card today uses a new technique for me, that being a watercolor rainbow effect.
I have a long standing love affair with shimmer paints, and my background is comprised of them. First, though, I want to give credit to a good blog friend of mine who made a fabulous card which inspired me to do this rainbow effect. She is Heather North, and her lovely blog is Creative Blessings, with the rainbow card posted here. Go check it out - this lady does fabulous work, always crisp, clean yet full of color and lovely texture! Thanks for the inspiration, Heather!
First I applied broad bands of regular dye ink to dampened watercolor paper, then I went over them with broad bands of shimmer paints in matching colors, applying them just as I did the inks, with a SU Aquapainter. The shimmer is out of this world gorgeous IRL.
You can click on the picture to enlarge it and see the shimmer up close and personal. After all that painting and shimmering, I applied the stamp using Staz-On. I did have to touch up a few spots as stamping on watercolor paper sometimes leaves faint areas, but a Copics multi-liner works quite nicely.
I've kept the rest of the card pretty simple so as to let the shimmery colors take center stage. A fat little seam binding bow, a flower button, and a simple tag complete this card.
Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a lovely Tuesday!
Happy crafting!
Supplies:
Stamps: Large Swirled Butterfly (The Rubber Cafe); Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU)
Ink: So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum (all SU), Staz-On, Tuxedo Black,
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Subtles Stack (SU); watercolor paper
Extras: Creative Inspirations paints (Sage, Mellow Yellow, Blush, Sky Blue, Lavender), hand-dyed seam binding, flower button, Oval Punch and Word Window Punch (SU), Aquapainter (SU).
Challenges entered:
ALOTA#103 - Springtime
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Water
The Pink Elephant TPE 191 - Easter
Love to Create #57 - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner #54 - Easter
The Ribbon Reel #49 - Spring Cottage
Frosted Designs - Up, Up and Away
My Sheri Crafts #106 - Easter
RRR#68 - Flowers and Ribbon (ok, there's only one flower...)
Oh Shea this is really pretty. Gorgeous colours and design
ReplyDeleteHugs Kelly x
A fabulous stunning creation Shea. Absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLaine
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This is so beautiful Shea. I love the rainbow colours and delicate butterfly
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue
Elegantly gorgeous card, Shea! Love the background you created and the butterfly.
ReplyDeleteMichaela xx
This is just beautiful and I love Heather's card too! I can see how you were inspired! Mwah!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful effect Shea, lovely shimmer, and beautiful colours topped with that fancy butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at TRR this fortnight!
Thanks for the shout out, Shea. I love the softness of your colors on this butterfly card. It's always fun to hear something I made inspired somebody else. You inspire me every time I visit your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heather! Likewise!
DeleteBeautiful card the rainbow affect is great and love the stamp Thanks for joining us at Love to create this week Hugs Sandra dt xx www.careyscards.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous card Shea! Love the rainbow look, seems to be popular. I saw anohter post about it this morning. Think I'm missing the boat and maybe I should hop on quick :)
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~Deb~
CDAC DT Member
A Look Through My Eyes
Such a beautiful card for our challenge this week at Love to Create. xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet, shimmery, happy card, Shea! Love the colors and rainbow background! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteYour rainbow effect is beautiful! Love the butterfly stamp, too.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the effect
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and entering this week's challenge.
we hope to see you back next week.
Hugs Tammy Ortiz - Owner of Tammy Scrappin Corner
Just love the colours and the way it turned out. What an awesome technique!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking part in the Frosted Designs challenge!
What a pretty card! I love the colors in the background and the butterfly stamp!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Frosted Designs for our Up Up and Away Challenge!!
So very pretty..love the rainbow effect!! Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great card, love the rainbow colors. Thanks for joining us this week for Easter Cards.
ReplyDeleteKaral DT for Tammy's Scrapin Corner
Gorgeous!! Thank you so much for playing with us this week at Love to Create's Anything Goes Challenge!! We can't wait to see what you'll create next time!!
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Tina
So spring-like and pretty! Thank you for playing along at Really Reasonable Ribbon!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty and the perfect card to usher in Easter and spring.
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Lisa
Lovely! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Pink Elephant!
ReplyDeleteSheri-TPE DT
Beautiful rainbow background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner for this challenge.
Margaret, DT
This is so pretty! The colors are gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at My Sheri Crafts.
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