Butterfly dance

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Hi crafter's

Finally managed to finish my entry into the Indigoblu challenge and just in time! The theme is Things with Wings so I immediately thought of butterflies.To start I have used an A4 white base card then cut another piece of card a little bit smaller. I stamped around the edge with the tickets from the Grand Tour 1 stamp set in French Ultramarine Archival, which is my favourite colour at the moment. I used denim and black Adirondack ink and blended around the edge then distressed it with a scalpel. The main topper was made using the Wild Meadow stamp set. I stamped the dandelions at the bottom and again I used the French Ultramarine. As well as the butterfly from the set I used the free butterfly from Craft Stamper. Stamp these going up the card. I coloured them with Inktense pencils. Stamp the butterflies again, this time on to vellum. Heat dry. Turn them over and using an embossing tool highlight the lines in the wings then colour with the pencils. Cut out the wings. To make more depth in the background I used a stencil (Prima perforated dot flower) and blended ink through in Latte Adirondack. Use a black pencil ( I used Prismacolor) and draw around one side of the butterflies to create shadow then blend with Sansador. Curl the vellum wings slightly then put a little glue down the centre and stick over the butterflies. Blend ink around the edges as before then attach to the tickets background. Wrap a piece of dotty organza ribbon round the card and tie a small piece of lace into a knot. Glue a Cardworks Candi in place. Attach to the base card. That's all for this time thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting

Sally