Watercolouring at A2Z

If you haven't seen my Die Cut Divas's post  - it's here
I seem to be on a theme.......
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It's time for a new challenge at A2Z Scrapbooking and it's a favourite of mine...

Watercolouring 

I love watercolouring and add that to using Hero Arts stamps and dies... well it's a match made in heaven.  And add to that BUTTERFLIES... I'm estatic

My watercolour medium with this one is Pearlescent Paints.  This is a palette of  21 paints that are full of pearlescent goodness.  I started by painting a subtle rainbow of colours onto my watercolour paper.  My original idea was to stamp and cut out the butterflies(DC182 Butterfly Pair) out and add to a card but once I started stamping them, the idea to make it a background grew.  I then die cut a MFT stitched and rounded rectangle die and stamped the larger butterfly - once on the die and once onto the watercolour paper.  I then used the die to cut it out.  The die does not cut all the way through the die, so I just fussy cut the last bits and once I coloured with the paints, added it over the one on the die. 

The sentiment is from the same set.  Finished with a gold ribbon and a few coloured gems. 

And of course I had to decorate the envelope 

I heard one of my bloggy friends has been unwell, so this on it's way to cheer her up. 


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Supplies:
Hero Arts DC182 

MFT Stitched and rounded rectangle die

Hero Hues Floral Mixed Cards 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp
 
edited:
thanks to Jo for reminding me that there is a new challenge blog starting today - Creative with Stamps - (my bloggy friend Monika and  Lillian started it) and their first challenge is BUTTERFLIES.  So I'm entering.