Simple watercolour background

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

A chilly but beautiful day yesterday, we got a line full of towels dry, luckily I popped into our bedroom and smelt an awful farm smell, I think they burn straw from stables,  so Paul managed to get towels in before they took on the awful smell, 10 minutes in tumble dryer to restore their fluffiness!  It really is the simple things that bring me joy! ☺️

Paul is going into the office today and my usual Tuesday companion (Lucy) is staying st Becca's to dog sit Benji, so it will be a quiet day here,  I will be in my craft room keeping busy. 

Today's card was a super quick card, the inspiration was from the Creative Stamping magazine from February,  their's was a piece to put in a frame,  I just wanted a card.  This could just as easby be a Journal page or scale butterfly down and would make a perfect Thrinchie.

I used my Zig watercolour pens to colour the butterfly that I had stamped with Versafine Clair, I took the green that I used on the butterfly,  scribbled some colour out on my glass mat and spritzed with water, I then took a piece of watercolour card cut to 3 3/4  X 5 3/4 inches and dipped it in my ink, I dried it and dipped again until I got the desired coverage.  I did add some of the violet pen splatters to the background but they don't show up on camera.  I stamped some leaves from the free stamp set and coloured them with same green pen and fussy cut.  

To assemble the card I adhered my watercolour background to a mat of purple card and then onto a white card base, measuring 6 × 4 inch.  I added glue to the centre of the butterfly and adhered to the background and then arranged the leaves around his wings. A few subtle purple gems finish the card. 

I hope that you all have a fantastic Tuesday, 

Maria I hope the Sun stays out for your return, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx