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Meet todays card.

I created it inspired by a 'rainbow' challenge.

I tried to think outside of the box totally for this as I didn't want your traditional kind of rainbow.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock to the size I wanted for the front panel.  I placed that onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Watercolor Stripes stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over my panel.  
• I picked out some Distress Oxide inks that I thought would make good rainbow colours.  (Peacock Feathers, Barn Red, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin, Seedless Preserves, Squeezed Lemonade)
• Using each of the colours mentioned above, I inked up my panel with the stencil going in one directions.  I removed the stencil, flipped it going in the other direction and inked up the panel again going from light to dark.  It made a fun rainbow plaid look.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• Next, I took a piece of cardstock and inked it up with some of the same colours diluted with water.
• I got out this wonderful butterfly die from Tim Holtz called Detailed Butterflies.  It is a 2 step die; one is the back and the other is the cutaway.  I used the solid one and die cut it with some white, then die cut the detailed piece from the watercoloured cardstock.
• I put some foam tape on the stenciled panel then onto a heavy white card base. I added the butterfly on top of that securing just the body area and leaving the wings to pop up.

 

Here is the stencil I used:

Watercolor Stripes

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

Shopping Our Stash- SUMMER LOVIN

Watercolor Wed.- FEMININE

Supplies

Stamp- Imagine (High Hopes)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX inks 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont)

Accessories and Tools- Watercolor Stripes (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Detailed Butterflies die (TH); 

Spellbinder Platinum Die Cutting Machine; Make Art Staytion