Shana Gaff
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Spring Fever

We have been swimming in snow for over two weeks and I am soooo ready for Spring!  I needed to make an anniversary card for my grandparents and I found this beautiful color combination at The Paper Players.
So happy and springy! I thought they would be perfect for my big butterfly stamp, Swallowtail. It is so much fun to stamp and then watercolor.
Of course, when I was watercoloring, I got out of the lines. It never fails!  Luckily Janae was working on a card with me and she had the brilliant idea for me to cut it out instead of starting over. Duh! lol It's really easy to cut out too!  I added the splotches from Gorgeous Grunge and then glued the butterfly down.  I then drew the antennae on instead of trying to line the stamp up. I knew that would be a disaster for me! :)

Stamp Sets: Swallowtail, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Gorgeous Grunge
Cardstock: Primrose Petals, Coastal Cabana, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black StazOn, Primrose Petals, Coastal Cabana, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry
Tools: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Aqua Painter
Accessories: Rhinestones, Dimensionals

3 comments:

  1. What a great idea to color the butterfly! Such a simple way to incorporate these 4 diverse colors! Love that you turned an oops into a beauty! Thank you for joining us at The Paper Players!

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  2. What a beautiful swallowtail! It looks great colored in all the challenge colors. Thanks for playing along with us this week at The Paper Players, Shana!

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  3. Gorgeous image...that butterfly always intimidates me, but it looks great here! Thanks so much for playing with my color challenge this week!

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