This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I have a pair of bold butterfly beauties to share with you today. I received some fabulous Acrylic Markers from Altenew a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t wait to try them out on a black background with a bold image. I looked through my stash for some simple and bold images and locked onto the gorgeous Mix and Match Butterflies. This set has a wide variety of images, including butterflies and leaves, perfect for building scenes or for use with a single bold stamp. I used a combination of both of these styles to create a decorated canvas bag and coordinating greeting card. Let’s get started with the details!
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To begin, I used Simon Says Stamp’s White Pigment Ink to stamp images from Mix and Match Butterflies onto a black zippered canvas bag and in the center of a black A2 card front. The white pigment ink stands out beautifully on the black background and provides great contrast to begin my coloring.
I used the Altenew Acrylic Markers to add some color to targeted areas inside the butterfly images, keeping the colors consistent throughout each stamped butterfly. After I had colored all of the images, I used a gold paint pen to outline the painted images and add some luxurious gold shimmer. Such a fun way to customize a plain canvas pencil bag! Simpler images work better for this technique, creating almost a stained glass effect.
For the card, I kept things to a similar color palette, painting the butterfly sections with a single color of acrylic paint pent and adding shining gold details. The Simon Says Stamp So Very Black cardstock is super smooth and a perfect black, so the gold paint pen glides over the stamped lines beautifully and create such a luminous shine. It looks so luxurious to me!
After I had finished painting the butterfly, I used my trimmer to trim the edges of the black A2 card front and matted it in the center of an A2 gold foil card front, adding a shimmering gold frame around my butterfly. I heat embossed a greeting from the Mix and Match Butterflies set onto some more black cardstock using gold embossing powder, then die cut it with the coordinating die and popped it up beneath the colorful butterfly. Finally, I added a few sparkling Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for added shine!
Well, that’s all for my projects today. I love creating coordinating gift sets like this, creating a unique gift and a matching card customized especially for the recipient. It’s fun to apply our papercrafting goodies to all types of projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
