Butterfly Tag by Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I’m so pleased to welcome back special guest Anna-Karin Evaldsson as a special guest on our blog! Be sure to stop by her blog weekly for new inspiration in our Monday Challenge! Be sure to read on to learn exactly how she made this gorgeous tag and enjoy!
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Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here today with a fun and easy tutorial. It is also great to be stamping again, after having had to do a sudden move. My supplies are now unpacked, although still in a somewhat chaotic state. There has been a lot of butterflies around our new place, which inspired me to stamp and color butterflies for this tag. You can use the techniques for any type of project.
Butterflies are always fun to color and you can make them into any colors you can think of. Or use a butterfly reference book and turn them into real butterflies. The butterflies were colored with colored pencils, adding shadows to make them look dimensional. I also did some masking, inking and background stamping.
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Start by stamping butterflies from the Simon Says Stamp Comfort & Prayers set on a tag, using Jet Black Archival Ink.
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I used Prismacolor pencils to color the butterflies, and my pencil sharpener only showed up when I was almost done with the tag, which is why some of the pencils look a little blunt on the photos. Start by pressing lightly with the pencil, and then add more pressure to build up darker shades.
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Continue adding color until you are happy with the look.
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Here you can see the first lighter application to the left, and how darker shades were built up using the same pencils to the right.
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Continue in the same way as the third butterfly.
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If you want to smooth out the colors, you can go over them with the white pencil.
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Stamp the butterflies on SSS Masking Paper and cut out. Place them on the tag.
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Ink the tag with Distress Inks, starting with the lighter shade. The masks stay perfectly in place.
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Stamp with Tim Holtz Cracks background stamp and Frayed Burlap ink.
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Use a darker brown together with the Specks stamp, and finally add some black stamping with Tim’s alphabet background from the School Desk set. This is one of my all-time favorite stamps.
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Use a black pencil and add a shadow to the butterflies. Start with a light application and then make it darker closer to the butterflies. This gives a dimensional look.
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Add details and highlights with a white gel pen.
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To make the butterflies even more interesting, I decided to use Glossy Accents and white Enamel Accents on some areas. Set aside to dry.
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Add some details with a black pen, and doodle a border around the tag.
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Finally, I glued sequins to the tag, for a fun playful look.
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Here you can see the shiny effect of the Glossy Accents and Enamel Accents better.
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The coloring technique also works great for other images, such as flowers. The sentiment was stamped with the SSS Uplifting Thoughts set.
I hope this tutorial inspired you to color some butterflies (or something else) with colored pencils.
Thank you so much for looking! Happy crafting! – Anna-Karin
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Wow, what a FABULOUS tag. I just love tags and yours is AWESOME. Beautiful butterflies.
Thanks for the coloring lesson. I need all the help I can get. Love the tag, especially all the texture. I need some background stamps!
Fun tag and great tutorial. I already follow by email.
This is beautiful and it does inspire to try colored pencils, which I haven’t used in years!
Love the butterflies and Anna-Karin’s style.
Thanks for sharing your steps and products.
This is lovely
with the sequins
and Glossy Accents.
Carla from Utah
Such a lovely tag! I love the style!
Awesome tag!
This is such a cool tag! I love how you colored the butterflies, and all the detail added to the background. :)
Wow! What a transformation! Wonderful work! :)
There are so many beautiful details on this tag!
Beautiful coloring! I love the tag!
Amazing tag!
A Beautiful tag, wow
so gorgeous – love the colouring too!!
Great pencil and ink combo x
Love it that you made this one-layer and super beautiful!
(Looks like all the others are cuttting so much; I just love to stamp!)
That tag is absolutely fabulous! Love the whole mixed media thing going on, it’s really, really gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing all the steps to create that, I’m pinning this one for sure!
Love the trail of white dots and the lovely vintage feel of the tag!
I’ve been looking for prizes for children at my church bazaar. This is perfect. Thanks for the idea!
What a gorgeous tag! Thanks for sharing with us.
Absolutely gorgeous tag!
Thanks for sharing…
I love the tag, especially breaking out the colored pencils!!!
Magnificent – TFS
Great tutorial and the tag is so pretty. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Such beautiful details on this tag.
Oh wow, this is just gorgeous!
Brilliant shading around the butterflies which really makes them pop and look so dimensional – a treat of a tag.
Alison x
Fantastic design. I adore butterflies so to me this would go on display x
Absolutely beautiful! Love those gorgeous butterflies!
Wow!! This tag is gorgeous!! So many little details that all come together to create a fabulous finished project!
Butterflies are painted beautifully and very artistically, I really like them. Thank you for sharing.