{"id":1102,"date":"2014-03-12T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2014-03-08T00:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T05:11:56","slug":"distressed-butterflies-with-suzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"Distressed butterflies with Suzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi! Suzz<\/a> here. I love distressing whether it is sponging on color or creating texture around the edges of the cardstock.<\/p>\n

I created two projects using both of these techniques.<\/p>\n

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When I am trying out techniques I always like to use a full sheet of cardstock. It gives me flexibility in trying out different ideas, picking sections that I like best to work with and to have scraps to use on future projects. For my first card I started with a full sheet of white cardstock with a script stamp stamped repeatedly across the surface with a yellow ink.<\/p>\n

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I let the background completely dry before moving onto the next step.<\/p>\n

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I stamped the butterfly using Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I sponged over the butterfly using orange dye ink with the ink blending tool. I sponged around the edges of the butterfly and over the entire image. I wiped off the excess ink on the embossed surface.<\/p>\n

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When I finished with that I had a spurt of inspiration and decided I wanted to hide a message behind the wings of the butterfly. I pulled out my pen knife and cut around the edges of the butterfly on a cutting mat.<\/p>\n

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To make sure I aligned my hidden mesage I put a piece of cardstock behind the butterfly and traced the butterfly onto the white cardstock. I then stamped over the butterfly repeatedly with the tiny words. I used an eraser to remove the traced image.<\/p>\n

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Before I put the message behind my butterfly, I added a touch of shading in the center and around the cut edges underneath the butterfly. I sponged the brown dye ink using a sponge dauber.<\/p>\n

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After I finished with the distressing around the butterfly I continued to sponge brown dye ink around the edges of stamped background. I distressed the edges of the stamped background using the distressing tool. I finished it with a brown dye ink again around the edges.<\/p>\n

I loved the effect of the first card and wanted to try it again but without stamping under the embossed image.<\/p>\n

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I stamped the butterfly first on white cardstock using Versamark ink. I heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder.<\/p>\n

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I stamped over the background using a light blue dye ink. After that I repeated the process of cutting the butterfly wings, sponging with a combination of a darker blue dye ink and brown dye ink.<\/p>\n

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I stamped on the corners a flourish and added a sentiment on either side of the butterfly. I repeated the hidden words under the wings.<\/p>\n

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The distressing around the butterfly underneath the wings actually makes it look like a shadow from the wings. Now I am having visions of a swarm of rainbow colored butterfly cards.<\/p>\n

Products: Stampendous Jumbo Cling Butterfly Trio<\/a>, Stampers Anonymous – Experience<\/a>, Stampers Anonymous -Tiny Words, <\/a> Stampers Anonymous – French Collage,<\/a> Ranger Distress Inks – Vintage Photo<\/a>, Tumbled Glass<\/a>, Chipped Sapphire<\/a>, Rusty Hinge<\/a>, Ripe Permissions<\/a>, Versamark Watermark Ink<\/a>, Ranger Archival Ink – Potting Soil<\/a>, Ranger Archival Ink – Saffron<\/a>, Paper Distresser Tool<\/a>, Ink Blending Tool<\/a>, Art Dauber<\/a>, Heidi Swapp Bronzer<\/a>, Key Charm<\/a>, Visual Artistry – French Connection<\/a>, Pen Knife<\/a>, Cutting Mat<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is breathtaking – thanks Suzz!<\/p>\n

Now it is your turn – join us this week in the challenge! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog, and be sure to enter the challenge in the post below this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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