This is the best I can do for Ky's Me and My Shadow mixed media challenge. Any type of colouring requiring light, shade and shadows is not my forte. The shadow I added round the butterfly turned out quite well, not so much the one on the seed head.
I sponged the tag with a few colours of DOX, then stamped and embossed the seed head from Art Journey, and added a little colour to it with Inktense pencils. Spritzed the tag and stamped Gorgeous Grunge and a text stamp on it. Then added the grass from Inspired by Nature, in both Versafine and regular distress. I embossed a trail for the butterfly using an embossing folder and a stylus, and then accentuated it with dots in white and gold.
The butterfly was stamped and embossed on heavy vellum, then sponged with distress oxides. Finally I went looking through all my stamps for a suitable sentiment and came up with one from a Unity kit.
I have two more butterflies on my desk as I went through a couple of colour variations before deciding this one looked best. And as soon as I've uploaded this, I'll replace it with another photo where the butterfly isn't reflecting so much light - I embossed the whole thing with clear EP after sponging the colour on.
Date: Friday, August 18, 2017 GMT Views: 1272
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Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Inspired by Nature, Gorgeous Grunge, HA script stamp, Art Journey seed head, Unity sentiment (Tomorrow is Today's Dream)
Paper: tag
Paper Size: tag - 6 1/4 x 3
Ink: Versafine Black, olympia green and smokey grey, Distress; forest moss, distress oxide: faded jeans, antique linen, wild honey, twisted citron, peacock feathers, faded jeans
Accessories: clear EP, SU butterfly punch, vellum, SN glitter pen, Judikins microglaze, charcoal and graphite pencils, flourish ef, gold and white gel pens, inktense pencils
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Sun, Aug 20, 2017 @ 11:36 AM
Beautiful tag Sabrina!! Love you my friend and thinking of you during this time of sorrow! Pray for God's comfort and peace to be upon you and your family.
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Sat, Aug 26, 2017 @ 2:57 PM
Wow Sabrina, you are on a roll with those gorgeous butterflies....you are giving mother nature a run for her money. The colors in your sponges bg are marvelous, and I think your shadows are exceptional.