I focused on Chrysi's:
-butterfly theme
-horizontal pop of colour
I changed:
-ribbon to alcohol ink
-added another butterfly
I started by trying to create the look of the ribbon with Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper. I don't know if you know this about me, but I'm a little bit of a control freak. And I don't know if you know this about alcohol inks, but you can't control them. So that's a match made in heaven, right? LOL! This was my 4th or 5th panel.
When I finished that, I put some yellow, pink and purple inks down on another piece of Yupo paper. This was actually easier, because I knew I was going to die cut it and I wasn't worried about keeping the colour in a particular area of the panel.
I die cut two of the butterflies from the panel, and placed them on top of my 'ribbon'. I didn't love the blue/green showing through the holes, so I used the negative pieces of the die cuts to draw two outlines onto white cardstock. I cut them out with scissors and glued them behind the butterflies. Now I'm kind of wishing I had thought of using vellum for a more translucent look, but these are nice and bright.
I used a Copic marker to colour the bodies black.
Finally, I stamped my sentiment. I don't have any black Stazon ink (which is good for stamping on non-porous surfaces), so I used my Catherine Pooler Midnight ink. This ink is archival (the rest of her colours are not), and although it took a long time to dry, it worked.
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2020 GMT Views: 653
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Sun, May 31, 2020 @ 9:47 AM
What a beautiful AI strip you finally achieved - you'd never know it was a struggle to get what you wanted but I know just what you mean about not being able to control AI's!! Love the colors on the strip and the bright contrast of the butterflies!
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Sun, May 31, 2020 @ 10:01 AM
that alcohol section is gorgeous!! Beautiful card with that stunning butterfly! Added to my favs.
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