Saturday 15 March 2014

Inky Butterflies - Craft Mojo DT

Hello everyone... I'm back with my 2nd post for today, my DT card for Craft Mojo.

This one's a little bit different for me - I don't often get properly inky, although I do enjoy it... my hands were quite purple by the time it was finished!


I used Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks to make the background.  If you've never done this before it's very easy (but quite messy!)... just splodge the inks onto a craft mat, spray with water, wipe a piece of white card in the puddles and then dry it with a heat gun... I usually repeat this a couple of times until I'm happy with the result, so you need fairly thick card that will cope with the water and heat.

I added some spots using the border stamp from the Doodle Flowers set by Jane's Doodles in Hero Arts Soft Purple ink and the butterflies are from another Jane's Doodles set - the largest one is stamped on the background, and then stamped again and cut out so I could pop the wings up.

Off for a little catch up with your blogs now... hope you all have a lovely evening :o)



30 comments:

Fiona said...

oh this is different Lisa...very creative, it's fab!!

Fi
x

Sarah said...

What a great effect Lisa and it compliments the black stamping beautifully xx

Chris said...

Beautiful, Lisa! Fabulous inking and stamping!
Chris
x

Debs said...

OMG Lisa - love it!!!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Debs xx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Beautiful card Lisa fabulous colour's
Hugs Dianne xx :-)

Joey said...

Absolutely beautiful! this is gorgeous hun. Joey x

Sue said...

WOW! Your coloured background looks wonderful Lisa. Gorgeous butterflies too.
hugs Sue xx

Pia S said...

Love it, Lisa! What a fantastic background and I love purple! You should get messy with inks more often:)

Sharon said...

Wow Lisa, as you say very different for you, but fabulous. Love the colours and the spotty stamp is gorgeous as are the butterflies.
Hope you are having a lovely week.
Hugs Sharon. x

Patricia said...

I love this beautiful card, the techniques, colours, butterflies and design are brilliant

Patricia x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Hi, thanks Lisa for your comment. Love this card and it is very different to your usual style but beautiful just the same. Sometimes it's good to let loose the messy crafting and see what happens.
Lorraine

Anonymous said...

Great card love all the inky style & colour x

Claire said...

GORGEOUS! Love the effect and beautiful colours. Hugs, Claire x

rachel said...

i adore this lisa. right up my street. you should get inky mire often if you enjoy it xx

Vicky said...

This is awesome sweetie & sooooooooo gorgeous I love the inking & the lush colour. Fantastic hun!!!

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Jackie said...

What a gorgeous card, I love the effects, may try it one of these days :o)
Jackie xx

Faye Wynn-Jones said...

Totally LOVE! Xx

Annette said...

Wow, it's really different to your usual creations and I love the purple. The butterflies really complement it too.
Hugs
Annette
xx

Mau xx said...

Hi Lisa, sorry been missing sweetie...Life has really been in my way of late :o( but I will try and be better.xxxxx
Just Love the card, you really must get inky again soon. gorgeous colours and love the flutterbies.
Hope everyone is well xxxxx
Hugs Mau xx

gail said...

Beautiful card, and so different, Gail x

Rebecca Bradshaw said...

This is stunning. I love the gorgeous effects you created with the inks and the purple and black look great together.
Rebecca.

Whisper said...

Absolutely gorgeous colour and layout, Luv Sam x

Lorraine said...

Just gorgeous Lisa - love the effect
Lorraine x

Scrapcat 1 said...

this is amazing love the colours you have created

heidy said...

Wow stunning card Lisa!!
XXX Heidy

Kat W said...

Stunning colours and such a gorgeous design :-) Love this!
Big hugs, Kat xx

Janette said...

Oh Lisa you have set me off with this little lot now..lol...What a fab card, I so love the background, looks gorgeous.....may have a play later today..xx

coops said...

love this lisa.that inky is beautiful and fab pretty butterflies ;D

xx coops xx

Unknown said...

Really love your background and it looks fab with just the two butterflies.

Emma x

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I love that ink water splot background! I don't think you'll catch me trying something like this though. I shy away from the messy stuff. I adore this card and its happy purple-ness though.