Growing In Unity - Day 1 Falling into Place

 How fun is it that I get to enjoy another Growing in Unity week? Very, I say! Reminder: this week of my posted cards is sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. At the end of the week, I get to pick a winner from commenters here of store credit from Unity Stamp Co… so be sure to add your comments below! Let me know your likes and dislikes!

Today I a sharing a card I made using the stamp kit Falling Into Place. I was drawn to a Pinterest painting of a butterfly using grays and soft blues and tried to create version of it with this card. I used a watercolor paper and my Schmincke pan set on this one. I started by stamping the image using a black ink which on the textured paper produced a gray broken image and then watercolored it, including adding a soft wash and spatters in the background. I pulled out a black pen and detailed the flowers and darkened the black areas. I used gray and white pens to add wing details. I used negative painting, black pen marks and white gouache brush marks to create the illusion of stamens.

 

To create the card, I decided to use a 6x6 format. I found this brick patterned paper I thought matched the mood of the painting and the sentiment. I die cut the image, stamped the sentiment and backed everything with matching black and blue papers. For embellishments, I added back and blue enamel dots and called it done. 

Must admit, I had fun trying to create the illusion of stamens with detailed negative painting brush strokes around the stamens. This stamp is so pretty and and the possibilities of colors and mediums used to create cards is endless!

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