Saturday 18 May 2013

Thinking about gardens

I've just returned from the garden centre and can't help wishing I had a cute little garden to plant up.  The fact is I don't, I have a balcony, so I decided to make my own little garden for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge this week.

Butterfly's are early this year!
 I bought a packet of little bows today and couldn't help thinking they looked like butterflies, so they are!  I began by spraying the card with water and then with Dylusions ink in London Blue and Cut Grass.  I rolled over the top with a paper towel which transferred some pattern and also some colour.

Once it was dry I used a baby wipe to remove colour through a flower stencil and then stamped some grasses and small flowers using London Fog Memento Ink.


I finished up by attaching the buttons and the bow and then drawing a trail for the butterfly using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen in clear star.  I love these pens.

Thanks as always for taking a look, it's much appreciated.  Check out the other art at SPA.

12 comments:

  1. I love your garden. Your technique of removing colour through a stencil is very effective.

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  2. What a gorgeous and unique idea for this challenge...love the contrast of colors and the lovely background...a really beautiful postcard.

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  3. A great way to celebrate spring even if you don't have a garden. Beautiful work.

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  4. That bow is gorgeous and certainly does look like a butterfly. Beautiful work

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  5. Gorgeous postcard. Beautifully created!

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  6. Gorgeous Postcard. Love the butterfly bow

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  7. Lovely! The bows truly looks like butterflies. Wonderful!

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  8. So clever ( thought it was an origami butterfly) and so beautiful!

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  9. I sympathise - nor do I and I only just left one so I'm really missing my herbs and the birds I was used to seeing every day. Lovely work - my fave colours - love the butterfly 'trail' x

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