Painted butterfly's

After visiting with my cousin and trying out her Lumiere paints last week I had to get myself some. I wanted to play with painting some butterfly's, but not an image that was too detailed. Yesterday I dug out my favorite Hero Arts butterfly stamp and got to work stamping, embossing, and then painting them. I'm no expert at this, but I tried to blend 2 or 3 colors together on some of them, others I just painted a single color. The paint seemed to dry very quickly so I had to work fast. I wish the camera had picked up the amazing detail of the glitter and shimmer of the colors better. In the right light they just sparkle and look absolutely amazing. I will make a card or two with some of them (already have an idea in mind), but I will be giving a bunch of these to one lucky gal over at ISC for particpating in my week long reign as the queen- ha ha!

Stamps used: Hero Arts  "Heart winged butterfly" F5158

Lumiere Halo & Jewel Paints

Stamped in Versafine Onxy Black

and Brilliance coffee bean

Clear  heat embossed

I purchased the paints through the Dick Blick website here for a reasonable price, and to my amazement they shipped very fast! The set I got is called the "Exciter Pack", 10 colors in small bottles (about the size of Stickles). I picked up a small plastic painters well at Micheals to drop the paint into. The paints are really fun and you can also use them om many other surfaces other than paper. Check them out!

Stamps: HA Heart winged butterfly

Stampendous sentiment set: Encouraging words

DCVW The Sweet Stack paper used

Here is my card I whipped up using one of the painted butterfly's. I also painted the pearls in the butterfly as well. I had to wrestle with the sewing machine again, we just don't seem to get along all that well! I will send this to a friend who needs some encouragement and prayers right now.

Thanks for stopping in! Anne