Love is Like a Butterfly...

When I saw the new stamps being released by Your Next Stamp tomorrow, I knew just the one I wanted I wanted to play with first.  My mom (often referred to as 'SC-T' - pronounced 'Ess-See-Dash-Tee' - by myself and my friends while I was growing up as she was the first woman we ever knew to hyphenate her name) was a big country music fan.  I have many memories of her at her sewing machine, with Hee Haw playing on the adjacent TV set. 

The Buttefly Love set (by YNS's newest illustrator, Angie Blom - yay!) immediately made me think of a song I love, by the one and only Dolly Parton.  Here's an acoustic version of it, which I think is even more beautiful and wistful than the studio recording:

 

And here's my paper version:

I can't remember what you call the Copic effect when you blend two un-like colors together; whatever it is, that's what I did to create a rainbow of colors out of the butterflies' wings.  Here's a close-up:

Can you see the shimmer?  It's very sparkly in person.  For that, I used a technique I learned from my good friend, Jen del Muro: take a Sakura Stardust pen and scribble on the area you want sparkly.  Then, take a waterpen and spread the sparkles evenly on the surface.  It's akin to a super light coat of glitter that dries quickly without all of the mess and fuss.  Love it!

Here's a closer look at the sweet sentiment:

I wanted to keep the emphasis on the image and sentiment, so I kept it clean and simple, just airbrushing the background with a cloud effect and rounding the corners.  The image panel is popped up on foam boosters.

For a complete list of all of the YNS designers giving you sneak peeks today, head on over to the YNS Blog. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you tomorrow for the YNS New Release Blog Hop! :)

Comments

[Glenda J]

This is absolutely beautiful Carole! What an amazing technique! Love, love, love this card.

[wendy]

beautiful technique, your butterflies ares stunning!

[Karen (YNS)]

Oh WOW! Carole, this is so beautiful! Love the colors and shimmer! xo

[Maureen W.]

Your coloring is absolutely stunning and love the glitter!

[Danni]

I love, love, love that song! Few people know about it!! Great card too!So pretty!

[Lynne Ingram]

thanks for the song. I like country too.
Lovely card. Will try for this effect with my copics. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Dana Joy]

Okay, this card is down right gorgeous. I love the whimsical feel to it Caorle. Fabulous clouds too. ;-)

[Laura]

I love the rainbow effect! Beautiful card, and the shimmer is the perfect finishing touch!

[Lisette]

I Love the shimmer! I need to try that! I also love the rainbow colors. I can't wait to the see the blog hop. What fun it will be!