Butterfly Brilliance and Joseph's Coat Technique for Monday Morning Live

 Happy Monday Morning! In keeping with my theme for my latest Monday Morning Facebook Live videos, I wanted to show you another "old" technique that I learned a long time ago but haven't used for ages. And since we have some lovely new In Colours coming up with the new 2021/22 Annual Catalogue, I thought the Joseph's Coat technique would be a good one to share.

I had my first pre-order for the new catalogue delivered on Friday, and with this catalogue I mostly ordered all the new *2021 - 2023 In Colour Ink Pads, Cardstock, Refills and Stampin' Blends markers. The colours are, for the most part, pastels and work really well for butterflies, so to share the Joseph's Coat technique, I thought that the Butterfly Brilliance stamp would be perfect. That, and the fact that one stamp fills the page makes it easy to complete the design.

*These are new products from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue which you will be able purchase starting on May 4, 2021.

I am demonstrating this technique and card on my Monday Morning Live FB Live video this morning and I'll post it here when I'm done:

             

Here's a closer look at the design:

• On a black card base, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4" on the long side, I used a  4" x 5 1/4" background of one of the new up-coming In 2021-2023 In Colours - *Pale Papaya cardstock.
• On a 3 3/4" x 5" sheet of Basic White cardstock, I used the Blending Brushes to sponge on four of the new up-coming *In 2021-2023 In Colours: *Fresh Freesia, *Pale Papaya, *Polished Pink and *Soft Succulent. I filled the entire sheet of Basic White with colour and blended them near each other.
• I fit the Basic White blended sheet in the middle of the Stamparatus platform and used the magnets to secure it along two corners.
• I lay the Butterfly Brilliance stamp rubber side down on this and arranged it the way I wanted it stamped, then brought down the hinged lid and picked up the stamp.
• I dried the ink on the Basic White paper with the Heat Tool and then used a static reducer (Embossing Buddy) on it as well, so the embossing powder only goes where the image is.
• I inked up the stamp in Versamark Ink and stamped it on the sponged Basic White cardstock using the Stamparatus. I removed it from the Stamparatus and covered the images with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, then heat set them with the Heat Tool.
• It's important to make sure that every bit of the embossing powder is heat set or it will leave quite a mess on your finished piece.

*These are new products from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue which you will be able purchase starting on May 4, 2021.

• Using a Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad with a direct to paper technique, rub the ink pad all over the paper until you've completely covered all the unembossed areas with a dark shade of black which completely covers up all the sponged colours underneath. Make sure to press hard enough to get in between all the little sections of the butterflies' wings.
• Take a soft tissue and rub off all the ink where the clear embossing resists it.
• The sentiment, from Loyal Leaves stamp set, is stamped on a left-over Paper Pumpkin label in a new 2021-2023 In Colour, *Polished Pink ink. The label is mounted on the card using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.

*These are new products from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue which you will be able purchase starting on May 4, 2021.

           

May's Paper Pumpkin kit has a decidedly masculine feel to it! But the Batter Up kit is for the All Star Players in your life, no matter what their gender! Use it for Father's Day, use it to encourage that little sportsperson in your life. At the very least, the package includes bubble gum for you to chew while you craft! To get in on this special kit, you have to subscribe by May 10. Click HERE to subscribe.

If you haven't checked out this sale yet, you really need to!! Did you know that several items are marked down 75%. Dies for the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine are an especially good deal! Check it out HERE.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $23.00	Butterfly Brilliance Bundle [155821] $74.50	Loyal Leaves Cling Stamp Set [152544] $31.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109130] $8.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	**Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Stamparatus [146276] $67.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

*Pale Papaya 8 1/2" x 11" Cardstock, *Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad, *Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad, *Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad, *Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

*These are new products from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue which you will be able purchase starting on May 4, 2021.

**These are retired products no longer sold by Stampin' Up!

Butterfly Brilliance with Alcohol Blend Technique

 This is the last of my White Wash technique posts, but today I am using a different bundle - the Butterfly Brilliance bundle and I'm trying out a different technique for the background, Alcohol Blend technique which I learned from Linda Bedinger from Inks and Ingenuity. I also continued to use the White Wash Technique on the top butterfly in each of the two trios, which was a little trickier for these butterflies because the areas within which you could colour them was much smaller.

Here's a close look at the card:

• The background is made by colouring on vellum with 2 or 3 colours of Stampin' Blends markers ( I used Bermuda Bay and Mint Macaron here) then using a Water Painter brush to daub on some alcohol which activates the alcohol as the base of the ink in the markers to blend in interesting ways.
• Linda recommends 90% alcohol, but I only had 70% which could have been why I had issues with my vellum curling up as it dried. It required a lot of Stampin' Seal+ to keep it glued flat to the Mint Macaron cardstock it was adhered to and again on the Mint Macaron to keep it flat on the Bermuda Bay card base.
• I stamped my bottom butterflies in Tuxedo Black ink using the Stamparatus, perfect when you have such a large composite stamp like that. You can touch up any areas that didn't get enough ink without worrying that you can't line up your stamp and image again. I coloured the ones I wanted with Stampin' Blends combos. The larger butterfly was coloured with Bermuda Bay/Mint Macaron, the smaller with Highland Heather/Flirty Flamingo.
• I die cut these with the large composite die from the Brilliant Wings Dies.
• Then I die cut the matching detail image from vellum. These were tricky to die cut, just finding the right pressure. First you have to die cut the outline with the composite die, then use the detail die to finish the cut outs.

• Then I did the White Wash technique on a smaller matching butterfly by stamping the large composite image on Crumb Cake with Versamark ink and heat embossing it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• I then "white washed the image" with a runny wash of White Craft Ink and water, and dried it thoroughly.
• I added a small amount of colour to the sections of the wings using Stampin' Write Markers of the same colours as the larger butterflies and blended the colour into the white wash using a blender pen.
• All three butterflies were curved a bit and mounted on top of each other as shown using glue dots.

I hope you like the result. I struggled with it a bit. It took some trial and error, but it was worth the effort!

           

It's time to start thinking about subscribing to April's cool new Paper Pumpkin kit! You have until Apr. 10 to subscribe! It's a great one to share with your kids and grandkids!

To subscribe click HERE.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $23.00	Butterfly Brilliance Bundle [155821] $74.50	Butterfly Brilliance Collection [159408] $97.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $12.00
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $12.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $13.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.25	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $12.00	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] $12.00	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $12.00
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $12.00	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $40.00	Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems [153547] $11.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Water Painters [151298] $16.25	Blender Pens [102845] $16.25	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $60.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00
Stamparatus [146276] $67.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25