You Inspire Me
By Beverley Brown
Having used the bees already I decided to
use the butterfly on this project. I wanted
them to work as a collection, so I kept to
the same colour scheme of yellow, pink
and light turquoise.
I created a background with watercolours.
Still a novice when it comes to
watercolours, I simply saturated my piece
of watercolour card with water, then
started with the yellows, pinks and working
down to the turquoise adding the colour in
a random way to achieve a painterly effect.
Once dry, I lightly stamped the French
Script background only selecting areas
of text that stood out to me. This created
a faded, aged look. To add to this further,
I added some splashes of paint over the
background. The butterflies were stamped
and embossed, and I decided to use the
floral outline stamps to create a frame
highlighting sections of the butterflies and
background. I added hand drawn lines to
bring everything together. Staying with
the splattered watercolour spots I added
lots of tiny Nuvo Drops to add detail and
enhance the design.
I mounted the finished design to create
a lovely display piece, a gift for someone
who inspires my creativity.
Materials
Stamps Beverley Used...
• Uniko – English Country Garden
Butterflies; Large Background
French Script; Mid Century
Modern; Simply Said Blocks
Other Materials...
• Nuvo Drops – Liquid Mercury
• Altenew Ink – Industrial Diamond;
Silver Stone
• VersaFine Onyx Black
• Stampin’ Up! – Stampin’ Write
Marker Basic Grey
• WOW! Embossing Powder –
Opaque Bright White
• Altenew Watercolours