Antisocial Butterfly Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week's theme is Butterflies. True confession time: whereas my online persona is outgoing, in reality, I'm a total introvert — an antisocial butterfly if you will. Therefore, Visible Image's Antisocial Butterfly Clear Polymer Stamp Set totally appealed to me because I loved the sentiments and loved the beautiful butterflies.

Here's my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Antisocial Butterfly Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Sundance, Confetti, and Russet Orange Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne and Summertime VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create

Skycrossed Paradise Die Set 34 by AALL and Create

Fine Spray Mister by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

184 lb. Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Mandarin Textured Cardstock by My Colors

Copic Markers: YR12, YR16, YR18, Y35, N2, N4, N6, N7

Orange and Yellow Zig Clean Color Brush Pens by Kuretake

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Pink Stardust Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Black Glaze Pen by Sakura of America

Acetate from packaging

Black Foam Adhesive Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Monarch Butterfly from the Antisocial Butterfly Clear Polymer Stamp Set onto a panel of Mixed Media paper. Heat set.
2. Use  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the same butterfly onto a small panel of Neenah cardstock.
3. Use Copic markers were used to color the butterfly on the small panel.
4. Fussy-cut the butterfly and use a N7 marker to get rid of those unsightly white edges. Set aside.
5. Smoosh Sundance Elements Ink onto a piece of acetate packaging, mist with water using the Fine Spray Mister, and smoosh the diluted ink on the acetate randomly onto the stamped mixed media panel. 
6. Repeat this process with Confetti then Russet Orange Elements Inks until you're happy with the ink coverage. 
7. Mist the panel water to blend the inks and add a mottled look.
8. Thoroughly heat set the panel.
9. Use Zig Clean Color Brush Pens to color the butterfly and the orbs.
10. Use a white Gelly Roll Gel pen to add highlights to the bubble and eyes to the butterfly's head.
11. Use a black Glaze pen add dimension to the butterfly's antenna.
12. Use a pink Stardust Glitter pen to color the butterfly's eyes.
13. Use the larger cutting die from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26  to cut the image panel.
14. Place the image panel die-cut onto the stamping platform and secure with magnets.
15. Place the sentiments from the  Antisocial Butterfly Clear Polymer Stamp Set  facedown on the top and bottom of the image panel die-cut.
16. Press the lid of the stamping platform onto the back of the stamps, lift, then ink the sentiments with Nocturne and Summertime VersaFine Clair Inks.
17. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain good impressions.
18. Remove the image panel die-cut from the stamping platform and heat set.
19. Add glue to the butterfly's body on the image panel die-cut.
20. Adhere the Copic-colored fussy-cut butterfly's body over its counterpart on the image panel.
21. Add  dimensional foam adhesive squares to pop up the butterfly's wings.
22. Use the largest die from the Skycrossed Paradise Die Set 34 to cut black cardstock.
23. Adhere the image panel to the die-cut. 
24. Adhere the combination of the black die-cut and the image panel to an orange card.

Thanks for visiting today!