Rainbow Whimsy
Posted: April 15, 2009 Filed under: Garden Whimsy 9 Comments
This card started out as something of a limited supplies challenge. I was babysitting the other night and took with me three stamp sets and about a dozen markers. I didn’t have a plan in mind but decided to see what some rainbow colouring on the butterfly stamp would look like. I didn’t even have a spray bottle to mist the colours together. I was quite happy with the overall effect and the placement of the two butterflies one above the other. I took them home to work on later.
When I was browsing blogs the next day I decided this week’s sketch on CPS would work for my butterflies. I stamped the other critters and the flower from Garden Whimsy using the markers again. The butterflies were surrounded with a lot of white space so I filled it with some doodled dashes mimicking those on the stamps. The background paper is mostly covered but actually has a nice gradation from yellow and orange through to pink.
Thanks for dropping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Inks: Rich Regals markers, Garden Green marker, Not quite Navy marker
Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Not quite Navy, Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Ballet Blue, designer paper from a Michael’s slab
Also: Pink grosgrain ribbon
Heather Telford 
WOW!!! This is really beautiful :o)
Beautiful! It came together so nicely!
Awesome!
Wow, what amazingly colorful images! LOVE this and LOVE your use of that CPS sketch.
I love this card. It goes so perfectly with the lovely weather we’re having here in Ottawa. TFS! Sheila
WOW, Heather! Thanks for stopping by my blog so that I could FIND YOU! This card AND your entire blog is awesome! I will be checking in on you often!
HOOSIER HUGS, Nicole
This is gorgeous Heather!! How have you been? It is starting to warm up here in London… I will be in my garden this weekend.
What a pretty treat! Amazing how you achieved this rainbow effect with markers. Hmmmmm…I’d like to try this, maybe give the misting a try, too. Great use of this set!
BEAUTIFUL!!!