Birthday Bister
Posted: August 3, 2015 Filed under: Bister, Footnotes, Soft Wings | Tags: Bister, Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress stains 16 Comments
For my daughter’s 21st birthday card I chose blues, greens and the ‘soft wings’ butterfly stamp I always enjoy using. A reader commented a while back that bister and color burst work well with butterflies so it was time to try. I stamped the butterfly in a mix of distress stains which created a watery imprint I could add the blue and green bister powder to. I did multiple impressions then left them to dry while I added some texture around the rest of the panel. I used distress stain on the text stamp from ‘footnotes’ to add the patterns and did some splattering and spritzing with both stains and pearl-ex spray. Once the whole panel was dry I added the sentiment then trimmed and sponged some darker colour around the edges before adding some thread and popping up the panel on a watercolour paper card base.
Supplies:
Stamps: Sprinkles & Smiles, Soft Wings, Footnotes (PB)
Inks: Bundled Sage, Pine Needles, Evergreen Bough, Salty Ocean Distress Stains (Ranger) Deep Lagoon & Olympia Green Versafine inks (Tsukineko)
Paint Powder: Blue and Green Bister
Cardstock: Canson hot pressed 100%cotton watercolour paper
Also: home made interference blue pearl-ex spray, machine embroidery thread
Heather Telford 
Heather, this is absolutely stunning! Thanks for the detailed instructions. I just love the way the soft colours fade and flow into the background.
BEAUTIFUL ! J’adore l’effet flou ! LOVE!
What a beautiful card, Heather! I love how you’ve done the butterflies and the background!
What a beautiful card! No one could have done better with butterflies and Bister.
Such a beautiful card! The butterflies look magical. Your daughter must have loved it! I hope she had a lovely birthday xxx
So delicate and pretty – nice colours. Happy Birthday to your daughter
These soft and watery butterflies are so beautiful Heather and the colours are gorgeous. I’m sure your daughter is delighted with this! x
This is so pretty! I would definitely agree that butterflies and bisters work well together.
How beautiful! I hope that your daughter had a fantastic Birthday and I’m sure she loved her card.
Lovely effect all around.
Gorgeous! I’m sure your daughter loved it!
This is beautiful, Heather! I love the soft colours and how the images merge with the background.
so beautiful!
Wonderful card! So many elements I love. TFS
Your cards are always an inspiration, Heather. Beautiful!!
Simply gorgeous card! I love it! Have a few butterfly stamps but none of the other products but I think I can get the same results using watercolor markers & maybe some embossing powders!