Inked Card

 Hi Everybody,

On Monday I showed you some papers that I had coloured myself for an original look to my cards, and I said I would show you what I  was doing with them. 

The first paper was shown with the actual blog post but the second paper was one I created using my home made texture paste and I did that vidoe over a year ago.

It is really easy to do using cheap talcum powder and if you add it to an air tight container it will last you for a long time, and it costs pennies. 

I make up what I think I will need and store the rest for another time, and I have come back to that six months later and it is still ok,

Here is the video for making your own paste ...

The photo shows the second paper I created and over the top of the paste 

I sprinkled some teal embossing powder and heated it.

The paste will bubble a little but it all adds to the texture and gives a lovely finish. 

I used circle nesting dies to cut out the frames and then I fussy cut one of the butterflies out of the paper.

I coloured it with alcohol markers and curled the wings round a pencil and then added it into one of the circle frames.

Small pearls have been added to the body line and I found a pearl flourish in my bit box and cut that to fit as a butterfly trail. I used some tiny bits that are left over form the flourish and used them as antennae on the butterfly itself. 

Hope you like 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx