Friday, April 11, 2014

Flight of Courage

It is the official first hour of spring break woohoo! I have nothing at all planned for the week and that is ok by me. Today's post is for the Unity Friends with Flair link up and uses the current Unity Stamp of the Week called 'Flight of Courage'.


Here is a simple two photo tutorial of how I created my background of the tag. I rubbed my Distress Ink pads (tumbled glass, chipped sapphire, and peacock feathers) directly onto my craft mat, spritzed well with water, and picked up the color with my background stamp (Unity "Plump Polka Dots"). You can see on the stamp the ink doesn't look even or covered at all, but once it gets stamped onto the paper you can see the definition a lot better.


The butterfly was stamped twice and both were colored with Copic markers. I fussy cut one image whole, and the other I just cut the middle section of the butterfly. I adhered the very middle and pulled up the side of the wings to add dimension. The purple flowers are actually dollar bin metal pieces that I colored with a violet Copic. The alcohol in the Copic markers makes the color permanent on the metal, so it won't rub off once it's dry! 


I added some white burlap ribbon, corrugate black paper (DCWV), and floral paper from My Mind's Eye. Some Stickles in the flower centers and on the butterfly finish it off!

Happy Friday and get shopping! Unity is having a GARAGE SALE this weekend!


<3 Rachel

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19 comments:

  1. This is so pretty! I love the background you created, and the butterfly is beautiful!

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  2. Very stunning tag and so "Artsy" Great job! I found you on Unity's Friends with Flair.
    Peace,
    KristyLee

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  3. Thank you for the step by step for your tag, it's beautiful. The burlap and metal flower make the second card really stand out. Thank you for sharing.

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  4. This is gorgeous, all of it. The butterfly is stunning against your creative background. Thanks for the picture tutorial. :)

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  5. Wonderful tag! That butterfly is gorgeous!

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  6. Very pretty! You must be a teacher if you get a Spring break.

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  7. thanks for the how-to on that great background. I love the results! Enjoy your break,

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  8. Such a pretty tag and thanks for explaining how to do the b'ground!

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  9. Rachel, I need to make more tags - smaller space, but the butterly pop even more!

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  10. Love the butterfly on that background. Very pretty!

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  11. Gorgeous tag. Thanks for the tutorial and have a great, relaxing Spring break.

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  12. Very pretty tag! I really like how you used that background stamp and that fancy butterfly is FAB!!

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  13. Great tutorial, Rachel, and a beautiful tag. I love this stamp. Mine arrived yesterday. Woohoo!

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  14. Lovely tag, Rachel. Beautiful job with the SOTW butterfly image.

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  15. Great background. Thanks for sharing all the details.

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  16. Beautiful! I want to try this! ENJOY Spring Break!!!

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