MFP Bugs and Butterflies- Day 4- Mixed media challenge

 MFP STAMP SHOP

Bugs and Butterflies

 BLOG HOP

 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 

 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials

April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy

April 29-- Retiform by Pat

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail

 Karen

Kren

Lois  

MariLynn

Pat

Pam

Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Bugs and Butterflies projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and 

check back on May 14, 2016 to see if you are a winner. 


I used the butterfly from MFP:
Daffodil Greetings- Stamp Set


Butterflies need beautiful flowers. My flowers are a little mixed media style. I am sure that is a not a shock to anyone who follows my blog. The splitcoaststampers mixed media challenge this week is to paint flowers. Stamping is allowed, but not on the flowers. 
This is the photo that was my inspiration.

I sketched the flowers quickly with a pencil on white cardstock.

 

I watercolored the flowers using crayola markers on acetate and water.

I ran the flower panel through my cuttlebug using my script embossing folder. I added gold metallic rub over raised areas, I sprayed the flowers with a really fine mist of old spray. I added gold wink of stella on the centers of the flowers. I put little drops of white acrylic paint for highlights on the centers. 

I decided to have burlap and a brown paper doily to go with the flowers.

I stamped the butterfly with light grey ink. The technique that I tried on Monday, where you stamp the image with light ink and gov over it with a pencil to make it look like it was sketched. I thought it would go well with my sketched and painted flowers.
I added gold wink of stella to the body, and I made the antenna out of gold thread. I drew a flourish with a pencil. Went over it with the gold metallic rub, but finally went over that with glue and glamour dust glitter.

Thanks for reading this long post. I hope you have a blessed day today.