3D Butterfly Card With BIC Markers

Good morning everyone!  Gosh, I am typing this up at 4am.  Could not sleep.  Creative juices flowing.  How many of you guys go through the same thing?  It's crazy and I am very happy that I have a pitcher of iced coffee waiting for me!  LOL

Today I have a card I made for a friend who loves butterflies.  I have made a card like this [here] but I had the idea to make the butterflies 3D and had to get this idea out of my head.  I used Butterflies 1 and 2 from Anthony's Paper Craft again but this time with watercolor paper and BIC markers, which blended beautifully on the paper.  I hope you guys like how this came out as much as I do!

I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock with the large stitched rectangle die from the Stitched Shapes Bundle (Simon Says Stamp).  I placed the cardstock in my Misti, centered Butterflies 2 (Anthony's Paper Craft) on the cardstock, closed the lid and stamped the image several times with London Fog Memento Ink.  This ink might bead up or look blotchy but give it some time to dry and it will look fine.

Next, I placed Butterflies 1 (Anthony's Paper Craft) over the solid stamped image, closed the lid, and then stamped this image using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 

On a piece of watercolor paper, I stamped Butterflies 1 again and colored the butterflies with my BIC markers.  I love how some of these colors blended.  

I then fussy cut the butterflies using a fine tip scissor by Martha Stewart and then I ran a black N15 Tombow marker around the edge to get rid of the white border.

I adhered the cardstock to a piece of fun foam and then to the card front.  I then adhered all the butterflies making sure I did not glue all the wings down - gives more dimension to the butterflies. Lastly, I added some stickles to parts of the butterflies for some glimmer.    

I hope you enjoyed this card.  Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.  I have one more idea festering in my head with this stamp that I hope to have done soon.  Thanks for stopping by the blog and, until next time - 

Hugs from Brasil - 

Michael