IndigoBlu Butterfly Canvas

 Yesterday my friend Cheremane and I spent the whole day in my kitchen working on a new canvas each. We had a great day filled with paints, inks, stamps, dies and embellishments (and my new hot glue gun :) along with lots of other goodies!

Firstly I primed my canvas with white gesso, and while that was drying I created  a patterned paper using one of the new Limor Webber/IndigoBlu stamps in Hawaii Blu Stazon Ink.
I ripped this and added sections to the now dry canvas, rolled the edges back and added Peacock Feathers distress Ink around the edge of the papers, and also the canvas itself. When that has dried I added a Doily and frame, then covered the whole thing in a coat of gesso. The Distress Ink ran a little into the white of the canvas, which gave it a shaded look, which I love.

I stamped out three Dinkie Butterflies onto white card, cut them out and inked around the edge of the wings with Peacock Feather Distress ink. Then added them onto the canvas along with a few flowers, inked again with Peacock Feathers, and also some pearls.
I'm pleased with the finished result :) so am going to enter it into the Use Something New Challenge at Country View Crafts

Elizabeth