Butterflies in Faux Silk

The faux silk technique has been in my binder of ideas for a long, long time, but I have ignored it because I thought it would be troublesome to do.  Not so!  I took on the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge #217 and the Color Lab Color Challenge #53 to finally give this technique a try.

My version of the technique goes like this.  On a piece of Naturals Ivory card stock I stamped the swirly design from the Creative Elements stamp set with Soft Suede ink.  I then sponged around the edges and over the image first with Soft

close up of faux silk

Suede ink and then Pool Party ink.  The butterflies from the same stamp set were inked up with Pear Pizzazz ink and "rock and rolled" on the edges with Soft Suede ink and stamped on a scrap piece of tissue paper, the kind you use in gifts.  I'm afraid I need more practice with that technique.  I crumbled the tissue paper up really tight and carefully opened it back up.  Using the glue stick, I covered the swirly image with the glue and carefully added the stamped tissue paper over it, smoothing it as I went along.  You have to be careful doing this as the paper might tear when it gets glue on it.  Trim the edges or fold them over and glue to the back of the image.  I matted the image with Soft Suede card stock and added 

it to a piece of Pool Party card stock that I had run through the Big Shot using the Framed Tulips embossing folder.  A bow was made with the crochet trim and the ends wrapped around each side of the embossed layer.  This was attached to the Pear Pizzazz card.  The sentiment from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set was stamped on Naturals Ivory card stock with Soft Suede ink and punched out with the small oval punch.  Stampin' Up! only has the white pearls, so I colored them with a permanent marker and added them to the butterflies and the sentiment.  I really enjoyed  this technique and hope you understand what I did.  If you've been wanting to give it a try, jump right in.  It's fun and easy to do.  See you here again soon.

Stampin' Up! Products Used 
Stamps:  Creative Elements (w-#122645/c-#122647); Fabulous Phrases (w-#117002/c-#120501)
Ink:  Soft Suede (#115657); Pool Party (#122938); Pear Pizzazz (#119784)
Card Stock:  Pear Pizzazz (#119795); Pool Party (#122924); Soft Suede (#115318); Naturals Ivory (#101849)
Tools:  Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (#113439); Framed Tulips Embossing Folder (#121809); Small Oval Punch (#120908)
Finish It Up:  Chantilly 1/2" Crochet Trim (#118480); Basic Pearls (#119247); Anywhere Glue Stick (#104045); Sponge Daubers (#102892); Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)