To begin embellishing the background I reached out for my unique stamps from Ryn. I used Hanging Droplet Set, Trickling Water 2 and Trickling Water Set 2. I also used a stencil (STAMPlorations Flutterby Stencil) with Inka Gold colors: Gold and Steelblue. I had a great time blending! That's how the subtle pattern of a butterfly came about. It looks his shadow, kind of a spirit... To give him a little personality I glued moving mini eyes. At the end I darkened the edges with Distress inks: sapphire and black.
This card was created spur of the moment so I do not have photographs of it's creation process. I hope the above guidelines will suffice.
In this photo you can see that I used black pen to extend the effect of the Trickling Water designs (the dotted area in the original is shorter). I also added the highlights of each drop with a white Gelly Roll.
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