Ginas Designs: Butterflies by Kim and Deann

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Butterflies by Kim and Deann

Hi Everyone! Today we have a dual take on the same inspirational item. We were both on Pinterest and discovered this great inspirational piece which you can find Here. Deann and I have similar tastes and we both were inspired by similar things, and decided to do our own take on something that inspired us. This is what we came up with! It not only shows the versatility of Gina's chipboard items, it also shows how two people can be inspired by the same thing and come up with a completely different take on it.

I have done a 5 x 7 inch canvas for my project and used lots of fun summery colors.

I have used lots of layers on this canvas, including ripping up paper, melting crayon wax on the butterfly, lots of bright colors of sprays and some pretty flowers as well.

Here in the center I have taken the scissors from the Vintage Seamstress Set and used them as the body of the butterfly, which was another inspirational point for Deann and I. I added some gears which I painted white, then sprayed with Shimmerz orange and a Lindys blue colored spray.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on our inspiration. Now over to Deann who will share her project with you.

Gina's Designs Items Used

Butterfly of Gears

Vintage Seamstress Shape Set

Gear Shape Set

Cardstock Steampunk Doily Set

Other Items used

Lindys' Stamp Gang Sprays

Shimmerz Sprays

Faber Castell Crayons for Adults

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Paper, Bead and Stamps from My Stash

DEANN'S PROJECT

Hi Everyone! This is my take on our inspiration piece. I started my project with a 10x10 canvas and used texture paste with Punchinella in different shapes for the background effect.

I used water soluble wax pastels in blues, pinks and yellows. Once that was dry I went

over the whole thing with some gesso. I used an old credit card to apply the gesso, and that allowed me to scrape some off and make thicker in other spots for more texture.