Butterfly Moments by Alison

Hello all, Alison here, and I've got a springtime creation for you today, full of blossom, blue skies and butterflies.  I'll share the project in more detail over at Words and Pictures soon, but I'll just share the Calico Craft Parts highlights with you today!

Unsurprisingly, I was completely smitten with the new Mini Butterfly Wood Shapes.  There really are some exceptionally lovely ones, with delicate wing shapes, and they come in sheets of various designs, so you get plenty to play with.  But I needed somewhere lovely for them to live...

I created a crackle sky on a  canvas for my butterflies to flutter in, spritzed with inky sprays in soft springtime blues and greens, and with some mini-beads for extra shimmer.

And butterflies need somewhere to perch, so I added some flowers clambering over a trellis.  Some of them have had some painty altering to get them how I wanted them to look.

The butterflies themselves have been treated very simply with some sparkly paint so that they catch the light.

It took a couple of coats as the paint was quite translucent, and I used quite a lot of water, letting the colour puddle to create interesting shapes and shades.

I love how they turned out.  I hope you do too.  I think my favourite is this one who's just alighted for a rest... the legs are unbelievably intricate.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I'll see you again soon.

Alison xx