Watercolor plus Sparkle

(This is my second post of the day.  Please scroll down or click HERE for my PBSC post.)

Time for me to post on the a2z Blog.  This month's challenge is Color It In!  I chose a very forgiving & simple technique which is watercoloring an embossed image with Distress Inks. The butterflies were white embossed on white cardstock. Next I used a waterbrush to "paint" the image with clear water. To add color I touched the brush to my ink pad (evergreen bough & picked raspberry) & then to the butterfly. You can add more color as desired. To give a tile effect, I then added clear water around the image & colored with Distress Ink pumice stone using the same technique. The sparkle is provided with Glimmer Dust silver spray glitter.

I arranged the images to determine where I wanted the sentiment & then stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Good news!  The Happy Birthday Scroll set is ON SALE in the a2z store!  To add some texture the card front was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder before the butterfly tiles were attached using foam tape for the pink one.

Links to the products I've used are included in the post at a2z.  Hope I've inspired you to join our challenge this month.  Remember, the prize is a $25 gift certificate at the a2z scrapbooking store & you can use GRETA15 for 15% off a minimum $25 purchase. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Vicki's Inspiration Card

Edited to add: Looks like I was on the same path as Vicki, so I'll enter over at Muse.