Butterfly + Sprite = A Wonderful Delight!!

Well, Mitzi of Aurora Wings had been at it again.

This time she has drawn a new insect Sprite.

It's available in her shop today. And there are actually TWO images 

for the price of one! That's right, two butterflies are always better than one.

Mitzi has generously included the fancy version, with more wing detailing,

and a version with less wing details. Nice, right?

The image is available HERE.

As is my usual style, I went with a rather unusual color palette 

for my butterfly. I matched my coloring up with a paper pad from 

KaiserCraft called, 'Violet Crush'. How could I pass up the perfect

 opportunity to use this gorgeous butterfly paper?

I pulled the colors from the Violet and Red Violet Copic families.

Some of my favorite color families, by the way.

They matched perfectly with the papers for a flawless coupling.

Since I never choose conventional flesh tones for my Sprites, and

I had already used the purples and pink tones for the wings and outfit,

I was left with black for my actual skin tone. And when looking at 

actual butterflies (and the ones on the paper) it seemed the right choice.

And I have always been partial to purple and black together.

Must be my inner Goth...   

I used a new stitched circle die to cut out my Sprite,

and layered it onto a scalloped circle die cut and a black

doily. I edged the doily with silver Stickles for my necessary bling,

and to match the Stardust pen I used on the wing details 

(since my white Posca pen took a dirt nap half way through),

and the silver foiling on the strip of background paper.

I also heat embossed "hello" with silver embossing powder to

keep everything matchy matchy.

Lastly, I used a piece of satin lacy trim behind the main image

for more interest and texture.

I had to add some kind of background around the Sprite

for contrast, so I used some Toner Copics in a dotting

technique, and then muted it with a colorless blender pen.

I also added some white dots with my trusty Gellyroll pen,

and few Stardust dots, too.

I am loving how this one turned out! Super cute and in my favorite

color scheme! I may be hanging onto this one for myself.

Be sure to pop by the Aurora Wings Showcase blog to see all of the

stunning samples for this new sweetie.

And maybe even stop by the Aurora Wings Etsy shop to pick up this

gorgeous and versatile image. And remember, it's a two-fer!

  I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Taggers - I Believe I Can Fly 

Tuesday Throwdown - #300 Fairies and Fantasy

Make My Monday - Fairies

Corrosive Challenges - Lots of Layers