Butterflies & Brayer by Jayne Davies

Brayer inspiration by Jayne Davies

Hi all. Well this theme had me a bit beaten as I’ve never used a brayer in my paper crafting before! Still I thought I’d give it a go and this is what I came up with:

                            

 Ingredients

SplodgeAway mat/ easy ink card and butterfly swirl mask

Persimmon, mustard seed and mowed lawn distress inks

8”x 8” card blank

Dark green card 19.5cmx 19.5cm

Copper mirricard 19cmx19cm

Copier paper

Creative expressions Art Phrases stamp set

Dark green glitter embossing powder

Copper liquid pearls

Metal butterfly charm

Versamark ink

Fancy yarn

Recipe

Layer dark green card onto front of card blank then layer the copper mirricard on top of it. Put to one side. Cut easy ink card to 18.5cmx18.5cm.  Fix it to craft surface and tear the copier paper into strips, positioning them in sequence over the easy ink card. Leave spaces in between the strips and fasten them down to surface (not onto your card!) Once all the pieces are in place lay down your 3 colours of distress ink side by side on your splodgeAway mat and ink up your brayer. Brayer the ink diagonally across the strips and card and keep inking until the desired effect is achieved.

Remove the paper strips, ink around the edges of the card and then  lightly all over to soften the harsh stripes. Ink up the butterfly mask and place face down in position on your patterned card before running it through a manual die cutting machine. Sprinkle embossing powder over it and heat set.

Stamp chosen sentiment with versamark, emboss and heat set. Wrap a few strands of the fancy yarn around the panel at the left hand side and tie in a knot, leaving long ends. Mount onto the layers on your card blank and add the butterfly charm to the yarn before trimming it to the desired length.

Finish by adding liquid pearls to highlight the butterfly images.

Like using the masks as a ‘stamp’ and embossing it – lovely effect. Why don’t you experiment with different colour combinations. Hope you like it and thanks  for looking. Hugz, Jayne xxxx