Hi there crafty friends! It’s Cheiron Brandon here and I am back with a new project just in time for spring. Today I am pulling out some colors from the newest Distress Watercolor Pencil sets and pairing them with the Vault Scribbly butterflies from Tim Holtz and Sizzix for a clean and simple springy card.  

Step 1: Cut Vault Scribbly Butterflies from Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Distress Black Heavystock.  

Step 2: Gather up your Distress Watercolor Pencils. I used Saltwater Taffy, Victorian Velvet, and Wilted Violet for the first butterfly and for the second Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade and Evergreen Bough.  

Step 3: Scribble your waterolor pencils over the die cuts. The more your scribble, the more pigment will be added to your paper! 

Step 4: Use a brush and water to move the pigment over the die cut, dry with a heat tool.  

Step 5: Repeat the scribbling and blending with the brush until you achieve the intensity that you want, dry with heat tool.  

Step 6: Take your butterflies and stamp from Note Quotes and plan where you would like it to go on the page.  

Step 7: Stamp the Note Quotes using Black Soot Distress Archival Ink.  

Step 8: Using a palette knife, add Distress Texture Paste through the Sticks stencil being careful to avoid the sentiment.  

Step 9: Remove stencil and let the paste dry.  

Step 10: Adhere the black butterflies to your painted pieces. Let dry.  

Step 11: Bend the butterflies slightly so they are popped up when you adhere them to your card.  

Step 12: Adhere butterflies to card using foam tape.  

I hope you enjoyed creating this simple card with me today and using your Distress Watercolor Pencils to get deep pigmented color on your die cuts! 

Cheiron Brandon has been creating handmade cards for over 15 years. She loves to create cards that incorporate Tim Holtz Distress products and mixed media supplies. She has done design work for many companies in the paper crafting industry including Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp, Reverse Confetti, Hero Arts, AALL & Create, Mama Elephant, Neat and Tangled, Dina Wakley, and Ranger Ink. She currently contributes a monthly feature to the Ranger Ink and Simon Says Stamp blogs. Cheiron lives in New Jersey and shares her art (almost) every day on Instagram @cheiron and other tutorials on her YouTube Channel.