Dragons Dream TIO #168 - I and Butterflies

This fortnight, Elizabeth has chosen the theme for our alphabet challenge - the letter I and to use butterflies. The Dragons would love to see what you come up with .  Don't forget to use at least one real stamp, and a tag!

I decided to incorporate my tag into a journal page this time. I struggled for a while to think of a word I could interpret somehow....

 As usual, my base in the journal was some blue/green excess paint wiped off from a previous project. I added a bit of Snowflake Fresco to provide a base for the next layer to pop against -
 I used an Imagination Crafts stencil "butterfly flight" and a mixture of Tango and Blood Orange Fresco for the butterflies.  You can see I left a space where the tag would go..

 For my tag, I used a smaller size to normal, and covered it with some of Tim's "melange" tissue wrap, with a mix of text and a butterfly, then covered it with gesso before stamping my "Imagination" text from a Tim Holtz set.

I used watered down Beach Hut and Chartreuse Frescos to tone the tag into the background and edged it with a blending tool I use for dark distress inks (after I took this photo) It's a kind of walnut stain/black soot combo.

 I stamped a couple of butterflies straight onto the page - this one is a Paperartsy one, the other was (I've put it away... forgotten!)

 I coloured them with Portfoleo pastels and heat them to blend/set the colours into the page.

and added my tag.

Hope to see some great butterflies on your I tags soon!  You can see  my other team-mates tags and link up yours, here