Embroidered Collage

 I used the butterfly stamp to develop a background for some other swaps.  I laid down a set of blue butterflies diagonally on heavy watercolor paper and then laid down a set of purple ones diagonally across them.  When I cut it up into smaller rectangles you won't be able to see the butterflies, just the patterning.

 Next I did a wash with a blue liquid acrylic.  I adhered some bits of a light blue mulberry paper and let it dry.  Then I added drops of different darker colors and dabbed at them with paper towels, using those to both break up the drop and to spread the color in an uneven pattern to other parts of the paper.  I thought it turned out interesting and complex, as planned.