I hope that you thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s celebrations and that the enjoyment is still continuing. I’ve spent the morning clearing up my rather messy stamping area (I was making a lot of tags for people to add to presents on Wednesday), cooking eggs benedict for brunch and browsing through a new cookery book.
Last week I showed some cards that I made for my mother, little 3 by 3 inch squares with butterflies and rainbows. I also made her a set with a gold embossed butterfly inspired by the fact that she loved my Christmas card of a gold embossed tree on white. See it here. So there are no rainbows on this one, but she was really happy with the design.
I again scored around the four sides of the card 1/4 inch from the edge; I did it on the inside so that the scoring would stand proud from the card. Then after a swipe with the embossing buddy, I stamped the large butterfly from the Stampin’ Up! Papillon Potpourri set in versamark and sprinkled on the gold embossing powder. I was making a dozen and this design really worked well for mass production because it’s good to start doing your embossing with a heat tool that has had a chance to heat up. And after the first one, it was definitely heated! I stamped the smaller version of this butterfly in soft sky on the back of the envelope – Mum has decided that it’s her signature!
I wouldn’t have thought to do this pattern as a butterfly, but the end result is really very pretty. I think it’s a good indication of just how creative you are!
I hate to ruin your opinion of my creativity, but I have to confess that the butterfly stamp had that pattern already!
I did think of that after the fact. 🙂 Well, you ARE very creative regardless of my faux pas!