I have only used my large background stamp, the Stampin’ Up! Swallowtail set a couple of times and I decided it was time to play with it again.

I used the embossing buddy on the very vanilla paper and then stamped the image in versamark and used the clear embossing powder. After heating the image, I used rich razzleberry and using a sponge, started in the centre of the image letting the ink fade as I sponged to the edges. The thing to remember about sponging is that you can add ink, you can’t remove it so it’s best to blot the sponge on scrap paper to get a sense for how much ink you have. The embossed image resists the ink (hence the name of the technique). After I’d sponged the entire paper, I used some daffodil delight to gently colour the middle parts of the butterfly. I mounted this onto a rich razzleberry base.