Flight of the Butterfly

One of my many "summer resolutions" is to participate in sketch and color challenges on the internet. I thought it would be fun to shake things up a bit and try someone else's colors and layouts since I have my favorites that I use often. So I decided to start with Mojo Monday's week 192 sketch. Maybe I should have done a color challenge at the same time because picking colors seemed to be the most time consuming. I had the sketch with me as I pulled out three stamp sets to choose from. I opened Flight of the Butterfly and never even tried the other two.  Here is the original sketch.  I stuck pretty close to the sketch this time, but maybe next time I will branch out and deviate a bit. 


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A Fork for Stamping?

To create a square tulip frame, start with a 4 1/8” square of cardstock.  Run it through the Big Shot like you normally would.  Then flip your cardstock around 90 degrees and move embossed cardstock around until lined up in already embossed areas.  You can also tell by the look through the plastic.  Run it back through the Big Shot half way only.  Isn't that a great way to get double duty out of your Framed Tulips Embossing Folder?  The bow was made using a fork - yes, you read that right, a fork!  Here are the directions but you might prefer seeing it.  Just Google fork bows and you should find something pretty easily.  Fold ribbon in half and wrap around entire fork with tails to the right.  Pull bottom ribbon around to the front and tuck down through center tines below ribbon.  Wrap remaining tail around to the front and tuck down through center tines above ribbon.  Tie one time in the back and pull off of fork.

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