Fluttering Butterfly

This week's SCS inspiration challenge are these beautiful En Fleur candles from Papyrus.  We stopped in a Papyrus store in Chicago on our vacation, and I got to see these pretty candles in person ... they smell yummy too.  I really loved the effect of the black flowers on lavender.

I've got some great new Hero Arts CardArt stamps.  I love how you can create a card with one stamp that combines the image and sentiment.

I stamped the image with Ranger Archival Jet black ink and embossed it using Transcendence Embossing powder, which allows you to emboss dye based inks.  I stamped and embossed the butterfly a second time and cut out the detailed wing.  I attached it with a tiny piece of Zips adhesive line to give the wing dimension (click on the picture for a larger view).

I added some black and silver ribbon and attached the panel to lavender handmade paper with foam tape for dimension.  I added four tiny ivory adhesive pearls to bring the ivory from the candle label into the design.

I hope you find inspiration too.

Comments

[lauren]

and again i say, "OOOOOOOH!" this is gorgeous...it totally captures the inspiration item as well as just being freestandingly beeeeeeeeautiful! (those candles are VERY cool...i've never been in a papyrus store...which is probably a GOOD thing by the look of it!)