Simply Swallowtail

Today I've been stamping and playing around with the Stampin' Up! Swallowtail stamp, I have to say I absolutely love it! Being a fan of butterflies anyway, it doesn't take much but this stamp is huge and there are so many things you can do with it. I've posted a few cards in previous days using this stamp ( take a peak at the labels tab to find them).

  I stamped and heat embossed the swallowtail stamp, daubered the colour on rather than colouring in, I seriously cannot colour in! Daubering is also good because I find the colours blend better.

Using two right wing embossed images, I created this butterfly in flight effect.

I used the friendship sentiment from the From My Heart Stamp set.

Hope you like, go get making!

Hugs

J xxx

Swallowtail Butterfly

Hi

My Mum and dad came over for a combination of Easter dinner and my birthday (although it's not til Wednesday but i'll tell you all about that in another post!).

We had a scrummy dinner cooked by moi! Lamb in red wine, dumplings and mash for those who didn't like the dumplings, ie my son! Followed by mini strawberry pavlova.

My parents got me the most chocolatey cake I think I have ever eaten, it was to die for!

My dad got my good side!!!

Anyway, this is not about me, yet! I'm here to show you pictures of some Swallowtail Butterflies I was stamping for my mum. I was showing her part of my birthday present from my husband, a whopping stash from Stampin' Up!. She saw the Swallowtail Butterfly stamp and fell in love! However, my mum is not a stamper, she is very crafty but more into sewing crafts and making plaques with hearts and butterflies. So, I proceeded to show her how easy and beautiful this stamp was, and she fell in love. She asked me to stamp her a few, I went a step further and embossed them too with scented embossing powder.

I wanted to show her a technique I especially like at the moment, Resist. Versamark and clear embossing powder then daubering over the picture. the ink resists the image and creates a wonderful effect. 

The next image is a bit naughty of me to put on here although is it still using my lush swallowtail butterfly.

I used a special kind of tacky glue and some gilding flakes to create this butterfly to add to her collection.

Thanks for reading, hoping that you are all having a fab Easter.

Happy craftin'

J

xxx

Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies

Hi all,

I've been playing with one of my birthday presents, Stampin' Up! Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies. They are amazing. Cut them, stamp them, emboss them, do whatever you want to them, they always come up trumps. 

Here are a few things I made yesterday with them. 

 this started off just Whisper White but  I started to play with smudging colours with my daubers and got carried away with the stamping. 

This one features the Swallowtail stamp. I am in love with this stamp and keep trying to find new ways to use it.

I love the colours in this tag, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red, nice and warm. We all need a bit of warmth in our lives at the moment with this cold snap we are experiencing. 

That's why I am doing a give away with these tags, email me your name and address inkyfingerswithjenie@gmail.com and I'll put all the names in a hat and send it one lucky follower.