Monday, April 16, 2012

With a Flourish...

The challenge that Mary laid out for us this week was great.  To use one or many of the Flourish  stamps that Serendipity carries.  I chose two stamps and their mirror images.  I'd been thinking for a week of what I would do with them, and then one day I laid them out on the desk and it hit me!  They would make a perfect butterfly!  So stuck them to a clear block like this and started to play!


I stamped it in several colors and decided on this burnt orange color then went to my stash and found some papers to match.  After I stamped the butterfly I simply cut around the shapes, and then added some inking that matched my papers.  Then I just cut out a butterfly body shape, and curled some orange wire into antennas.  And for the final touch I added some clear stickles to the body and edges of the wings.

 Serendipity Stamps used: Flourish (022D), Flourish Mirror (023D),
Parallel Flourish (034C), and Parallel Flourish Mirror (035C).

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5 comments:

Jeanne J. said...

This is very clever! You and I were on the same track but took it two different directions. Love the butterfly - so springy!

Miriam said...

What a great idea Amy! Love it.

Karen McAlpine said...

Very cute!! Must try!! LOL

Carol P said...

Super cute, great idea to get more stamping out of your stamps, love the color!

Jenny Gropp said...

So clever to make a butterfly!