I tweaked her sketch just a little by using a panel of wide ribbon at the bottom topped with copper wired Italian buttons. The bottom panel is embossed with En Francais, the panel over that is embossed with Bold Damasks. The butterfly was embossed in gold on copper, cut out, then partially colored with Pearl Ex.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking!
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009 GMT Views: 1927
Favorited:9
Stamps: Magenta (butterfly), Inkadinkadoo Bold Damasks, SU En Francais
Paper: Color and Cuts Chocolate, Stardream Bronze, Stardream Fuse, Curious Metallics Venom, Gmund Treasury Shimmer
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Buttons from Italy, copper wire, gilded ribbon, gold embossing powder, brown embossing powder, Pearl Ex powders, green gel pen, Perfect Medium brush pen
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2 (the butterfly was time consuming)
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83925
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 @ 3:28 AM
Very cool - love that gold embossed butterfly and your DP. Very pretty! You were busy today and this looks like it took some time!
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83925
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 @ 3:32 AM
Very cool - love that gold embossed butterfly and your DP. Very pretty! You were busy today and this looks like it took some time!
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: August 15, 2006 Location: brookfield, il. Posts: 4062
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 @ 6:58 AM
Thud! This is AMAZING! I love all the rich textures, and your choice of images. Opens up this layout to Amazing possibilities. Thank you so much for your sweet comment, and for playing along! WOW!
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 @ 4:36 PM
Wow M, this is totally a real work of art!!! OMG, the gold embossing is just amazing and I love that En Francais embossed. I never thought to do that. Another thing for the memory bank - wherever that is as you know I've lost my marbles!!! Your textures, layering and layout are just outstanding M!! TFS!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132010
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 @ 1:51 PM
What a stunning metallic beauty. The damask panel has so much texture in it, I can see gorgeous drapes made from it . Just been looking through a butterfly site trying to identify one we saw on holidays, and now I find this beauty too.
Did you hear the 'smack' when this landed right into my favs? It's GORGEOUS, M!! Damask never looked more beautiful!! I'm sorry to have missed this last week, I don't know how that happend!! TFS!
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