Embossing butterflies and natural background

Hello Friends!  Heather here with my second post for Globecraft and Piccolo. This month we were challenged to come up with some creative backgrounds. So on this project I decided to do some freehand brush work and use a couple stamps.

Heather Hudson
My Artistic Adventures

Supplies:

• Embossing Powder Adhesive
• Ruby Red Slippers Embossing Powder
• Shamrock Dreams Embossing Powder
• Victorian Bronze Embossing Powder
• Gilded Rose Gold Embossing Powder
• Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze
• Scrapbook paper
• pencil
• stamps 
• filbert and script brushes
• Gecko Galz Butterfly and Maiden images
• Ranger Heat it tool
• Ranger's Vintage photo distress ink
• Juliet lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Directions:

Step 1:  I took a piece of scrapbook paper that I thought would go well with the embossing powders that I chose.  I placed an acrylic block on the page and traced it with a pencil.  I drew some leaves and scallops to create a frame look.

Step 2:  I used the filbert brush and the G&P Embossing Adhesive to brush in the leaves.

Step 3:  I applied the Shamrock Dreams embossing powder.

Step 4:  I used the same brush and filled in the rest of the leaves as above.  I then used the same brush to apply the embossing medium to the scallops.  I applied Ruby Red Slipper embossing powder to the scallops.

Step 5:  I used the filbert brush again, and created some freehand comma strokes around the leaves, then used the the Victorian Bronze embossing powder.

Step 6:   I used the liner brush and outlined the square that I originally traced with the embossing medium.  I also just applied a few lines on the rest of the page.  Then applied the Victorian Bronze embossing powder.

Step 7:  I used my finger and applied random splotches of embossing adhesive through out the page, and added more Victorian Bronze embossing powder. 

Step 8:  I used a couple stamps that I bought at a yardsale a few years back, applied embossing medium to them and stamped them in the corners and randomly on the page.  I applied the Ruby Red Slippers embossing powder to these.

Step 9:   I found the Fair Maiden and Butterfly images at Gecko Galz, printed them and cut them out to fit in my frame. I inked the edges of the Maiden image with Ranger's Vintage photo.  I then used the Glastique to adhere my image, butterflies, lace and text box embellishments.  I used the Globecraft and Piccolo embossing adhesive around the edges of the butterflies and applied the Victorian Bronze Embossing powder.  Used my Heat it tool to heat set it.

Step 10:  I inked the edges of my text boxes with Ranger's Vintage photo and placed them randomly on my page.  I also added some Juliet lace and pink flat-back pearls, to give my page a vintage feel.

-

Step 11:  I used the filbert brush again with the embossing medium to place brushwork leaves through out my page.  I used the Shamrock Dreams embossing powder on my leaves.

Another look at the finished page.

Close up of a butterfly.

Another Close up of a butterfly.

A close up of my main focal image.

I will be sharing my post with 

Make it Monday:  Anything goes :0)

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, and that it inspires you to get out your embossing powders and have fun creating!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs!

If you have any questions, or would like to see some other projects I have created feel free to visit my blog.

Heather