Happy Sunday everyone, I want to share with you my shadow box of butterflies that I created for my great friend Vanessa, whose name means butterfly!

I made this shadow box frame as a Christmas present for my friend Vanessa, but I only managed to get to see her in March! So she had to wait and I had to wait to post it up here! I couldn’t risk sending it by mail, and I wanted to see her face when she opened it up – she’s been one of my biggest supporters in my business, she isn’t a customer as she has no time for adding paper crafting into her life (at the moment!) but she does some beautiful cross-stitch work, and she really appreciates handmade gifts because she understands the work and time and love that goes into making them. So she really, really loved this!

It was so nice to know she loved it, and that I could do something so personal for her to say not only thanks for being a great friend, but also thanks for supporting my business and helping me get my head around things at times! The roses are made with the Spiral Flower Die and just fitted in there perfectly – our colours suited so well too – I took my inspiration from the Artisan Embellishment kit colours!

I just hope she keeps a house big enough for me to fill it with lots of presents in the coming years!! Vanessa’s was 8 x 8″ in size so you can see how the Swallowtail fits in there beautifully.

I also made a smaller one (6×6″) for myself and another friend as a Christmas / house warming gift and so far they’ve been a hit! I thought this would give you some inspiration on what else you can make with the butterflies, they’re not just for cards!

My one uses the Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper as the background, and the Artisan Embellishment kit features in both along with the Butterfly Basics stampset.

So, that’s my Sunday posting done! Until next week (which is EASTER!) have a great week and have fun stamping, thanks for stopping by, Pip x