Back to school embossed pocket folder

My granddaughter had fun making her back to school folders her own. Here is the first one.  We used the Flowering Flourishes, Swallowtail and Papillon Potpourri stamp sets and embossed them using tempting tour quite, tangerine tango, wild wasabi and melon mambo embossing powders.  Of course it needed just a little bling with some basic rhinestone jewels.  There will be no mistaking which folder is hers.  The colors on the black folder make a beautiful chalkboard effect.

Happy Butterfly shadow box

I created this shadow box for a gift exchange in December.  Now that it is close to summer, I thought I'd share it with all of you.  I had a lot of fun with this and I hope it inspires you to try one for yourself.  The frame is an 8X8.  It uses all Stampin' Up products.  Stamp sets used are Swallowtail, Papillion Potpourri and the now retired Best of Butterflies.  The sentiment is from a set called Yippee Skippee.  I used a lot of stampin' dimensionals to give the butterflies some life.  Butterflies are embossed with black embossing powder and then colored with markers.  I added some dazzling details for a little bit of sparkle.  I LOVE how this turned out. 

Thanks for taking time out of your day to look.