Butterflies and Blossoms

I was very lucky to receive the Lotus Frame from Simon says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies, at first I wondered how I could use it differently then just layering on card.

So I cut a frame and coloured the stem and flowers using a blending tool and a couple dye inkpads.
I then smudged some colour on white large enough for green stems and leaves and another piece large enough flowers.
Then cut out another frame but cut off the stems and flowers, this way I had a perfect white frame.

I used the same inkpads to randomly coloured round the edges of the bottom mat. Using a stamp postioner  I stamped the sentiment from Simon says Stamps Thoughtful Messages.