
Welcome to our April Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop. We are a group of crafters from around the world sharing inspirations with you. The theme for this month is Birthdays!. We all need birthday cards and since we have 23 of us participating this month, there will be lots of inspiration to make cards for your family and friends to celebrate their special day.
I love heat embossing, it was the first technique I learned when I started to stamp and it sold me on stamping. Thirteen years later, it is still my favourite technique. I have made three cards all the same but using different colours not only for the card base and images but for the embossing as well. And since Stampin' Up is just released the Butterfly Bouquet bundle I decided to use that for my cards today.
First up, I think my favourite one, maybe because Purple is my favourite colour! Gorgeous Grape and Gold embossing with a small mat of Basic Black to really make the image panel pop.

I used the Brilliant Wings die to make a stencil and sponged on some colour and then stamped the Butterfly Brilliance stamp with Versamark then used embossing powder to bring the images to life.
Next, Coastal Cabana and Copper

and lastly, Magenta Madness and Silver. This colour combination as the hardest to get a good picture of but the card in person looks amazing.

The sentiment is from Approaching Perfection and I used the Tailored Tag die to punch it out. And now on to Ann's blog to see her beautiful creations

If you get lost, here is the complete list
Angie McKenzie ● Leonie Stuart ● Alejandra Gomez
Danielle Kassing ● Annette Ball ● Kirstie Pattrick
Linda Moore ● Mo Rootes ● Libby Fens
Tricia Butts ● Jan Musselman ● Aurélie Fabre
Narelle Fasulo ● Sandra Mastello ● Karen Henderson
Susan Simpson ● Susan Webster ● Melissa Faust
JoAnn Pollock ● Gez Carpenter ● Jo Blackman
Jill Chapman ● Rochelle Laird-Smith ● Melissa Gifford
Terry Hamilton ● Deb Macdowell ● Satomi Wellard
Shel Anderson ● Elaine de Montmorency ● Ann Krucek
Chris Smith ● Cheryl Hamilton ● Teri West