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Hi there! It's time for the first Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge of 2015! It's all so very exciting and we are kicking things off celebrating both old and new! 

This project is full of lots of goodies, both old and new!

I embellished the front as well as the inside of an altered configurations book / shadowbox with a variety of fantastic new and old die cuts.

I recently purchased the beautiful Tim Holtz Layered Butterfly die and have been waiting to put it to good use. Rather than using the coordinating texture fade to add texture to the die cut butterfly, I applied crackled texture paste, allowed to dry then applied brushed pewter Distress Paint and seedless preserves Distress Stain. 

To create the background behind the beautiful butterfly, I layered and adhered previously Gesso'd Trellis Frameworks  and GADGET GEARS die cuts:

Once dry, I randomly applied  seedless preserves and dusty concord Distress Stains:

On the inside, I featured a photo of my sweet daughter Angie that was taken when we went to visit the Butterfly Wonderland located here in Phoenix. It is FULL of amazingly beautiful butterflies fluttering about EVERYWHERE! I filled the smaller boxes with die cut MINI BUTTERFLIES and MINI HEARTS:

Peeking out from under the heart is a beautiful ELEMENTS REMNANT RUB:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope you join along with theSimon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge blog to see all the DT's fabulous inspiration!

Be Sweet ;)

Products used:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Trellis Frameworks die, Tim Holtz Sizzix LAYERED BUTTERFLY Bigz Die With Texture Fades, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die MINI BUTTERFLIES Movers & Shapers Alterations, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die MINI HEARTS SET Movers & Shapers Alterations, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die GADGET GEARS Bigz Alterations, Ranger Dina Wakley White Gesso,  Ranger Wendy Vecchi embossing paste crackled texture Studio 490, Ranger Tim Holtz brushed pewter Distress Paint, Ranger Tim Holtz seedless preserves Distress Stain, Ranger Tim Holtz dusty concord Distress Stain, Ranger Tim Holtz milled lavender Distress Paint, Ranger Dina Wakley Gel Medium, Ranger Tim Holtz 4 Oz Rock Candy Distress Clear Crackle Paint, Tim Holtz Idea-ology ELEMENTS REMNANT RUBS, Tim Holtz Idea-ology MINI CONFIGURATIONS BOOK Shadowbox 9X6, Tim Holtz Idea-ology NATURE Adornments Metal Charms, Tim Holtz Idea-ology HEART CHARMS Custom Metal, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metal Word Bands OBSERVATIONS, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ring Fasteners, Tim Holtz Idea-ology MELANGE Tissue Wrap Paper, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gears and Sprockets, Tim Holtz Idea-ology 1088 Chitchat Stickers, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metal Word Bands, Tim Holtz Idea-ology LOCKET KEYS Metal Hardware Keyhole, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Basics, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape Sketchbook, Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad, Ranger Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad, 

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