Sweet Stamps Challenge- Borders

It's another great challenge at Sweet Stamps .  Our challenge theme for this week is Borders.

   This border stamp was the very first stamp I purchased from Sweet Stamps when I found them at the stamp show. I used to sew and smock, and this border reminds me of lace.
 I stamped the image, then turned it upside down and stamped it again going in the other direction:

    At that first show, I asked my friends to go back to the Sweet Stamps booth before we left, and ended up purchasing the Parchment supplies too- I just LOVED the look of it!
   Here is a close-up of the butterfly- the pictures do not capture the parchment:

 The Parchment Vellum looks so much prettier than any other vellum (ask me how I know) ....I tried NOT buying it to start out with and used regular vellum- different varieties, and finally gave in and bought the Parchment vellum. I took the stylus and embossed from the back of the vellum to create the white areas.

Here is a great visual tutorial by Stacey- owner at Sweet Stamps.

  I decided the card needed one more thing.....so I added Candy Brads that were painted with Creative Inspirations Paint in Copper, then I added lines over that with a Sakura Gelli Roll pen.
  I also stamped a butterfly in purple inside of the card and highlighted it with the Sakura pen.

I made an envelope for my card using some shimmery purple cardstock : )

 Here are the Sweet Stamps supplies I used:

 I hope you will join in the challenge! Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

  We have a monthly challenge as well- 9/15-10/14-Paper Piecing. You have a chance to WIN- winners drawn by Random.org.

  Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Challenges

 Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Amusing Challenge- Anything Goes
365 Cards- Day 273-Much Have : )  Parchment crafting
Eureka Stamps- Wings and Things
Use Your Stuff- Heat Embossing
Creative Inspirations Paint- Anything Goes
A Creative Romance- Winged Creations

Sweet Stamps also has a PINTREST page- HERE

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly