This beautiful stamp is one I have had for some time and I am ashamed to say I had never inked it up. 

I wanted to create a light feel to this collage, she could be strolling through a meadow with butterflies fluttering around her or she could be viewed as a Mother Nature figure.

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Nature's Gatherings Set 1
That's Crafty! A4 Stencil Circles TC40002
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF 8"x8" Pack of 3
That's Crafty! Medium Walnut Ink Crystals
That's Crafty! Medium White Gesso
That's Crafty! Multi-Purpose Craft Adhesive 
That's Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays Sage, Rose
PaperArtsy Cling Mounted Stamps LPC 036 Designed by Lynne Perrella
Craft o' Clock A4 Rice Paper Butterflies
Craft o'Clock Sheet of Extras Butterflies 
Archival Ink Pad Jet Black
Extras: Dried botanicals, scrap of found paper

I stumbled across a sheet of cotton rag paper previously prepared with white gesso onto which I applied walnut ink and then spraying Flat Matte Sprays before applying more white gesso to try to bring a dreamy quality to the paper. I simply had to adhere this to a MDF panel.

It was time to ink up this stamp, stamping onto some found paper (re-cycled white packing paper).  To describe this paper I would say slightly more weight than tissue paper with an almost waxy feel but not quite deli paper. It resulted in a stamped impression which is not 100% crisp. I point this out as it does not relate to the quality of the PaperArtsy stamp, it is because of the stamping surface but I liked the effect achieved.

Before adhering to the panel, dried botanicals were adhered and then with the stamped image, only applying adhesive along upper edge. Scraps were added including a piece of muslin marked with Pearl Inks. A butterfly from the Extras Sheet of Butterflies also adorns this area of the collage.

More butterflies appear, this time from the Rice Paper sheet which is filled with gorgeous butterflies.  A circle, using the fabulous That's Crafty! A4 Circles Stencil, stencilled and cut from scrap paper.

Finally, stamping the word renewal, with Jet Black ink, onto a piece torn from the white re-cycled paper. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit this post.

wishes

Lynne