Metamorphosis

How does this funny little fellow munching fennel in my garden



   turn into this?

  It goes something like this . . . 

And in our stamping world it ends up like this!

Silvery Swallowtail Card

Another true joy of late summer is the gift of butterflies transformed from their little caterpillar selves.  How appropriate that at the same time we were busy creating the metamorphosis from a plain piece of Lost Lagoon Card Stock to a beautiful Swallowtail Card, my garden was playing host to two voracious black swallowtail caterpillers.  What inspiration!  Silver Embossing Powder, a Gorgeous Grunge background, and a liberal sponging of Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, and Night of Navy Inks gave us this sweet design.  We were frustrated--much like the The Very Hungry Caterpiller--in our attempt to get this just right, but finally settled on a version of a hand cut card edge that opens on the top to showcase our marvelous creature.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™