Assemble your supplies

Ink up you stamp using VersaMark Ink

Stamp image onto your card stock

Cover stamped image with embossing powder --- once done, remove the excess powder and place back in the container

Use heat tool to set you embossing powder - here the left side of butterfly has been heated and the right has not

Here is the butterfly once it has been fully embossed

Take your sponge dauber and Classic Stampin' Ink to add color -- this part is know as emboss resist and the area that has been embossed resists taking on the ink color

If the project calls for it, cut out your embossed image

Here is a completed home decor project featuring g this beautiful Swallowtail butterfly

This is another example of the technique -- in this case the embossed butterfly was cut out using a Framelit

For more ideas and inspiration, visit my blog: http://www.stampgoodness.com