I have cleaned up my dining room (aka Nerida's craft table) . . . so in order to finish this scrap book page I had to wait a week, we had visitors and they might have wanted to use the dining table occasionally. So I haven't made a card for days... not that you would notice. I usually make up for a gap in stamping with a flurry of activity and ideas.
I've pulled out the embossing powders again ... This time upsy daisy in silver embossing powder matched with the gorgous Designer series paper Urban Garden - I didnt even notice that this image was such a perfect match. But then Stampin' up always have the coordinating paper, stamp, colour ranges available for making a project work. That's why I really like these products.
The title for this page is embossed in white -I have used the quote from Van Gogh - The way to KNOW LIFE is to LOVE many things. (From the dreams du Jour stampset.)
It reflects a child's attitude to life , I believe: love everything, be passionate about the simplest things and really enjoy every moment of the present. Be it a garden bed of daisies, an ant hill on the side of a bush track, a lizard sunning itself on a rock, pretending to be an explorer of strange and wondrous places...
What you need to make this page:
Stampsets: Upsy daisy, Dreams du Jour, Gallery.
Cardstock: Baja breeze textured and baja breeze A4 cardstock.
Designer series patterned paper: Urban garden
Ribbon: baja breeze Striped grosgrain.
Other: Versamark ink, silver and white embossing powder, distressing tool, white signo gel pen (for journalling).
With a piece of Designer series patterned paper and a strip of ribbon, add a few Stamped images, and you have changed a very ordinary note book into a special gift for a friend.
The sentiment is one of my favourites: "The way to know life is to love many things." By Van Gogh. Who can argue with that?
Then there is the Woodrow Wilson quote: We grow great by dreams. But does a caterpillar dream of growing into a butterfly? 
I have stamped the images on whisper white and mounted them with dimensional adhesive onto square scallops of kiwi kiss cardstock. I have used the crystal effects to add a shiny dimension on top of each image. Notice how it changes the depth of the colour. 
So the card is fairly simple only a few layers ... but I wanted to use one of my wheels: the baroque wheel in versamark ink, and then I decide to clear emboss it to make it dark and glossy. The patterned paper is from the Raspberry tart pack of papers. It is rose red, real red, cameo coral, kiwi kiss and pretty in pink. 
I love buttlerflies, and the wings kind of mirror the shape of the flowers in the background paper. I have rock and rolled the butterflies in regal rose and rose red ink. The Centre butterfly has a velum layer and is attached with a silver brad. If you look closely you will see I have used some versamark and clear embossing powder to accentuate the wings. I think my clear embossing powder has some dazzling diamonds in it, too. This greeting "Best wishes" is from the Oval All stampset, which becomes available on 1st of August in the new mini catalogue.
Materials used:
On the left is the original card by Lorinda Brooks and on the right is mine with added embellishments.
The background is stamped with versamark ink and clear embossing powder using the Dreams du Jour butterfly stamp.
My inspired by nature flower stem is stamped in Not Quite navy ink on vanilla cardstock. To adhere the glitter I have used the 2 way glue pen and then sprinkled it with dazzling diamonds. 
What I liked about the original card is the use of the "punches three" stamp and the words put up on dimensionals. The sentiment is True Blue friend - kind of fits with the colours ...Then all that was left to do was the Ribbon which is fastened behind the card and a filigree brad attached on top .
They really are so easy to make and you can put photos inside, or butterflies ... or a gift.
Supplies: Stampset: Dreams du Jour, Freinds 24/7, Cardstock: Sahara sand, whisper white, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze. Paper: Urban Garden. Inks: Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze. Punches: square scallop, Circle scallop, 3.5cm circle, 3.2cm circle, 2.5cm circle. Crop-a-dile.
And where does that little butterfly come from?