I wanted to make a Valentine graphic so off I went to look at tutorials for inspiration. I found Rosie Hardman’s tutorial on how to make  a tiffany lamp with a stained glass shade. I was inspired! After all, what says, “I love you” better than a tiffany lamp?

I decided to modify it as Rosie’s lamp features a dragonfly and mine had to have butterflies. I spent three days off and on, trying to find the right butterflies and figuring out how to modify the tutorial. I finally got the shade somewhat to my liking. Four days later and I hit a brick wall. I have a new computer so don’t have Photo Impact installed because I wanted to see how PI X3 was and I can’t make the base of my lamp because I don’t have a complete version installed yet. Waaaaah!

So here’s what I have so far until I buy PI X3.