I have another butterfly card to share with you. I sent this card to a friend who recently lost her dad. Having lost my own father in 2009, I know how heartbreaking it is to lose a parent. There are no words to comfort but I hope my card helped her to know that my thoughts are with her.
All the supplies used to create this card are Stampin’ Up! They are shown below along with their item number and price. When you click on the picture, you’ll be taken to that item in my Stampin’ Up! online store. From there it’s easy to add it to your cart. Choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend (before tax and shipping).
Last week I posted THIS card and I mentioned that I had made a few more using the same basic layout. The same pack of paper, Cupcakes & Carousels, was used to create all of them. Here they are!
This last one is the same as the first one except that I added rhinestones to the butterfly. It seemed a bit naked to me!
On the fourth card, I did some embossing on black paper for the sentiment but with all the others I used a combination of the Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. I used Glue Dots that I rolled up into balls and placed them down the center of each butterfly to adhere it to my card front.
If you’d like the measurements that I used, you can refer to the card from last week. Click HERE and scroll down to the bottom of the post. You’ll also see how I cut the DSP so that I had enough for my card front, butterfly and a strip for the inside the card.
All the supplies used to create these cards are Stampin’ Up! They are shown below along with their item number and price. When you click on the picture, you’ll be taken to that item in my Stampin’ Up! online store. From there it’s easy to add it to your cart. Choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend. Click HERE and HERE to take a look at the Sale-a-bration catalogs.
For those of you who receive updates via email, you saw a post come through a few minutes ago but I hadn’t finished it! I accidentally hit PUBLISH instead of SAVE. I was writing it early so that it would post on Monday but it looks like it is going out today!! Here’s the finished version! I’m sorry for any confusion I might I have caused.
Today I’m sharing a Gate Fold birthday card that fits nicely inside one of our Whisper White envelopes.
To make this fold, start out with a piece of cardstock that measures 8-1/2” x 4-1/4”. Score at 2-1/8” on the long side and again at 2-1/8” on the opposite side and fold on the score lines.
Attach Stampin’ Dimensionals to the LEFT side of the scalloped piece and attach it to the left panel on the front of the card being careful that your dimensionals are hidden.
Measurements
Card base: 8-1/2” x 4-1/4”. Score at 2-1/8” on the long side and again at 2-1/8” on the opposite side.
Designer Series Paper: Two pieces cut @ 1-7/8” x 4”.
Whisper White cardstock:
3-1/4” x 3-1/4” scalloped piece: run it through the Big Shot using the Layering Squares Framelits
2-3/8” x 2-3/8” for the sentiment; if you have the Layering Squares Framelits to cut this piece, start with a piece that measures 2 ½” x 2 ½”).
4″ x 4″ for inside the card
Coordinating cardstock: 2-5/8” x 2-5/8” ; if you have the Layering Squares Framelits to cut this piece, start with a piece that measures 2 ¾” x 2 ¾”)
All the supplies used to create this card are Stampin’ Up! They are shown below along with their item number and price. When you click on the picture, you’ll be taken to that item in my Stampin’ Up! online store. From there it’s easy to add it to your cart. Choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend.
I love buying pretty paper but sometimes it sits around and I don’t use it! Has that ever happened to you? The other day I pulled out my Cupcakes & Carousels DSP Stack and came up with this card! In fact I created several more cards with this paper but I’ll share those next week.
This particular paper comes with 40 sheets that are each 6″ x 6″. The picture below is another design in the stack but I wanted to show you that you can use the entire sheet for the base of your card, the butterfly AND to decorate the inside!
Go grab some of your paper and give this a try! If you do, email me as I’d love to see what you’ve created! All of the supplies I used to create my card can be found below in the Product List. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!
Measurements
Base of Card: Basic Black 11″ x 4-1/4″
Very Vanilla: 4″ x 5-1/4″ (2 pieces: one for the front of the card and one for the inside); sentiment 3/4″ x 2-3/4″
Designer Series Paper: 3-3/4″ x 5″ for the front of the card; 1″ x 4″ for inside of the card; scrap for the butterfly
Product List : All the supplies used to create this card are Stampin’ Up! They are shown below along with their item number and price. When you click on the picture, you’ll be taken to that item in my Stampin’ Up! online store. From there it’s easy to add it to your cart. Choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog for every $50 you spend!
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Today I’m sharing a card I sent off to a friend last week!
I think blue and green combined is so pretty and was really pleased how nicely Pacific Point and Emerald Envy blended together. Here’s how to create the watercolor look:
Tape your watercolor paper down with blue painter’s tape. I use a thin wooded board. You want to do this to help with warping.
Tap each stamp pad onto a clear block. This is where you’ll pick up your color.
Wet your watercolor paper completely with an oval wash paintbrush or an Aqua Painter. You don’t want to add too much water! You’ll have to play around to figure out how much to use.
Grab your Aqua Painter and squeeze a little bit of water out of the barrel so that the tip is damp. Pick up color from the clear block and drop it onto your paper. The water that you added in step #3 will make the ink spread around your paper. Keep adding color. It will usually look completely different when it’s dried so if you aren’t happy with the results, wait until it has thoroughly dried. Trust me!
Once it’s completely dried, add more color if you want.
The next step is to add your sentiment. Be sure to use an anti-static tool such as the Stampin’ Up! Embossing Buddy and rub it across the entire surface of your paper. This helps prevent embossing powder from sticking to your paper where you don’t want it.
Use Versamark to stamp your image, pour embossing powder over it and watch the magic happen as you heat it up with the heat tool.
I hope you’ll give this a try and if you do, I’d love to see what you create!
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We’ve just entered the final month of Sale-A-Bration! So many items to choose from for every $50 you spend. One of the new stamp sets, Make a Medallion, just became available on February 21st. Enjoy the video below for some tips and tricks and card ideas using this fun set!
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