If. you've been following my blog, you know that I recently returned from attending Stampin' UP!'s OnStage Live in Orlando, Florida, a convention celebrating 30 years of Stampin' UP!. And I got lots of free stamp sets and accessories that will be coming in January in the Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs.
I started playing with a few items, and came up with this card:
This is SO pretty! Let's break down the elements:
1. The card base is
Basic Black, cut 4-1/4" x 11" and scored in the middle at 5-1/2"
2. See that gorgeous paper? That's a
FREE offering in the Sale-a-Bration catalog, coming January 3. It's called
Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper, and you're gonna love it! 💖
3. I cut a strip of the butterfly paper to 5-1/2" x 1-1/2", and used the reverse side (the black dots) for the other rectangle.
4. I first adhered the dotted paper.
5. I then used an exacto knife to make a slit for my ribbon (that's the
Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon from the Holiday catalog, currently available) and fed the ribbon through the slit and around the card, tying a bow on the side.
6. And see that little scallop of black? I cut it using a retired die, but a small circle punch could give the same effect.
7. Then I glued the butterfly strip to the side of the card.
8. Things to note:
a. Those butterflies! Stamped images from the
Butterfly Gala stamp set, a two-stamp set with LOTS of butterflies. I stamped them with
Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with
Stampin' Blends
b. That shimmer! I added some
Frost White Shimmer Paint to a
Stampin' Spritzer with 70% rubbing alcohol and spritzed the butterflies. Beautiful!
c. Those pearls! I added some
Pearl Basic Jewels to the bodies of the butterflies
d. That texture! I took a rectangle of Basic Black and ran it through the
Big Shot with the
Subtle Embossing Folder twice, once in each direction. It looks like fabric!
The butterflies have a matching punch! Yowsers and Yippee! It's the
Butterfly Duet Punch, and does double duty, punching out both butterflies at the same time. What a time saver...and purchasing both in a bundle will
save you 10%!
And I love that sentiment! It's stamped in Tuxedo Black and cut with the
Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies, then popped up on
Dimensionals.
Inside I stamped the two butterflies and added color with the "two-step" process--matching stamps that fit the images. I used
Grapefruit Grove and
Highland Heather on the smaller one, and
Lemon Lime Twist with
Balmy Blue on the larger one.
I can't wait to share the Occasions catalog with you. They should be available in December; I will have one for each of my customers. Not a customer? I'd love to be your Stampin' UP! demonstrator; contact me for a FREE catalog!
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