Stampin' Up! Butterfly Gala Card - Casually Crafting Blog Hop

Hi!  Welcome to my blog!  I'm so excited to be part of the Casually Crafting Design Team.  We are an international group of Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who want to share our take on casual crafting.  We will share what we love with you monthly.  Be sure to check out the rests of the design team's projects using the links at the bottom of this post. 

This month we are all working off of this sketch, created by Sara Sayers.  My card doesn't look exactly like the sketch, but it was definitely my starting point!  Thanks, Sara, for this inspiration!

At first I wasn't sure where I was going with this card.  I knew I wanted mine to be a small slimline, and I decided on this sheet of DSP from Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper right away.   I love these colors!  So bright and happy!  Butterfly Gala seemed like a nice match with this paper, so I decided to give it a try!  

I stamped the butterflies on Shimmery White Cardstock using Staz On Jet Black ink.  Remember to use StazonOn Cleaner to clean your stamp after stamping with StazOn ink. This is an alcohol based ink, so it's best to use when coloring with blender pens, watercolors, or Stampin' Write Markers.  

I chose to use a Blender Pen with Magenta Madness and Bumblee Stampin' Pads to color both butterflies.  Once they were colored, I punched them out using the Butterfly Duet Punch.  

The sentiment was stamped on Basic White Cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  I then cut around the sentiment with my Paper Trimmer, and created a mat for it with Basic Black Cardstock.  

The small butterfly was glued on with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  The large butterfly was attached with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.  Gently bend the wings up a little before attaching. 

For the inside I added a couple of the small butterfly silhouettes along the edge.  

MEASUREMENTS

Basic Black Card Base ~ 6-1/2" x 6-1/4", scored at 3-1/4"

DSP ~ 6" x 3"

Basic White (inside) ~ 6" x 3" 

Basic Black ~ scraps

Basic White ~ scraps

Isn't this a cheerful card to let someone know you are thinking about them!?  

I hope you enjoyed this card.  The product list is included at the end of this post.

Be sure to check out the other posts in this Blog Hop using the following links. 

Happy Stamping!

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Stampin' Up! Sweet Strawberry

 

Hello there!  Doesn't this Sweet Strawberry stamp set look great with this paper from True Love Designer Series Paper!?  

To make this card, I started with Sketch 416 from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  

MEASUREMENTS

Balmy Blue Card Base ~ 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-14"

Poppy Parade Layer ~ 2-14" x 5-1/2"

DSP Layer ~ 2" x 5-1/2"

Basic White (inside) ~ 5-1/4" x 4"

Scraps of basic white large enough to stamp the strawberry pieces and the sentiment 

I stamped off once before stamping the inside of each piece.  Stamping off is not necessary when stamping the outlines.  

Stampin' Up! is bringing back Black Stampin' Emboss Powder in the new Annual Catalog.  Don't have the black yet? After stamping the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black, quickly sprinkle Clear Emboss Powder over it and set with the Heat Tool.  Don't have either the black or the clear?  That's okay.  Stamp in black, then go ahead and trim around your sentiment with Paper Snips. 

I wanted to show you two ways you could stamp the strawberry for the inside.  Well, they are basically the same, just one minor difference. 

For the strawberry on top, I punched a Post-It note with the Strawberry Builder Punch then used the stem piece to cover where I had already stamped the stem.  By doing this I could stamp the strawberry without stamping on top of the stem.  As you can see, there's a pretty wide gap between the stem and berry.  

For the bottom strawberry, I stamped the stem on a Post-It, then fussy cut around it before placing it over the stem I had stamped on my cardstock.  This made that gap much narrower.  

Both strawberries are okay, it is up to you which way you would like to stamp it.  

Hot Tip ~ it takes the ink longer to dry on the Post-It, so be careful that you don't accidentally smear it all over your beautiful card!  Even if you choose not to fussy cut the stem, you will get ink on the Post-It when stamping the strawberry. 

I forgot to stamp off before stamping the inside of the stem on this strawberry.  Oops!

Happy Stamping!

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