Michele Reynolds
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Butterfly Brilliance Butterfly Square Birthday |
P retty birthday card using Stampin' Up! products.
Cut cardstock and designer paper pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Calypso Coral Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" from Blushing Bride Cardstock
- 1-3/4" x 5-1/8" of pinks and yellows watercolor wash design from Butterfly Bijou 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper
- 2-1/4" square of tiny light pink dots on darker orange pink background design from Butterfly Bijou 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper
- 5" x 6" from Basic White Cardstock
Mount the "Happy B-Day" in a rectangle sentiment from the Happiest Of Birthdays Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Calypso Coral Ink Pad. Stamp it in the lower right corner of the vertical Blushing Bride rectangle.
Adhere the long strip of pinks and yellows watercolor wash Butterfly Bijou Designer Paper to the left side of stamped Blushing Bride rectangle so about 1/16" of pink shows on the top, bottom, and left edges.
Adhere the square of dotted orange pink Butterfly Bijou Designer Paper to the stamped Blushing Bride rectangle so it overlaps the right edge of the other designer paper strip and is about 3/4" from the top and right edges of the Blushing Bride rectangle.
Adhere the stamped Blushing Bride rectangle with designer papers attached to the front of the Calypso Coral card.
Mount the Butterfly Brilliance stamp on Block F. Ink it up with the Blushing Bride Ink Pad. Rub a Blending Brush across the open Magenta Madness Ink Pad to get it inky. Lightly rub the inky Blending Brush over parts of some of the butterflies on the stamp. Get more ink on the Blending Brush as needed. Rub a different Blending Brush across the open Calypso Coral Ink Pad to get it inky. Lightly rub the inky Blending Brush over parts of some of the butterflies on the stamp. Get more ink on the Blending Brush as needed. Leave the inked up stamp rubber side up on your work surface. Place the large white rectangle on top of the inked up stamp. Fold the Grid Paper over on top of the stamp with cardstock on top and rub firmly all over. Unfold the Grid Paper and remove the stamped white cardstock rectangle.
Place the butterflies stamped white cardstock on some Grid Paper on your work surface. Rub the Blending Brush with Magenta Madness ink on it across the open Magenta Madness Ink Pad to get it inky again. Lightly rub the inky Blending Brush all over the butterflies stamped on the white cardstock. Get more ink on the Blending Brush as needed.
Pick out the large, open, interconnected butterflies die from the Brilliant Wings Dies. Place the die on top of the stamped and sponged white rectangle on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so it is centered over all the butterflies. Run through the machine.
Note: You are using the medium butterfly cut out from the left center of the die on this project. Keep all the other butterfly cut outs and the white rectangle with the butterflies cut out of it to use on other projects.
Lightly bend up the wings on the butterfly cut out.
Use Mini Stampin' Dimensionals down the center of the back of the butterfly cut out to adhere it at a slight angle to the center of the designer paper square on the card front.
Cut a 16" piece of the Blushing Bride Twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack.
Fold the twine in half. Tie a small bow in the center. Trim the ends.
Use a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the twine bow to the front of the card at the bottom left corner of the designer paper square.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 1 large Calypso Coral sequin from a sheet of Artistry Blooms Sequins making sure that you get the adhesive backing as well. Adhere it to the center of the butterfly cut out.