Michele Reynolds
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Butterfly Brilliance Stenciled Butterflies |
P retty birthday or congratulations card using Stampin' Up! products.
Cut cardstock and copy paper pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Magenta Madness Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" from Blushing Bride Cardstock
- 3-3/4" x 5" from Basic White Cardstock
- 1-1/4" x 4-3/4" from Blushing Bride Cardstock
- 5" x 6" from Basic White Cardstock
- 3-3/4" x 5" from copy paper
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 white rectangle with the butterflies cut out of it on this project as a stencil. Keep all the butterfly cut outs to use on other projects.
Place the 3-3/4" x 5" piece of white cardstock on some Grid Paper. Place the white rectangle with the butterflies cut out of it on top of the white cardstock as a stencil. If desired, use small pieces of washi tape to hold the stencil in place.
Rub the Blending Brush with Blushing Bride ink on it across the open Blushing Bride Ink Pad to get it inky again. Lightly rub the inky Blending Brush all over the stencil and through the stencil onto the white cardstock below. Get more ink on the Blending Brush as needed. Remove the stencil.
Note: You can keep the stencil to use again and again on other projects.
Clean the Butterfly Brilliance stamp on Block F using the Stampin' Mist and Stampin' Scrub and/or Simply Shammy.
Place the Stamparatus in front of you with the open sides of the Stamparatus on the left and bottom. Insert one hinged plate into the Stamparatus on the right side so it is in the topmost hinge space. Put the Stamparatus Foam Mat on the base of the Stamparatus. Put a piece of Small Grid Paper on the foam mat on the base of the Stamparatus.
Place the copy paper rectangle on the base of the Stamparatus somewhere near the center. If desired, use a pen or pencil to mark the corners of the copy paper on the Small Grid Paper.
Place the Butterfly Brilliance stamp upside down on the copy paper on the Stamparatus base so that it covers the entire copy paper. Close the plate on the Stamparatus and press firmly so the stamp sticks to the plate. Open the plate.
Ink up the stamp on the plate using the Magenta Madness Ink Pad. Close the plate onto the copy paper on the Stamparatus base and press down firmly. Open the plate.
Tip: Slide a Clear-Mount Stamp Case under the plate before inking up the stamp. This gives you a firm, flat surface to push against making it easier to ink up the stamp.
Remove the stamped copy paper from the base of the Stamparatus and throw it away.
Place the 3-3/4" x 5" white cardstock rectangle with the butterflies stenciled on to it on the base of the Stamparatus in the same position as the copy paper.
Re-ink the stamp on the plate using the Magenta Madness Ink Pad. Stamp. Remove the stamped and stenciled white cardstock rectangle from the Stamparatus.
Unlock the Banner Triple Punch. Hold the punch upside down so you can see the punching area. Slide one short edge of the Blushing Bride strip into the punch as far as it will go and get it centered. Punch.
Mount the "it's your day! enjoy it" sentiment from the Happiest Of Birthdays Set on Block H. Ink it up with the Magenta Madness Ink Pad. Stamp it on the punched Blushing Bride strip so the punched end of the strip is on the left side and the beginning of the sentiment is as close to the notch as possible.
Cut a 2" piece of the Magenta Madness 2020-2022 In Color 1/4" Ribbon.
Lay the ribbon across the right end of the stamped sentiment banner so it is about 1/4" from the right end of the sentiment. Flip the sentiment banner over and fold the ends of the ribbon over. Use pieces of Tear & Tape Adhesive to hold the ends of the ribbon in place.
Remove the protective backings from the Tear & Tape pieces and add Stampin' Seal to the back of the punched sentiment banner. Adhere it to the stamped and stenciled white rectangle so the punched end is on the left side and there is about 1/4" of sentiment banner between the ribbon and the right edge of the stamped and stenciled white rectangle. The bottom of the sentiment banner should be about 1-1/4" from the bottom of the stamped and stenciled white rectangle . Trim off excess cardstock strip sticking over the right side using Paper Snips.
Adhere the stamped and stenciled white rectangle with sentiment banner attached to the Blushing Bride rectangle and then to the front of the Magenta Madness card.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 3 small rhinestones from a sheet of Rhinestone Basic Jewels making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere them to the card front as shown.