Orchid Butterflies

I hope you're getting a lot of ideas for butterflies and Cottage Wall DSP, because I'm full of them! I loved this card by Lynn, so I simplified it a little bit and created this card. I started by running some old olive through my Big Shot with the Swirl texture plate. I stamped the butterflies in orchid opulence and then used the stamp-a-ma-jig to easily line up the rich razzleberry flowers and outline stamped over the orchid opulence.

I punched out the butterflies with the butterfly punch and adhered them with glue dots so that their wings will be free to fly. Have a great weekend!

Butterfly Fancy Favor Box

We made this Fancy Favor Box at my New Catalog Open House Last Week. We started with pretty in pink cardstock already cut and scored by the new exclusive Stampin' Up! Fancy Favor Sizzix Die and wheeled the Kindness wheel in Pretty in Pink on it. We punched a circle with the 1 3/4" circle punch and added a window sheet to the back. We stamped the sentiment from Simply Said stamp set and layered with a real red scallop oval.

Then we used the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the flowers on the butterfly and then punched it out with the New Butterfly Punch! We punched a slot with the slot punch for the new Real Red Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and tied some Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon around it.

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Butterfly Box Tote

When my friend told me about this cute little box that she had heard of using the Sizzix Box #2 die to create, I knew I had to try it . It's super easy to make. I just ran two sheets of orchard opulence through my Big Shot with the Box #2 die, cut of the top side flaps and adhered them together back-to-back. I used the large oval punch to create the handle and some of the new Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper on the box. I added the butterfly from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and easily punched it out with the new butterfly punch. It tied a little piece of the rich razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon to the top and it's ready to go!

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Urban Butterfly

I'm so enchanted with these beautiful butterflies from Stampin' Up!'s exclusive new Sizzix die!  I paired them with the just as beautiful Urban Garden DSP.  I got the inspiration and layout from this beautiful card by Mary.  I love the idea of adding texture to the butterfly by running it throught he Big Shot with the dots textured plate, and I added some stickles down the middle of the butterfly too.

Recipe:

Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Urban Garden DSP

Accessories:  Beautiful Butterflies Stampin' Up! Sizzix Die, Stampin' Up! Backgrounds Texturz Plates, Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon, stickles

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Sketch Challenge 189

I'm still a week behind! Will I ever catch up? I love all the new layout ideas I'm getting from these sketch challenges. I used the new Flight of the Butterfly and Inspired by Nature stamp sets for this one. Of course I had to make the butterfly three dimensional!

I started with some baja breeze and layered on some kiwi kiss. Then I stamped the grass image from Inspired by Nature and added the butterfly flying through the breeze. Now I'm going to go dream about being a butterfly...