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Build a Bold & Beautiful Best Butterflies Card

A butterfly card using Stampin' Up! Butterfly Kisses Suite Collection - Design by Mary Fish, Stampin' Pretty Earn Tulip Rewards

The Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Kisses Suite (including the Best Butterflies Bundle) has a touch of spring, a touch of whimsy and a big dose of coordinating WOW!  It is one of My Favorite Things from the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog!

WHAT I LOVE! I can’t express enough how delightful it is to crop and assemble the butterfly wings and body using the Best Butterflies dies.  So much colorful personality for spring!

CUT YOUR CARD STOCK – DIMENSIONS:

  • Starry Sky Card Stock:
    • Card Base –4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2
    • Die-cut Layer – 2 3/4 x 4 (before die-cutting)
    • Die-cut Butterfly Center – 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 (before die-cutting)
  • Parakeet Party Card Stock:
    • Die-Cut Layer – 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 (before die-cutting)
    • Die-cut Butterfly Wings – 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 (before die-cutting)
  • Calypso Coral Card Stock:
    • Die-cut Butterfly Wings – 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 (before die-cutting)
  • Basic White Card Stock:
    • Sentiment – 1 7/8 x 3 1/4
  • Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper:
    • Layer – 3 1/4 x 4 5/8
    • Envelope Flap – 5 3/4 x 2 1/4
A butterfly card using Stampin' Up! Butterfly Kisses Suite Collection - Design by Mary Fish, Stampin' Pretty Earn Tulip Rewards (1)

PROJECT TUTORIAL:

Begin by burnishing the fold of the card base with a Bone Folder.

Crop the following layers with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the coordinating Scalloped Contours & Build a Butterfly dies:

  • Parakeet Party – ~3 7/8 x 5 1/4 scalloped rectangle, scalloped wings die nestled inside the coordinating wings die
  • Starry Sky – ~2 1/2 x 3 3/4 scalloped rectangle, large butterfly body die
  • Calypso Coral – striped wings die nestled inside the coordinating wings die

Adhere the Butterfly Kisses DSP layer to the Parakeet Party layer with as shown with Stampin’ Seal and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

A fun butterfly card using Stampin' Up! Butterfly Kisses Suite Collection - Design by Mary Fish, Stampin' Pretty Earn Tulip Rewards

Use a Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment (Best Butterflies Stamp Set) in Starry Sky Classic Ink onto the Basic White layer.

Adhere to the Starry Sky die-cut as shown with Stampin’ Seal and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Adhere the butterfly body die-cut to the wings with as shown with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Adhere to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Tie a bow of Starry Sky 2022-2024 In Color Baker’s Twine and adhere with a Mini Glue Dot as shown.

POP OF PERSONALITY!  Embellish the butterfly body with Starry Sky 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots.

PERFECT POLISH!  Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the Designer Series Paper to the outside flap of a Basic White Medium Envelope.  You can see my video demonstration with tips on adding designer paper to an envelope flap here.

OH, SO PRETTY!

Create this birthday butterfly card using the Brilliant Wings Dies from Stampin' Up! Card by Mary Fish, Stampin' Pretty
Create this color block birthday card using the Brilliant Wings Dies from Stampin' Up! Card by Mary Fish, Stampin' Pretty

OH, SO PRETTY! If the card above caught your eye, then you might just love butterflies? The Brilliant Wings Dies from Stampin’ Up! let you create intricately detailed die-cut butterflies, as shown on this color block birthday card! You can see the original blog post and project tutorial here.

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MY FAVORITE THINGS! All the products used on this card made the list of My Favorite Things from the Stampin’ Up! 2022-2023 Annual Catalog! You can see all of My Favorite Things, Must-Have Tools, and Craft Organization Recommendations here.


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