Butterfly Bouquet Blog Hop

 

Hello!  Welcome to our Butterfly Bouquet Blog Hop.  We are a group of Stampin' Up!© Demonstrators from around the world showing off cards/projects made using the new Butterfly Bouquet products.  Scroll down to see the links to all Blog participants - you'll want to visit each one to see the beautiful butterfly creations.  The theme is Thank You, Congratulations, Encouragement.  

I have created a Thank You Card.

The Butterfly Bouquet bundle of products includes very pretty Butterfly Bijou DSP.  I've used a selection on the front of my card.  The bundle also includes a large die that coordinates exactly with one of the DSP selections, cutting out 6 beautiful butterflies in one pass through the Cut & Emboss Machine.

To construct my card, I did this:

Starting with a card base of Misty Moonlight CS 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded at 4 1/4".  Glue on a layer of the Butterfly Bijou DSP, 5 1/4" x 4".  Die-cut an opening in the card front using Stitched Nesting Labels Dies.  Glue a slightly smaller card base inside, adhering just to the inside-back of the Misty Moonlight; I used Mint Macaron CS 8 1/4" x 5 1/4", folded at 4 1/8".  Glue this inside the Misty Moonlight card base.

Next:  Using a piece of Basic White CS, stamp the grass & flower images from Field of Flowers stamp set, using Mint Macaron and So Saffron inks.  Stamp the "Thank You" from Sweet Ice Cream stamp set, using Night of Navy ink.  Die-cut this piece with the Stitched Nesting Labels Dies, one size smaller than the die used to cut the opening in the card front.  Close the card and use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the image piece inside the "window" on the card front.  

Use the large die from Brilliant Wings Dies - the new product - and the Butterfly Bijou DSP sheet that coordinates with the die, to cut out the larger blue butterfly (as well as the other 5 on the sheet; save them for other cards).  Glue this pretty butterfly to the card front, overlapping the "window".  

For the inside:  I used a piece of white CS, 4 3/4" x 3 3/8" and glued a strip of Butterfly Bijou DSP to the bottom edge.  Then glue this to the inside of the Mint Macaron CS.

There you have it!  What do you think?

I created 2 other cards in a similar manner, using other selections of the Butterfly Bijou DSP, and the previously die-cut butterflies.  I coordinated the colors of the butterflies with the card stock card bases.  One is another thank you card; the other is a congratulations card.  

On the yellow/gray card, the floral image and the "thank you" are from Sweet Strawberry stamp set.  On the Calypso Coral & Petal Pink card, the Congratulations is from Vine Design stamp set, and die-cut with Flowering Vine Dies.

I'd love to hear your comments.  Do you have a favorite?  

I hope you found some inspiration from my cards, today.  Now it's time to hop over to the next Demonstrator's blog, from the list below.  Have fun looking!  Happy Crafting!!   

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 ~JULIE 💕

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