Handmade Butterfly Frame
Today I am sharing a handmade Butterfly Frame that I recently made using the new Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Gala stamp set, the coordinating Butterfly Duet Punch and the Butterfly Beauty Thinlits.
Each year my Stamping Team the New England StampINKers, has a 3D Yankee swap. Originally it started out as a Holiday party held in the beginning of December. But over the years we have moved it to the beginning of January since people are just too busy during the Holidays. The rule is that the items must be a 3D item made using Stampin’ Up! product. It does not have to be current product. We always have fun with these projects.
This was the project that I made for this year. I have had this frame for a while and wasn’t sure what to do with it. Here are the details on the frame. I took the frame apart and removed the glass. I knew that I wanted the butterflies to be 3D so didn’t want the glass in the frame. Next I traced each of the openings onto the piece of paper that was in the frame. I used that as my guide to design each of the images.
Next I selected sayings that I wanted to use. I wanted inspirational phrases and also wanted to use the Stampin’ Up! Statement of the Heart. the Stampin’ Up! Statement of the heart was a stamp that demonstrators could purchase last year. The “It’s a Beautiful Day” phrase is from the Share what you Love stamp set. The Share what you Love stamp set also has a background stamp that I used for the shading behind the Statement of the Heart with Calypso Coral ink.
The 3rd phrase at the top right “Here’s to those that inspire us and don’t even know it!” is from one of the new Sale-a-bration sets Part of my Story which you can get for FREE with a $50 purchase of product! All the Designer paper used for this frame is also a Sale-a-bration item: The Botanical Butterfly Designer Series paper. You can see these and other Sale-a-bration items HERE.
The two medium butterflies on the bottom right squares are punched out from the designer paper using the Butterfly Duet punch. I colored these butterflies with Blends markers. The small butterflies are also punched from the Botanical Butterfly Designer paper.
The layered butterflies are cut using the Butterfly Beauty
Each year my Stamping Team the New England StampINKers, has a 3D Yankee swap. Originally it started out as a Holiday party held in the beginning of December. But over the years we have moved it to the beginning of January since people are just too busy during the Holidays. The rule is that the items must be a 3D item made using Stampin’ Up! product. It does not have to be current product. We always have fun with these projects.
This was the project that I made for this year. I have had this frame for a while and wasn’t sure what to do with it. Here are the details on the frame. I took the frame apart and removed the glass. I knew that I wanted the butterflies to be 3D so didn’t want the glass in the frame. Next I traced each of the openings onto the piece of paper that was in the frame. I used that as my guide to design each of the images.
Next I selected sayings that I wanted to use. I wanted inspirational phrases and also wanted to use the Stampin’ Up! Statement of the Heart. the Stampin’ Up! Statement of the heart was a stamp that demonstrators could purchase last year. The “It’s a Beautiful Day” phrase is from the Share what you Love stamp set. The Share what you Love stamp set also has a background stamp that I used for the shading behind the Statement of the Heart with Calypso Coral ink.
The 3rd phrase at the top right “Here’s to those that inspire us and don’t even know it!” is from one of the new Sale-a-bration sets Part of my Story which you can get for FREE with a $50 purchase of product! All the Designer paper used for this frame is also a Sale-a-bration item: The Botanical Butterfly Designer Series paper. You can see these and other Sale-a-bration items HERE.
The two medium butterflies on the bottom right squares are punched out from the designer paper using the Butterfly Duet punch. I colored these butterflies with Blends markers. The small butterflies are also punched from the Botanical Butterfly Designer paper.
The layered butterflies are cut using the Butterfly Beauty
Framelit Dies. What I love about these dies is the detail of the butterflies and the layering that you can do with the dies. This is a “two-part” die. You cut a background layer and then a top detailed layer. I used a little Wink of Stella to add some Glitter to the butterflies. I used the Fine Tip Glue pen to put these butterflies together. If I were doing this again, I would use the Multipurpose Adhesive sheets on the back of the cardstock so the layers are cut with adhesive. That would be easier to use than glue.
Here is a picture of my team together with all of our 3D Items that we swapped. What a great time we had! Interested in joining my team? Sale-a-bration is a great time to join my team!
During Sale-a-bration you receive and extra $50 worth of product for joining. And there is a second option to join and get a beautiful Crafting Bag.
You can check out the details HERE. Feel Free to call me and ask questions. If you are in the USA I would love to have you as part of my team!
Here is a picture of my team together with all of our 3D Items that we swapped. What a great time we had! Interested in joining my team? Sale-a-bration is a great time to join my team!
During Sale-a-bration you receive and extra $50 worth of product for joining. And there is a second option to join and get a beautiful Crafting Bag.
You can check out the details HERE. Feel Free to call me and ask questions. If you are in the USA I would love to have you as part of my team!
Today I am sharing a beautiful Fancy Fold Card that I made with the Stampin’ Up! Springtime Foil Designer Series paper. This Designer Series paper is by far my favorite of all the DSPs that I have seen in a while! It is a thick glossy white cardstock with Silver, Gold and Copper embossed images.. It is simply gorgeous!
1. Card Base: 5 1/2″ x 11″ piece of cardstock, scored at 5 1/2″. cut a 3/4″ window on the front side of the card. Line up your paper trimmer at 3/4″. Move your cutting blade to 3/4″ on the top clear ruler of the cutter. Cut up to 4 3/4″. Rotate your piece and make the next cut. Cut each side to make a window. When you are finished you will have a 4″ square. Save this square. You will use it later on.
4. Cut two tabs to 3/4″ x 5 1/4″. Score each at 2 1/2″. Line up the score line on the tab with the line where the white piece lines up with the Pool Party piece. Attach the tabs (cut from Pool Party) to the back side of the inside piece, white piece, and attach to the inside of the window frame. Do the same on the bottom. NOTE: I added a small piece of white over the tab on the back of the white piece to make the tab less noticeable.
Today I am sharing a card that I made with the new stamp set available during Sale-a-bration Blossoming Basket by Stampin’ Up! 
e with my Stamp Club in February with the Stampin’ Up! Delicate Details Stamp set. This stamp set is from the Sale-a-bration catalog which ends tomorrow on Friday! So if you want this set – time is winding down!
age. You can use less water if you want a deeper image. Then I colored the bottom of the paper with the tempting turquoise pencil and again used the aqua painter to blend the pencil. Set this aside to dry.
Today I am posting a Sneak Peak of a Z Fold Card that I made with the new Sale-a-bration stamp set Avant Garden for a swap. Swaps are part of a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator’s life when a new catalog is coming out. Since we can’t buy everything (even though we want to), as a Demonstrator we can purchase sets a month early to make samples and prep for classes. And we do want samples of stamp sets that we don’t own to show our customers and to use for our displays. So we all participate in swaps. Each Demonstrator designs 1 project and then makes multiple copies of the project to trade with other demonstrators. I just received some cool cards yesterday from a swap with the new sets that are coming out on Wednesday January 4th with the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration!
rd in a Z format!
Today I am working on designs for an upcoming class using the new Stampin’ Up! Botanical Blooms stamp set and matching framelits. This stamp set has some beautiful Designer paper with it – Botanical Blooms but I think this stamp set also goes well with the Sale-a-bration paper Wildflower Fields. So I am planning on making this card with the Botanical Blooms paper too.
ette cardstock scraps with the Botanical Framelits. I used a scrap of the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper to make the center of the flowers from the framelits. And of course, you need bling – so I added a Rhinestone jewel to the center of each flower.
pin’ Up! has donated over $1,000,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Well, Barbara is the coordinator for the Boston Ronald McDonald House. Last week a few of us got together to make some note pads for the parents and family members that are staying at the house. What a great time we had!
rdstocks cut from Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Mint Macaron. Next is a piece of designer paper with the balloons cut to 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ and layered onto a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock that is 2 5/8″ x 4 5/8″.
of the It’s my party enamel dots.
