Dimensional Butterfly Card Tutorial

Hello everyone! I hope your weekend was a good one. We have been to a lake, found pine-cones (Leo's favourite part of the weekend), taken walks and gone to the local pool. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog we have a Red, White and/or Blue theme. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing a specific company/designer and this month it is Sizzix. There are lots and lots of Sizzix products in the shop, and it is of course a favorite of mine. You don't have to use Sizzix products, but it is always fun if you do. 

Don't miss our fantastic July guest designer, its Beulah Bee and she always creates such interesting projects.

I made a sweet dimensional butterfly card this week, using the Butterfly Fold Its die set by Stephanie Barnard, as well as some fun new surfaces by Sizzix. I felt like using only blue and white to create a tone-on-tone butterfly, so I skipped the red on my project. I like the drama that red adds to a project, but for this card, I wanted more of a calm and cool feeling.

These are the Sizzix products that I used: Butterfly Fold Its, Foil Adhesive Sheets and Brite-Ons shimmery paper sheets.

Start by folding a piece of cardstock and place the largest butterfly die as shown, so that the top cutting lines are just outside of the fold. I used one of the new glittery cutting pads. They are so cheerful and you also don't see the cutting lines as much as on ordinary pads, so they stay glittery.

Here's the folded card base.

Emboss the front of the card in the Tiny Dots folder.

Die cut the smaller butterfly from watercolor paper and white emboss the SSS Tiny Alphabet Background on top. I placed the stamp on my table, inked it up with embossing ink and carefully pressed the paper down. That way, it is easy to get the lines of letters straight instead of angled. I love this background stamp, but rarely use it at an angle since I tend to prefer straight lines of text.

Smear Distress Ink on a craft sheet, mist with water and press the butterfly into the ink.

When dry, mist with Pearl Mica spray for some shine.

Die cut the ornate butterfly from blue Brite-Ons shimmery paper, and then die cut the edges using the same butterfly as for the watercolor paper. It is easiest to use the Sizzix Magnetic Platform for this step.

These are the pieces you need for the card. I die cut the body and feelers from blue Sizzix Foil Adhesive Sheet, first adhering the foil to cardstock to make it stronger.

Glue the butterfly in the center only, to give it dimension. Gently shape the wings a little.

The sentiment comes from the SSS Big Greetings set from the One of a Kind release, and I also added some Small Talk stickers.

Here you can see the layers of wings closer up.

I didn't aim for perfect stamping on the wings, since I wanted them to look a little distressed. You don't have to use the Butterfly Fold Its die set to make a card, the different butterfly dies can be used on their own too, or together to form many kinds of butterflies.

The combination of dry embossing, white embossing, Mica spray, glimmer paper and metal makes for an interesting look.

Here you can maybe see the shine of the Brite-Ons paper better. I also added a few rhinestones.

I hope you will join us this week in our White, Red, and/or Blue challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix Framelits BUTTERFLY FOLD ITS	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY DOTS	Sizzix FOIL ADHESIVE 6x6 SHEETS	Sizzix BRITE-ONS 6x6 Shimmery Paper Sheets	Simon Says Clear Stamps BIG GREETINGS
Simon Says TINY ALPHABET BACKGROUND	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE	Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SMALL TALK Stickers	Tim Holtz Distress Ink BLUEPRINT SKETCH
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK SALTY OCEAN	Simon Says Stamp BLUEJAY	Ranger WENDY VECCHI Mica Sprays	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix PURPLE WITH SILVER GLITTER	Sizzix MULTIPURPOSE PLATFORM STANDARD	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger
Hero Arts SMALL BLOCK TRIO CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCKS	Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Inkssentials EUROPEAN HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET

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