The Beauty of the Butterfly

Butterflies are such complex creatures; they are so fragile and intricately detailed, yet the fight they endure to emerge from the cocoon is inspiring!

I love all the Butterfly stamps and thinlits and framelits dies that Stampin’ Up! offers; we have so many options when we want to add a butterfly to our cards.  Today I chose to use the Medium sized Thinlits die in the Butterflies thinlits as the focal point of my card.  I love the intricate detail of this thinlit.

I also wanted to add some embossing as I was teaching a class on the Big Shot die cutting and embossing machine and wanted to show how it die cuts AND embosses.  The Elegant Dots TIEF was chosen for the way it coordinates with the Crushed Curry design of the Cherry On Top DSP stack.  A simple design of one color and white is all that is needed to make the focal point stand out.  (You could recreate this card in any color, but a bright, bold color will work better than a light, subtle color).

I cropped the butterfly out of the center of the Crushed Curry cardstock panel.  I then adhered the DSP panel and the embossed Whisper White panel on top of the Crushed Curry panel.  No one can tell that the butterfly was cropped out of it!  A piece of Crushed Curry ribbon (retired) covers the butt joint of the two pieces of paper.  The butterfly is embellished with a single Rhinestone jewel.  A wooden embellishment from the Expressions Natural Elements was adhered to the lower right section of the card.

Simple, yet elegant.  Just like a butterfly.  And my friends over at the Paper Players are featuring cards with Butterflies this week!  Click here to see all the butterfly inspiration from the Paper Players.  Come & Get It Challenge is featuring ‘things with wings’ so I get to enter this into both challenges; SWEET!

To purchase any of the items I used to make this card, click on the item hi-lighted above, or on the product list below.

BIG NEWS!!!  As you know, the current catalogs are set to expire on May 31st.   On April 18th, the RETIRING LIST will be posted!  Any items that will be retired by May 31st will be posted and from now on, will be available on a ‘while supplies last basis’.  So anything you’ve been wanting, scoop it up before it’s gone!  We know that all of the 2014-2016 InColors will be retired.  Any product with those colors in it, will also retire.  Usually all of the DSP patterns  retire too.  Click Here to go right to my online store to start shopping before those items you want are gone.