Beautiful Butterflies
June 14, 2016
I suppose it's no surprise that I like to take one product and make many samples so I can show you how to stretch your dies. Today I want to share with you many samples using two Memory Box dies:
Cascadia Butterflies
Leavenworth Butterflies
The good news about these dies is that you get a small, medium and large butterfly on one die. However, the dies are all one piece meaning you cannot use one butterfly separately without cutting it out. I have rarely found this to be a problem versus the advantage of having three size butterflies at my fingertips.
Let's take a look at the samples.
Dreams Take Flight
For this card I cut the Cascadia Butterflies from four colors of cardstock then stenciled each butterfly with a tone on tone ink using Memory Box stencils Mesh and Disperse. The dotted border was die cut with Penny Black die Dots and Swirls and the sentiment added using Penny Black clear stamp set Snippets. I embellished some of the butterflies with silver Metal Decor dots from Hero Arts. Design inspired by Deborah Nolan.
You & Me
I cut the focal panel using Memory Box die Stitched Rectangles then cut two squares each from teal and light green cardstock (1.75") and rounded two corners on each square. I positioned these in the upper center of the panel and adhered them using foam tape. I mounted the largest butterfly, cut from metallic gold cardstock, on top of the squares and die cut the sentiment from the same gold cardstock. This is a cute and easy card and amenable to any color scheme and sentiment.
Lavender Butterflies
I love the colors on this card -- the lavender butterflies floating on the teal background with green dotted accents is so spring like. The opening on the upper left corner of the card is cut with Memory Box die Distressed Baptisia Collage. The greenery is cut with Memory Box die Tall Bamboo and the butterflies with MB Cascadia. I added the sentiment with Penny Black clear stamp set Happy Snippets. Design inspired by Deborah Nolan
White on White
IRL this card is much more impressive -- it just doesn't photograph well. For this card I cut several Memory Box Cascadia and Leavenworth Butterflies from white cardstock and adhered them to a white card. I then cut the Cascadia large butterfly from pink, yellow and blue cardstock and adhered a large Leavenworth butterfly cut from white cardstock over them. You could embellish the card with the butterfly bodies or crytals if desired. Design inspired by Lindsay Amrhein
Vellum
I made three variations on this design. I die cut the focal panel with Memory Box die Stitched Rectangles and sponged it with Distress and Memento inks. Next I cut the Cascadia Butterflies from vellum and sponged them with ink (blue, pink or yellow) then sandwiched them between the Leavenworth Butterflies and butterfly bodies both cut from black cardstock. The cards were finished with a sentiment from Penny Black clear stamp set Snippets stamped on black cardstock and embossed in white. The word "Smile" was cut with the Impression Obsession die Instant Photo Frame (smile) and Penny Black die Hooray Words. Design inspired by Jean Okimoto.
Stitched
Please enlarge the photo to see the stitched border I die cut along the bottom of the green panels using Paper Smooches die Stitched. I added one butterfly and a "Hello" sentiment die cut with Savvy Stamps die Hello. Design inspired by Judy Tuck.
Shaker
Make a quick shaker card with the Cascadia Butterflies by cutting them from white cardstock (die cut with Memory Box Stitched Rectangles) and from a piece of fun foam. Stamp sentiment (from Penny Black clear stamp set Snippets) on the white cardstock before proceeding. Tape a piece of acetate behind the openings on the white cardstock then tape the fun foam piece to the acetate. Fill the openings with tiny beads, stars and glitter and cover the openings with a piece of scrap cardstock. Center the shaker on green plaid paper and center this piece on flowered paper cut the same size as an A2 card. A beautiful card for a lucky recipient.
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