Hi Stampers.
I’m sorry I’m been a little MIA here on my blog. I’ve been crazy busy getting ready for a large craft fair. I’ve also be doing Facebook Live every Monday at 2:30pm on my Facebook page. You want to make sure you are a member on my page and turn on alerts to know when I go live. I even give away prizes on occasion. 🙂
Today we were asked to make a card set to showcase. This works out perfectly, since I’ve maid several sets for my craft fair. This particular set has a really fun fancy fold done with the Stampin’ Up! Springtime Impressions Thinlit dies.
This card has a standard 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ card base, scored at 4 1/4″. I used Blackberry Bliss cardstock for the card base and Whisper White CS for the inside and for the 1/2 of the butterfly.
I also used our clear acetate boxes. These boxes easily hold 5 or 6 cards with envelopes.These boxes are easy to miss, but are found on page 193 of the Stampin’ Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalog. I tied a strip of our beautiful 3/8″ Silver Metallic edge ribbon and tied a bow on the front.
The video below will show you how I cut the 1/2 of the butterfly out of the card base. Basically, I use the big shot and position the top cutting plate in the center of the buttterfly, only cutting out half of it. I then cut a second butterfly using Whisper White CS and cut it in half and adhered it on the left front of the card base.
With the butterfly (and other detailed dies), I recommend you use the Stampin’ Up! Precision Base Plate to cut it and the Die Brush to remove all the small pieces. These two items make life much easier. I store my die brush and foam mat in a wood mount stamp case. You can buy our stamp cases separately (page 206 of the Annual Catalog) and they are very useful in keeping organized in your craft room.
I recently featured how to do this on Facebook Live. I upload all my Facebook Live videos to YouTube. So, if you like, you can subscribe there too!
To follow along on the Card Sets Blog Hop, click the next button to be taken to Anja’s blog. If you ever get lost you can use the line up below.
Blog Hop Line Up:
1 Rachel Macleod
2 Tricia Butts
3 Anastasia Radloff
4 Lisa Ann Bernard
5 Anja Reuss
6 Narelle Fasulo
7 Libby Dyson
8 Kimberley Anne Morris
9 Jan Musselman
10 June Olsen
11. Angélique Stempelkeuken
These are the supplies I used:
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Wonderful Card Set, Lisa! CAS at it’s best. TSF
Wonderful idea using half the butterfly! I’ll be giving that a whirl!
Absolutely gorgeous the colour fits so well with your design. TFTS
I’m really glad I read your blog today! I promise I’ll start reading it more often now that I know who you are. What an awesome video today. But, I think you said Monday at 2:30p.m. I have to wait for YouTube because Facebook doesn’t offer Closed Captioning! I could enjoy anything without CC. So, Thank YOU for using YouTube as well as Facebook! See ya next eweek!
Stunning cards and a great video too. I’ll definitely be trying out the half cut fold technique. The possibilities are endless! Thanks for sharing x
Gorgeous set, Lisa. I love the colour choice. Thanks for sharing
Simply stunning card set. I just love the butterfly accent and the color combination is wonderful. 🙂