Elegant Butterfly - Easy Card

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

My inspiration is from a card I discovered online.  Unfortunately no name was watermarked on the picture.

• Ballet Blue cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Card layer measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
• Photo paper (4" x 6") not SU
• Shiny surface is a nice complement to this card
• Begin with strip measures 1 1/2" x 6"", trim to fit card layers
• Bitty Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly and Lace Border hand punches
• Papillon Potpourri stamp set
• Ballet Blue ink
• Dimensionals

Flower Shop Sympathy

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Cream cardstock (non SU)
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Scraps for flowers
• Not Quite Navy cardstock
• 5 1/2" x 3/4" strip for ribbon border
• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• Scrap for two leaves
• Bella Blue Designer Series Paper
• 2 pieces for trellis
• Flower Shop, Love & Sympathy and Petite Petals stamp sets
• Not Quite Navy ink
• Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Lace Ribbon Border , Petite Pansy and Pansy hand punches
• Dimensionals

Beyond the Garden II

Stampin' Up! Products

• Wild Wasabi Cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• 1 3/4" x 3" (cut 2 for leaves)
• Melon Mambo Cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Lace Ribbon begin with scrap measuring 5/8" x 4 1/2"
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Card layer begin with 4 1/4" x 5" before using Honeycomb Embossing Folder
• Scraps for flowers
• Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP)
• Card layer (behind the flower) measures 3 3/4" x 2"
• Hexagons* layer - begin with a piece measuring 4 1/4" x 5"
• Melon Mambo ink
• Secret Garden stamp set
• Lace Ribbon Border Punch
• Secret Garden Framelits
• Honeycomb Embossing Folder
• Dimensionals
• Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Paper Snips (in excellent condition)

* Put the DSP in the Honeycomb Embossing Folder and run it through your Big Shot several times.  This deepens the embossing which allows for easy cutting out of hexagon.  Start at the bottom of the DSP and cut out one hexagon at a time and glue it in place on the Whisper White embossed cardstock.  After the Whisper White cardstock is covered with the hexagons, trim paper to measures 3 3/4" x 3".

Mixed Bunch of Flowers

Stampin' Up! products

• Brocade Blue cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Regal Rose cardstock
• Start with 1 3/8" x 6" strip and punch using Lace Border punch
• Whisper White cardstock
• 3" x 9" strip for stamping
• Brocade Blue, So Saffron and Regal Rose ink
• Blossom, Blossom Petals, 1" Circle, Modern Label and Word Window hand punches
• Dimensionals
• Mixed Bunch and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets

Lovely as a Tree - Your Choice of Sentiments

I love the Lace Ribbon Border punch by Stampin' Up! and I don't think it is to feminine to use for a masculine greeting card.  I stamped three sentiments for this card, just peel and stick.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Crushed Curry cardstock
• Cardbase measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Cut off 7/8" along the bottom of the card (fold is at the top) - reserve this piece for later
• Dusty Durango
• 1 3/8" x 3 1/8"
• Modern Label punchout
• Early Espresso
• 5" x 2 7/8"
• Kiwi Kiss
• Layer under stamped image 2 3/4" x 2 1/2"
• WhisperWhite
• Stamped image 2 1/2" x 2 1/4"
• Word Window punchout
• Early Espresso ink
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set
• Lace Ribbon Border, Modern Label and Word Window punches

Other Products

• Inside liner measures 3 1/8" x 5 1/4

To view how to attach the lace border, click here.

God's Beauty - Fall Gift Card Set

I enjoy making four-piece greeting cards sets along with a matching box.  My customers seem to prefer a mix of sentiments.   I stamp two each of four or five sentiments and apply a peel away tab.  This allows the recipient to choose the perfect sentiment to suit their needs.  Check out THIS posting to see more information on how I package the sentiments.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Crushed Curry cardstock
• Layer under stamped image measures 2 3/8" x 3 1/4"
• Modern Label - can be punched from the center of this layer (to save paper)
• Dusty Durango cardstock
• 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"card base
• Old Olive
• Layer measures 2 5/8" x 3 1/2"
• Strip for lace border start with a 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" piece
• White Naturals cardstock
• Stamped image measures 2 1/8"x 3"
• Stamp the butterfly on a scrap piece and trim
• Dusty Durango ink
• God's Beauty stamp set
• Sentiments included in this card set are from the following stamp sets
• Just Believe
• On Your Birthday
• Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Three Little Words
• Lace Ribbon Border, Modern Label and Word Window punches
• Dimensionals

Other Products

• Brown pearl embellishment
• Inside liner measures 3 1/8" x 5 1/4"

Card base preparation

1. Cut off 7/8" along the right side of the top of the card (keep this piece)
2. Apply adhesive to the inside of the card along the cut edge and attach lace border.
   
   
3. Apply adhesive to the 7/8" strip and place over the lace border.
   

This four-piece greeting card set is available for purchase. I can mail this gift to your friend, relative, co-worker, etc, and will include your personal note. I accept Paypal and I ship within two business days. Please EMAIL me for more information.

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Helpful hint:  When using border punches, I like to have it centered when applying it to the card base or card layer.  I find that centering the piece of cardstock in the punch and then moving the piece of paper to the right and to the left results in a messy punch.  I always start with my paper in the left side of the punch and move it to the right.  I first created a template using the Lace Ribbon Border punch; I started out with a 7" piece of cardstock.  I lined up my template and centered it to the piece I was going to attached it to.  I was then able to see what part of the lace ribbon ended up on the right side of the cardstock.  I found the starting point on the punch and applied a label showing me where to begin punching.  Perhaps this illustration will show you what a mean.