I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend and now it’s back to the Last Chance List at Stampin’ Up! When I saw this Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper on the list, I was inspired to make a bright card for spring, this Butterfly Kisses Thinking of You Card. It’s a fairly quick and easy one, too!
I’d almost forgotten I had this Butterfly Kisses Paper. It is 6″ x 6″ so I wasn’t seeing it as often as my 12″ x 12″ paper. But when I saw it was retiring, I knew I better play with it a little more! As I rummaged through the package of pretty papers, I chose this small floral pattern and decided to cut out some of the large butterflies on some other papers.
One of the coordinating colors is Parakeet Party, one of our In Colors that is sticking around for another year! Since I was looking for a bright, spring, happy look, I knew I had to use Parakeet Party for the card base.
I chose two of the larger butterflies on one of the Butterfly Kisses Paper and just cut them out with my Paper Snips. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up. Since they didn’t stand out as well as I would have liked against the floral pattern on the card layer, I punched two Fresh Freesia circles on which to layer the butterflies. Normally I would use the Layering Circles Dies to cut out a couple of circles, but I remembered that a few Circle Punches are coming back. Actually, it is the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and the 2″ Circle Punch in the Online Exclusives with a 2 3/8″ Circle Punch coming in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I used my retired 2 1/4″ Circle Punch to punch the Fresh Freesia circles to put behind the butterflies.
For the greeting, I used one in the Go-To Greetings Stamp Set which you will find in the current Annual Catalog on page 26. It is carried over into the new catalog! Just great all-purpose greetings in three different fonts that you will use all the time. I chose “Thinking of You” stamped in Starry Sky ink (another 2022-2024 In Color) and diecut with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies. I just squeezed it in between the two butterflies.
Here is another card I made using the Butterfly Kisses designer paper and some little cutout butterflies to adorn a tag on the card.
For a little sparkle and shine, I used some of the Gold Faceted Adhesive-Backed Sequins. I planned to just place a few randomly on the card, but instead, I decided to decorate the butterflies! They’re the star of the card, after all! The Butterfly Kisses Designer Paper and the Gold Sequins are both discounted on the Last Chance List!