MUSICAL BUTTERFLIES

As you already are aware, I love to use music in my work. A portion of a musical score was the perfect backdrop for these three lovely butterflies. A fairly simple card to create, it is elegant
and refined.

To give the large central {realistic} looking butterfly even more dimension than the stamp 

alone achieves, I stamped it once again, added color, punched it out with the Butterfly Punch, 

and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals over the butterfly I had already stamped on the Naturals Ivory strip.

To make your own Musical Butterflies, here is how you do it:

Supplies:

Papillon Potpourri stamp set

Kindness Matters stamp set

Soft Suede card stock

Naturals Ivory card stock

Soft Suede ink

Black StazOn Ink

Music Score

Stamping Sponges

3/16" Corner Punch

Stampin' Dimensionals

Big Shot

Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Elegant Butterfly Punch

Watercolor Wonder Crayons

Aqua Painter

Paper Piercing Tool

Essentials Paper Piercing Pack

Instructions:

Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Soft Suede card stock in half, creasing well with a bone folder.

Run a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Ivory Naturals card stock through the Big Shot inside the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. Round all the corners. Sponge all edges with Soft Suede ink.

Using the largest of the Apothecary Accents Framelits in the Big Shot, cut a frame from the music. Sponge the edges with Soft Suede ink.

With the musical piece positioned underneath the appropriate mat from the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, pierce all along the edges. Adhere to the card front.

On a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Naturals Ivory card stock, stamp the big butterfly in Soft Suede ink, 

as well as one of the smaller butterflies on each side of the large butterfly. Round these corners and sponge the edges.

On a scrap of Naturals Ivory, stamp the large butterfly in Black StazOn ink. With the Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter, paint the butterfly in your choice of color.When the butterfly has dried completely, punch it out and adhere it over the previously-stamped large butterfly with a Stampin' Dimensional. Gently pull the wings upward to add to the 3-D effect.

Attach this completed strip to the center of the music with three Stampin' Dimensionals.

Add your sentiment of choice inside the card with either of the inks.

If you enjoy my tutorials, and would like to recreate your own cards, I would very much appreciate if you would order your supplies through me as your demonstrator. Simply click 

on the appropriate box(es) on the right side of my blog.

Smiles.