Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics
and Naturals White Card Stock
It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew. We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators focused on sharing a ton of ideas featuring a single stamp set. This week it's a set called Butterfly Basics. You have likely come from Lisa Young's blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
For this challenge I decided to do a 3D birthday card. I first saw this card style on Dawn Olchefske's blog and immediately dell in love with it. I used most of her dimensions which you can get HERE. I really believe in giving credit where credit is due. It's such a fun card to make and I've added a few touches of my own. I hope you enjoy!
Step by Step Tips:
- I love this color palette! Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow, and Basic Gray go so amazingly well together! By using the Aqua Painter, and stamping off, I was able to get several different shades of these colors to create an entire spectrum of orange, green, and gray. The image was stamped using Memento Ink.
- The netting front, back, and top back images are full strength, but I found that using the netting image full strength under the greeting made the greeting extremely difficult to read, so I opted to stamp off the Basic Gray image for the panel under the greeting.All the fern leaves are also stamped off 2 times before stamping the image onto the project.
- And speaking of the netting, it was so easy to match up the edges to create a seamless background for this project Using the photopolymer set. By the way, this stamp set will be in the new 2015-16 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog!
- The best part about this creation is that it fits inside a standard A2 envelope so no need to make a custom envelope unless you want to! Simple!
Next stop on the Hop is Tanya Boser where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.
LOVE this. This 3D style of card is on my to do list. Love the stamped panels on the side.
Posted by: Bronwyn | 05/14/2015 at 04:01 AM
Great idea to make this as a pop up!
Posted by: betty traciak | 05/07/2015 at 12:20 PM
The 3-D card is awesome Mike. Beautiful colouring, fantastic stamping, and I love the use of the tag punch to layer on the pop-up part! Love it!
Posted by: Rochelle Blok | 05/05/2015 at 06:46 PM
GORGEOUS!!! I love what you did here Mike! This stamp set with matching framelits is just the ticket for classy! Very cool!
Posted by: Bobbi Miller | 05/05/2015 at 04:37 PM
I love this type of pop up card - they are so fun! You managed to make it look fabulous closed and open - Love it.
Posted by: Lisa Young | 05/05/2015 at 05:16 AM
Nicely done on the 3D birthday card! I love your added touches too!
Posted by: Christine Kiehl | 05/04/2015 at 10:40 AM
Mike
I like your color combo as well. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Kitty
Posted by: Kitty Collier | 05/04/2015 at 09:24 AM
lOVE this card. can you please note the dimensions for the card. I cant find them anywhere for this size/style box stand card.
[email protected] you so much :}
Sue
Posted by: Sue Horne | 05/04/2015 at 09:11 AM
Oh yes, these colors are a fabulous combo and work so well with this set.
LOVE your 3D card, Mike, the tag topper punch makes it so elegant.
Posted by: Cindy Beach | 05/04/2015 at 07:50 AM
Unbelievable!!!!! Mike your talent is amazing to behold. This creation is absolutely gorgeous!!
Posted by: Marianne | 05/04/2015 at 07:20 AM
Love this Mike - really showcases the beautiful images.
Posted by: Wendie | 05/04/2015 at 06:53 AM
Michael, Michael, Michael....you did good!!
Going to do this one.
"Butterfly Basics" a set that will be around forever. It's one my favourites with "Lovely as a Tree". You can't go wrong with these sets.
Posted by: Terry | 05/04/2015 at 05:45 AM
What a fun card! I've seen the style before, but haven't made one yet. It's a good style for teens and tweens too. And this is my first glimpse of the new catalog! Please send me one, when they go public. I'm sooo excited to get my hands on it! Lol Like a kid at Christmas.
Thanks my friend hugs, Jess
Posted by: Jessica | 05/04/2015 at 05:23 AM
Beautiful! And such a great fold for a card :)
Posted by: Tanya Boser | 05/03/2015 at 08:03 PM
Beautiful execution of this project, and I love the colors you chose (I've used these, also!).
Posted by: Debra Burgin | 05/03/2015 at 07:36 PM
I love this, Mike! The 3D birthday card is great and so is the color palette. I like how you used the tag punch on the back to showcase that flower!
Posted by: Dawn Tidd | 05/03/2015 at 06:57 PM