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FUN FOLD FRIDAY HAS ARRIVED

Each Friday I enjoy sharing a Fun Fold card.

Today I have a variation of a Trifold Easel Fun Fold card that was inspired by the ‘pop up’ large butterfly die from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies.

I started with a 12″x 12″ Basic White card that I cut to 5 3/4″ and then scored at 4″ and 8″.

The largest butterfly die in the collection (top right) is designed to cut an upper butterfly layer on a card that flips up leaving a ‘full’ card back.

For this card I cut the butterfly card front although I did not cut away the card around the butterfly.

I cut a piece of Balmy Blue card to add to the card front around the butterfly shape. I also cut a Balmy Blue bokeh butterfly to attach to the butterfly flap.

The front of the card is quite simple. I did colour some Iridescent Faceted Gems with the Dark Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends pen.

I cut a second bokeh butterfly and placed it inside the first inside layer. This layer folds out to be the bottom of the Easel card.

I cut a third butterfly and placed it in the same place on the ‘inside’ layer.

The third panel had a panel of Balmy Blue and Basic White card added so that someone could write their message to the recipient.

This insert had a splatted image stamped on it twice. The back of the envelope was also stamped with the splatter images.

Finally the greeting was stamped and die cut. After positioning the greeting, as the easel card anchor, I added some coloured Iridescent Faceted Gems.

I’m not quite sure what I will have for you next week but I’m sure that it will inspire you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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THURSDAY IS TIME FOR A 3D TREAT

Today’s 3D project was inspired by a spare butterfly from Monday’s scrapbooking layout.

I used the spare Berry Burst bokeh and Basic White butterfly and created a gift box for it.

The Berry Burst box measures 2 1/2″x 2 1/2″ and is 3″ deep. The lid is 2 1/2″x 2 1/2″ and 1″ deep. The lid sides were scored just under (1/16″) an inch to make the lid just ever so slightly larger than the box itself.

Once the box and lid were assembled, I attached the large detailed butterlfy to the front of the box.

Then I cut lots and lots of Berry Burst bokeh small detailed butterflies. These were attached to the top of the lid using Multipurpose Glue and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I added lots of the Iridescent Facted Gems to the centre of each butterfly.

I can imagine popping a beautiful white silk scarf in this gift box.

What would you pop inside?

Tomorrow I have an Easel Fun Fold card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY IN THE WORLD OF STAMPIN’ UP!®

I am hoping that you are all enjoying your time flicking through the new annual catalogue and OnLine exclusives. There are so many amazing new products for you to chose from.

There aren’t many updates from Stampin’ Up!® this week.

If you have found the new 1-7/8″ (4.8 CM) CIRCLE PUNCH, you will need to be patient because it is not yet available. I am very keen to order one, so as soon as I know this punch can be ordered I will let you know.

Today’s project is another butterfly and bokeh DSP inspired birthday card.

After preparing the Basic White card base, I cut a panel of the yellow-blue bokeh DSP and adhered to the vase.

Then I took a panel of Balmy Blue card and embossed it using one of the Glass & Gardens Embossing Folders – the embossing folder is the one on the left that looks like engraved glass.

After this panel was embossed, I wrapped a length of Balmy Blue Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine Three Colour Pack. I added two more shorter lengths of the twine and then tied in a triple bow. The panel was lifted up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Then I used the two small detailed butterfly dies to cut many Baly Blue and Daffodil Delight bokeh butterflies.

I added them to the card front using Multipurpose Glue and Mini Dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped onto a piece of Basic White card and cut using one of the dies from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies.

I cut two more of these shapes and glued them behind the stamped panel to add some stability to the sentiment. Dimensionals were then placed behind sentiment panel and positioned on the card front.

A strip of the blue/yellow bokeh DSP was placed on the card insert. I

An extra die cut butterfly was added to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some of the Iridecent Faceted Gems using the dark Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends pen.

Tomorrow I have a 3D butterfly gift box to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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