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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.

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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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.

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TUESDAY TECHNIQUE & TIPS

My project today features three techniques – masking, heat embossing and water colouring.

For this project I used the Beatiful Butterflies Stamp Set & Dies Bundle.

My first task was to die cut the two butterfly shapes, I planned to stamp, from a piece of Masking Paper.

TIP: It is so much easier to cut the shape on the centre ‘front’ of the paper (ensure the split that runs down the centre of the paper is used as the ‘back’). This will ensure that the cut shae will match your stamped image shape and that you will be able to peel away the backing paper more easily.

For the heat embossed images, I used Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper and lightly dusted it with the embossing ‘buddy’ from the Embossing Additions Tool Kit. Then I stamped the first image using Versamark and sprinkled WOW Black Embossing Powder before heat setting it.

I placed the matching Masking Paper butterfly shape over the first heat embossed image and then stamped three smaller butterfly shapes and repeated the process.

TIP: The WOW embossing powder leaves a clear and slightly raised outline. Avoid overheating the powder because it then flattens a little and loses its gloss.

After I finished heat embossing the masked images i took a water colour tool and applied colour to the butterflies.

To help select my colours for this project, I used the Stampin’ Up! Colour Coach. I spun the inner circle around to select an analogous colour scheme – Berry Burst, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath.

Once the watercoloured image was dry, I used the Everyday Arches Dies to cut the three layers you can see on the card front – the largest layer is from the Beautiful Bokeh DSP, the middle layer is Berry Burst card and then the Fluid 100 paper.

The two smaller layers were adhered together before I wrapped a length of Basic Black Baker’s Twine several times around them and tied a bow.

Then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of this double layer and positioned it on the DSP arch.

The card measures 5 1/4″x 12″. Iscored the card at 4″ and 8″ so that I would have a trifold card.

When the card front is opened out, you can then see the outer third panel.

For this panel I created a gift card pocket using the Fancy Borders Dies.

After cutting the Berry Burst edge, I cut a Basic White panel to use as a card insert. I stamped the small detailed butterfly on this panel before adhering it to the gift card pocket.

Whne the card is fully opened, you will see a second Basic White card insert and where the gift card pocket is.

The greeting is from the Beautiful Butterfly Stamp Set. It was stamped onto Basic White scrap before being die cut and added to the front of the card.

I adhered a die cut butterfly to the back of the envelope.

Finally, I coloured some Iridescent Faceted Gems with a dark Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Pen.

Tomorrow I will share any Stampin’ Up! updates and another butterfly card with you.

Until then , happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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