Beautiful Butterflies on Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper

 

Welcome again to our monthly West Coast Creators Blog Hop!   I am fortunate to be part of such a talented group of crafty crafters!  Enjoy all the wonderful butterfly cards we have created for you!

I am showcasing three butterfly cards in three different colours but all using the Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper found on  page 108 of Stampin' Up's main catalogue.  Here is my first card.

I used the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper behind one of the panels of the Gold laser-cut paper.

The panels of laser-cut paper are 3 1/4" by 4 3/4" so then I cut the DSP behind it to be 3 1/2" by 5".  

I thought this was pretty enough so I didn't add another layer.   I used glue to adhere the gold leaves.

I then stamped the butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set on Page 79 of our annual catalogue.  The sentiment is in the Butterfly Gala set and I stamped it onto a Tasteful Label Die as it seemed to me to be a perfect shape for that sentiment.  The card base is Soft Sea Foam.

This is the same design only using Magenta Madness.  I am not really a bright colour person but the gold looked so pretty on the In Color Designer Series Paper.   I did add an extra layer of Magenta Madness to this card which then is 3 3/4" by 5 1/4".  I stamped the butterflies on Magenta Madness cardstock and punched them out with the Butterfly Duet punch on page 165 of the annual catalogue.   I used the same dies for the sentiment as the card above.

I was going through Pinterest one day and saw that someone watercoloured behind one of these Gold panels and I thought it was lovely so I tried it!   I used Pear Pizazz cardstock as the base.   I cut my Shimmery White cardstock and the black piece just 1/8 of an inch bigger each time.   Then I watercoloured with the new Water Painters on page 147 of the annual catalogue.  One of those painters has a very fine tip brush and it was perfect for this.   I just squished the Pear Pizazz ink pad and the Mossy Meadow pad and then pulled a little ink to pain inside each gold leaf.   Isn't it amazing.   I had a Calypso Coral butterfly cut out with Butterfly Beauty dies also in the annual catty and thought one was enough.   The sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala stamp set.

  Next is a Facebook Live where I showed how to make these cards if you would like to try  these cards.   The Gold Laser-Cut paper really makes these easy to make and looks so amazing.

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