Butterfly Gala – LICI-B-14

Stamps: Touches of Texture, Butterfly Gala (inside).

Cardstock: Pool Party, Peek a Boo Peach, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DSP (SAB 2012).

Ink: Pool Party, Grapefruit Groove (inside and envelope) Soft Suede.

Tools: Stamparatus, bone folder, purchased envelope, sponge, dimensionals, Tombow adhesive, snail adhesive, regular and mini glue dots, pearls, Peek a Boo Peach ribbon, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Elegant Dots embossing folder.

Punches/Dies: Butterfly Duet punch, Scallop Border punch.

Cut DSP 2-5/8” x 4”.  Sponge Soft Suede.  Set aside.

Cut Peek a Boo Peach 3-1/4” x 4” wide.  Punch one 4” width with the Scallop Border punch.  Sponge Soft Suede.  Run through the Elegant Dots EF with the sponging facing the Sizzix logo. 

Lightly pencil mark at 2-1/4” from top of DSP.  Tape the Peach panel to the DSP at the pencil marks.  Trim to 5-1/4” x 4” and re-sponge.

From the wrong side of the DSP, pencil mark at 1-1/4” from the top.  Cut Peek a Boo Peach ribbon at 5-1/2” and tape at the pencil marks.  Adhere to a Very Vanilla card.  Set aside.

Cut Pool Party cs at 1-3/4” x 2-1/2”.  Over stamp with the splat from the Touches of Texture stamp set in Pool Party ink.  Sponge Soft Suede.  Mount onto a Very Vanilla panel cut at 2-3/4” x 2”.  Trim close.  Add dimensionals and adhere to the card front.

Punch butterflies from Peek a Boo Peach cs using the Butterfly Duet punch.  Sponge.  Run through the Petals a Plenty EF with the sponging facing the Sizzix logo.  Bend wings on both sides of the body.  Adhere to the Pool Party panel on the card front.

Add pearls to the butterflies.  Cut Peek a Boo Peach ribbon at 5” and tie a knot around ribbon on the card.

Stamp phrase from the Butterfly Gala stamp set in Grapefruit Groove to the inside.  Ink the splat from the Touches of Texture stamp set in Pool Party ink, stamp off then over stamp the phrase. Add Pool Party butterflies. Decorate an envelope.

I’m still working on the Everyday Enchantment DSP that I have loved and now chopped.  I chopped it in 5-1/4” strips then cut the strips into 4” pieces.  Kept the leftover strips too.  I have them stored in a Full Wide Stamp case. Kylie Bertucci has given us permission to Love It Chop It!