Lovely Garden Birthday with Beautiful Butterflies for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #266

Welcome to the latest challenge from the Tic Tac Toe Design Team! Here’s this week’s board.

I chose elements across the top and down the middle making a T for Tic Tac Toe. Here’s my card.

Bright colors, flowers, twine, spring, 3D…all these elements and more are here in this fun fold pop up card. I used the Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!’s online exclusives for the background on my card.
Check out this soft but striking paper pack!

The high-contrast design of these detailed florals and pretty patterns will bring depth and dimension to all your paper crafts.

I had fun using the “spritzing technique” with the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle.

The Beautiful Butterflies Bundle includes the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set and the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder (with 12 Dies). The Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder is a great way to bring fluttery, delicate designs to your paper crafts! There’s so much you can do with this set! One of the dies cuts out a folded butterfly-shaped card. Cut it out, then layer an embossed butterfly on top for depth. Here’s a closer look at the dies!

Here’s how I did the Spritzing Technique…
Supplies: Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder, Ink, Blending Brushes, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Spritzer, Vellum (or cardstock), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine

1. Use a Blending Brush to apply Boho Blue ink to the butterfly on the raised part of the embossing folder (the side that has the Stampin’ Up! Logo on the front).
2.  Use sponge daubers to add Melon Mambo and Garden Green ink.
3. Lay the butterfly die in the embossing folder with the cutting edge up. *You will feel it “lock” in place.
4. Spray a couple squirts of water with the Stampin’ Spritzer.
5. Lay the vellum (or cardstock) on top, close the folder, and run it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. It will blend the inks, cut, & emboss at the same time!

6. Allow to dry then add die cut butterfly layer.

I created another butterfly using this technique with cardstock and different colors.

Here’s a look at both finished butterflies.

What do you think of this technique? Do you like the vellum with the blue butterfly or the spritzed cardstock with the white butterfly better? I’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below.

This card was so much fun to create! Be sure to check back to see what I created with the other butterfly!
You can view the products used to create today’s card below.
The PDF tutorial to create this fun fold pop up card is Free with an online purchase this month! 

*The card folds flat and fits in a regular A2 envelope.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the Tic Tac Toe Challenge design team created this week. I hope you’ll Pick 3 and play along!

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
Just Stampin’
Jeanie

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