Butterflies Thinlits Dies

Welcome to the second week of our Tic Tac Toe Challenge. Congrats to last week’s winners and a huge thanks to all who participated! I love this week’s challenge board designed by Corinne Blake! I enjoyed playing with gray and yellow as they are one of my favorite color combos!

This challenge is so much fun and easy to do! Pick 3 boxes in a row across, down, or diagonal and create using those elements. I made a “t” this week (you know me and the alphabet!!!) by choosing the elements down the middle and across the middle.

It was easy to create with the 3 elements across the middle of the board… birthday, gray, and yellow. All I had to do was add a die cut butterfly (which I heat embossed with clear embossing powder) and I had the elements going down the middle. (I couldn’t get a good photo of the embossing but trust me it adds a little shine and texture to the card.) I popped up the DSP layer and the butterfly with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the banner in Smoky Slate on a piece of 3/4 x 4″ Very Vanilla.

I love this beautiful Designer Series Paper, Whole Lot of Lovely.

The print I chose reminded me of a lovely memory with my daughter…she loved to pick dandelions, make a wish, and blow the seeds.

(That baby doll never left her arms day or night!)

The sentiment I chose is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set. It has lots of great sentiments and a fun font!

I used the Happy Birthday sentiment on the inside panel paired with a stamp from the Bright Wishes stamp set.

I hope this card inspires you to pick 3 (or more) and play along with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

Stamp Sets: Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Watercolor Wings, Bright Wishes Inks: Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, VersaMark Papers: Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Whole Lot of Lovely Designer Series Paper Tools & Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits, Clear Embossing Powder, Silver Metallic Thread, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Just click the graphic above to go to the challenge website to enter your card! You can also see what the other designers have created for even more inspiration!

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Have a wonderful day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Welcome to my ABC’s with Fun Folds series. Today I have a Lever Card for you. Spring is in the air and we released our butterflies at school today. My Pre-K students love this every year! We’ve watched them change from caterpillars to butterflies and now it was time to let them go. I was drawn to the Butterfly Basics stamp set for my fun fold card today.

Stampin Up Happy Birthday fun fold lever card using Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterflies Thinlits. For more fun fold card ideas and inspiration visit www.juststampin.com

I decided to use one of the new In Colors, Lemon Lime Twist, to go with the letter of the day. I really didn’t think I was going to like this color but, after pairing it with black with last month’s Paper Pumpkin and now with Dapper Denim, it is really growing on me. I think sometimes it just takes the right color combination. I often get asked how I choose the colors. Most of the time I get my inspiration from clothing, bedding, home decor, magazines, HGTV, or our Designer Series Paper packs. For this card I chose the colors from the Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper. I love the way the paper packs have the coordinating colors printed right on the pack. Makes it so easy! I used the DSP to cut my butterfly from the Butterflies Thinlits. I cut another butterfly from vellum using the Bold Butterfly Framelits and adhered the two with glue dots.

Then I pulled the colors from the DSP to make the card. The card base is Lemon Lime Twist cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4. I cut a piece of 5 x 6 Very Vanilla for the inside and scored it at 2 and 4. I used the Layering Squares Framelits to cut a square out of the front of my card.

I also used the Layering Squares Framelits to cut 3 squares the colors of my butterfly. I stamped the top layer using the fern from the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and Lemon Lime Twist Ink. I stamped the inside and front of my card using sentiments from this set and Dapper Denim Ink.

Next, I applied adhesive to the back of the inside sentiment panel only and adhered it to the inside of the card. Then I closed the card and applied adhesive just where the inside piece peeks through the front and attached the layered squares inside the square.

I attached the butterfly with some glue dots and added a few rhinestones. This card sits nice on a desk or shelf. I also like that there’s a nice panel to sign the card.

Stampin Up Happy Birthday fun fold lever card using Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterflies Thinlits. For more fun fold card ideas and inspiration visit www.juststampin.com

Here’s a short video showcasing the Butterfly Basics and Butterfly Thinlits Dies. *This is an older video. She uses the magnetic plate and wax paper to cut out the butterfly die. I highly recommend the Precision Base Plate and the thin die adapter. I was able to cut my butterfly out easily just running it through the Big Shot once. Much easier with better results!!!

She made some adorable cards with this stamp set and dies and you can too! If you would like to purchase any of the materials I used on my card today, please Click HERE to visit my online store.

Stampin Up Happy Birthday fun fold lever card using Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterflies Thinlits. For more fun fold card ideas and inspiration visit www.juststampin.com

Stamp Set: Butterfly Basics Inks: Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim Papers: Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper, Vellum Tools & Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits Dies, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Have a Lovely Day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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