Aloha, all!
Ever since I saw Joanne James' entry in the SUO (Stampin' Up! Only) Challenge to make a card with other than a straight edge, I have been dying to try out an idea that popped into my head. And, here we are again for the biweekly SUO Challenge, and the theme is Butterflies. Oooh, and Joanne's card's edge was made with butterflies. So I decided to try my idea out.
Tje idea was to use the small butterfly in the Butterflies Thinlits, and just cut half of each butterfly out to create the front edge of my card. Then I would stamp butterflies using the Watercolor Wings Stamp Set before decorating the rest of my card. It didn't quite work out the way I'd hoped, so today you're getting a two-fer. First the original card and then another card that turns out to be a tad easier than than my first one and I like it a lot better.
I really was successful in partially cutting the butterfly framelit three times on the card front. Each of the three times I ran the Whisper White Cardstock through my Sizzix Big Shot, I placed the edge of the cardstock at exactly the same spot on the Magnetic Platform. And I didn't do too badly with the stamping of the butterfly either. It was what was left with the rest of the card front that made it difficult for me to create what I felt was a well-designed overall pattern.
But I did finish it, using some printed papers, one layer from a sheet in the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack (the Bermuda Bay layers) and one from the Pretty Petals DSP Stack (the Calypso Coral layers). I stamped a sentiment from the Birthday Blossoms Stamp Set and texturized the top of the Whisper White Cardstock layer with the Elegant Dots Embossing Folder. Then I adhered all the front layers together and tied them together with a bow made of Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon. To try to tie the whole card front together, I used a craft knife to clip the left tips of the butterflies to allow them to overlap the stamped layer grouping. That just wasn't enough, though.
Then I made this card. To me, the card seems to be more of one piece of art rather than several smaller pieces put together on the same card. The difference is that I first stamped each of the three butterflies. Then I cut each completely using the same thinlit. After I put the inside layers and the card front layers (both (Bermuda Bay DSP and Daffodi Delight Cardstock) together, I simply adhered the left wing of each butterfly over the right edge of the card front. The ribbon on this one is the Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon. The sentiment is also from the Birthday Blossoms Stamp Set.
Oh, and I like the yellow and orange butterflies better than I like the Bermuda Bay critters!
What do you think? And be sure to add your own butterfly-themed project in the SUO Challenge this time!
