Fun Fold Friday - Butterfly Brilliance

Hello. For my last card this week I have of course made a folded card. Not just a fun fold but a box fold or Diorama (I think that's how it's spelled). This isn't my fold it's one that I saw on another site made by Julie DiMateo. It is her template that I am using today.  I have made box cards before and thoroughly enjoyed making them but it was quite a long time ago now I think of it! I am obviously using Butterfly Brilliance Stamp for this project with Whisper White and Calypso Coral card stock for the box to deliver or post it in. 

For more information on the stamp set or any other products, please click HERE and it will take you to our shop. It will open up in a new page so that you don't lose your place here.

I started with a 21.5 cm squared piece of White card and scored it all around at 1.3 cm, 2.6 cm, 3.9 cm and 5.2cm. Julie uses Imperial measurements so follow her instructions if you prefer to as they are include here too. Once you have scored all 4 lines on each of the 4 sides you will need to score on opposite sides down to the 2nd horizontal line @ 6.4 cm and 15.2 cm. For Imperial measurements, you will need to follow the cutting instructions on the chart. Basically trim off the greyed out areas on each of the corners in Julie's diagram. Trim a little notch on each of the corners that will be folded to join the corners together. Then fold and burnish all of the score lines, tape or wet glue the little tabs and feed them into the hollow ends. Decorate as you wish. I chose the large Swallowtail butterfly from the set in the end. It was too hard to decide! 

I stamped the whole set of 6 butterflies using my Stamparatus. I have arthritus and cannot hold the very large blocks in my hands so I find the Stamparatus the most fantastic tool ever! Once stamped, I die cut them all out using the single die, oh that is so very clever! Then using Blends alcohol marker pens, I coloured several of them in and decided which one I wanted to use.

I took some DSP (double sided paper or in Stampin'  Up! terms, Designer Series Paper. It is exactly both in fact) and cut a square 11.5 cm squared then cut out or gutted the centre at 1.1 cm all around. That gave me a perfect frame to add to the front of my box. The piece from the inside was trimmed down a little to fit into the centre of the box. The rest is purely decoration. I finished the front by adding a vellum butterfly too. 

Julie has added a kick stand to hers, I added a card base. I cut a piece of card 23 cm by 11.5 cm and scored along the long edge at 11.5 cm. A mat in Calypso Coral of 10.8 cm squared, a message and another small butterfly to complete. It stands really well with the card base too.

Here are Julie's instructions in inches

Below is the measurements for the box and lid that I made to hold it. The box is 16 cm squared and scored at 2cm on each of the 4 sides. I made little notches in the corners to join them together so make the notches and tabs as shown..

The lid is similar to the box only 0.5 cm bigger at 16.5 cm. Again score at 2 cm on all 4 corners and make the notches and tabs as shown.

Below is the completed box. I will add a gift tag when I get around to sending it.

Thank you so much for joining me this week, please stop by next week to see Cary's creations. 

Until then, please stay safe, keep well and Carry On Crafting. 

xxxxx Gill xxxxx

 

Throwback Thuresday - Butterfly Brilliance

Hello, today I've taken myself way back to about 6 years ago. I decided to make a gift for my friend Lynn who had practically everything she wanted? It was of course a box of cards for her to give to her friends and family. She was always asking for cards throughout the year so I decided that this would help her. She was so delighted with them that she asked me to make more sets every few months! I haven't made them for a while as she passed away on my birthday a few years ago. On a happier note, I know that she would be chuffed that I made these in her memory especially as she loves butterflies and would love this Butterfly Brilliance set too. For more information on the stamp set and other products, please click HERE it will open up a new page so that you don't lose your place here.

So today I have made a collection of 5 cards with envelopes and I know who I will be sending these to too! I have another friend Judie who has been asking me so often to make custom cards for her. This set will be going in the post to her over the weekend along with the other group of cards that I have almost completed for her. They will arrive in a clear Acetate card box which I added some butterfly paper and a message.

I made the designs very simple and similar to each other but using a different coloured mat. For this I stamped the set of 6 butterflies using my Stamparatus stamping tool. It takes the large stamp and inks up so well. If I didn't put enough pressure on one part, I just close the lid again and press over the missing image. It's very clever. Following on from the stamping, I then took the piece of card, added the large die and cut all 6 of the butterflies out in one hit! That is so brilliant!

 

 

All 5 cards 

 

 

Here is a picture of the complete set in the Acetate box ready to go.

   

     

Daffodil Delight

   

Soft Sea Foam

Flirty Flamingo

Balmy Blue

 

 

Gray Granite

Make It Monday - Butterfly Brilliance

 Hello and welcome back to 2 Big Girls Crafting blog. This last week has gone so very quickly for me. I have been so busy with family I lost the time to do anything! Well, here I am back and raring to go with the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set this week. These stamps by the way, have all 6 butterflies on one stamp! What else could I do but buy another set! I love this set so much that I bought another as I chopped the first one up! That sounds very irresponsible I know but at only £16 for the stamp it really is so well worth buying the 2. Crazy some might say but I like to stamp one at a time sometimes so I chopped the red rubber stamp up and have 6 gorgeous butterflies. 

My first card is a very simple one with a bonus. Using Smoky Slate ink pad which is a very light grey, I stamped the butterflies onto the mat. Then stamped one of the single ones on a separate piece. I coloured it in using ordinary colouring pencils. Once coloured in I fussy cut it out and added it to the card after curling the wings. No wjust because I fussy cut it out doesn't mean to say that you have to.  You could make the card so much simpler by just colouring 1 of the butterflies or even none. Whatever you do, it's ok to do it. The card will look beautiful in which ever way it is made.

I coordinated the stamps with the messages from the Butterfly Wishes stamp set. Each of the mats were 'stepped' onto the ink pad to add a little dimension to them. For more information on the stamp set, please click HERE The link will open up a new tab for you so you don't loose your place on here. 

We have a new catalogue coming out in a few days, would you like one? Please contact us and we will happily send you a catalogue. Cary and Gill are in the UK so if you are too, please contact us using these details.... 2biggirlscrafting@gmail.com