Butterfly Basics Sends Sympathy

Time for another sympathy card.  Seems these come way too often sometimes.

This stamp set and these colors just reach out to me each time I need a soft gentle card.

Base:  Blushing Bride - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
Very Vanilla - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sponge the edges with Soft Suede.  A trick we learned at Convention for sponges and daubers is after you ink it up, tap once onto scrap paper or your grid paper if you use it, then when you go to sponge the edges  of your paper, you'll have a softer look every time instead of getting a heavy blotch of fresh ink.

The honeycomb stamp is also inked with Soft Suede and then stamped off once before placing it onto the card.

The fern leaf is inked with Pear Pizzazz and the flower and stem are inked with Stampin' Write markers Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride.

To give the butterfly some extra depth, I cut out one in Blushing Bride and one in Vellum.  I love the way it turned out.  What do you think?

Gently curl the butterflies with your bone folder.  Add some Pearls for a bit of glam and your card is ready to go.  

In mailing this card, I cut an additional piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 4" and placed it over the pearls.  This keeps them from popping through the envelope and being damaged.

Thank you for looking in today!

Happy Friday!!!

~ Donna

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Butterfly Basics and the chance of a Class

Are you as happy as I am that the Butterfly Basics and Butterfly Thinlits are carrying over to the Annual Catalog (that starts in TWO days!)?

I fell in love with the Thinlits immediately, but wasn't as keen on the stamps.  Fast forward to seeing everyone's great cards with both and I picked up the stamps too - once I found out they were going to carry over.  That way I could keep them and use them for the whole year.

I spotted this basic card by Brandy Cox and really liked it.  I decided it needed more color and a change in color for the butterfly (she used Bermuda Bay) so I decided to change my butterfly to Rose Red and added a piece of cardstock behind a second piece of Whisper White.  I love the way the added border really makes the card "pop".

Some of them say Happy Birthday outside with Sending Wishes Your Way inside and others I swapped places for the sentiments.  I actually made 12 cards rather quickly and really love how they turned out.

I'm thinking of doing a 10 Cards in 20 Minutes class if I have enough interest.  If you aren't local but would like to make this card as a 10 Cards in 20 Minutes Class by Mail, we could work that out too. Let me know if you would be interested.  A class by mail would include the purchase of the stamp set and thinlits dies if you don't already have them, plus shipping.  For now, I'm looking to see if there is an interest, so please comment below if you would be interested.

Thank you for looking in today.  Can you believe it's the first day of JUNE already??  Make it a good one!

~ Donna