As I began playing with my new Beautiful Butterflies stamp set (part of the Beautiful Bokeh suite), I think I had the Global Design Project (#GDP482) sketch in mind, because I had a lot of fun making this card.
I started with a wide strip (2 1/2"?) of basic white card stock that was 5.5" tall to layer onto my card front. I first stamped the butterfly in Daffodil Delight and then stamped the Real Red butterfly above it. I continued stamping down the strip with Granny Apple Green, and then Blueberry Bushel, and finished with Gorgeous Grape. The next step was to add the strip to my trimmer and cut off the edges without cutting off the butterfly wings. It definitely involves raising and lowering and raising and lowering your trimmer's arm. Finally, I went back and fussy cut around the butterfly wings. I added the black die cut bodies to the butterflies (although you could just color them in with a marker or pen if you preferred). The finishing touches were to use my T square to draw in the thin lines to give that piece more dimension and to mount on a slightly wider strip of black cardstock. I also doodled a border on the sentiment frame. I think it’s a pretty good take on this sketch.
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