Butterfly Die Cut Note Cards

In the Beautiful Butterflies dies or bundle, there is a butterfly outline with straight edges at the top.  This die is meant to be used with our note cards and envelopes to create the perfect butterfly cards.  I love how mine turned out. 

For my first card, I left the note card open (not folded in half yet to make the card), adhered the pretty Full of Life 6x6 DSP to the front (only) and then carefully lined up my die on the front of the card.  That left the back of the card as a rectangle.  I added the die cut overlay (also Full of Life DSP) and the butterfly body.  I used a black journaling pen to outline around the butterfly so that I could easily know where to write (or not write) on my card base.  I finished off the card with adhesive discs.  Don't forget to decorate your envelope!  I covered the flap with leftover Full of Life DSP that matches my card front.

My second card uses the same die but I folded the note card in half and then cut it with the butterfly card die to make a butterfly-shaped card.  I attached it to a piece of 4-1/4"x5-1/2" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock to make my card "base" (it doesn't open) and added a smaller piece of Beautiful Bokeh DSP.  On the actual butterfly card, I stamped the base wings in Balmy Blue and then added the Daffodil Delight die cut overlay.  After stamping and cutting out the sentiment, I added a little Balmy Blue ink with a blending brush because the white-on-white didn't look that great.  I finished this off the a Basic Black butterfly body and some Itty Bitty Bokey Mix.