Country Floral Butterfly Card Tutorial

Don’t you just LOVE how the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper and the Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder work so well together on this card? Both items are Sale-a-bration freebies that you can get with qualifying orders until March 31st (or while supplies last).

• Cardstock & Paper: Pumpkin Pie cardstock (105117), Petal Pink cardstock (146985), Whisper White Thick cardstock (140272), Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (149622) available during Sale-A-Bration
• Ink: Pumpkin Pie Combo Pack Blends (144599), Granny Apple Green Combo Pack Blends (147274)
• Miscellaneous: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Country Floral Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder (149698) available during Sale-A-Bration, Mini Glue Dots (103683), Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (148551), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Paper Snips (103579), Dimensionals ( 104430)

• Pumpkin Pie card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″
• Petal Pink: 3 3/4″ x 5 1/2″
• Designer Series Paper: scrap ~ choose your butterfly
• Whisper White Thick: 4″ x 5 1/4″

1. Lightly spray water on both sides of the Thick cardstock to loosen the fibers to give a deeper impression.. Run through the Big Shot using the Embossing Folder. Let dry.
2. Fold Pumpkin Pie base card.
3. Color the flower design on the Thick cardstock using the Blends.
4. Using the Stitched Framelits Dies, trim the Petal Pink cardstock to approximately 3 3/8″ x 4 3/4″. Trim the Thick cardstock to 3″ x 4 1/4″ using the appropriate die.
5. Glue the Thick cardstock to the Petal Pink. Adhere this layer to the basecard using Dimensionals.
6. Choose your butterfly from the pretty butterfly paper, cut it out and attach with a Mini Glue Dot.