Sometimes you just want to make a quick and simple card and that’s how this Butterfly Kisses Trio Thank You Card came about. The basic card design is quick and simple. Just add a layer of designer paper to a card base, add some ribbon and a greeting, and the card is done. With this particular card, there was some fussy-cutting and die-cutting involved so some might not call that so quick and simple! But it was fun to create!
I hadn’t used the Butterfly Kisses 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in a while. I always worry that we forget about the great products and ideas in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog as soon as the new mini catalog comes out, whether Holiday or Spring. It’s still summer (don’t remind me!) so butterflies are still very much in style!
The card base is Fresh Freesia and I chose this happy print in the Butterfly Kisses DSP to be the background. I wrapped around a piece of Fresh Freesia 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon before adhering the designer paper to the card base. I tied a separate bow and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots. This is an easy way to tie a good bow and not have it be crooked.
If you have the Best Butterflies Bundle or the Build a Butterfly Dies you can stamp and die-cut or die-cut certain butterflies from the designer paper. Otherwise, you can fussy-cut any of the butterflies you like from the many designer papers in the package. That’s what I did because I don’t own the dies. The butterflies are fairly easy to cut out. Some people don’t like fussy cutting, but while you concentrate on cutting out the image, it takes your mind off everything else and that is good!
The greeting is from the Celebrate You Stamp Set. I needed something small like we used to have in the retired “Itty Bitty” stamp sets! Then I die cut two banners in the Stylish Shapes Dies, one in Basic White with the greeting, and one in Fresh Freesia. I trimmed down the Basic White piece, cutting off the stitched edges so I could layer it on the Fresh Freesia banner. For a finishing touch, I added two Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels to each end of the greeting.
Here is another card I made using the Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper.
So there you have a relatively quick and simple card to make if you don’t mind a little die-cutting or fussy cutting! I think this Butterfly Kisses Trio Thank You Card is a happy card with its pretty colors to brighten someone’s day.
