Hello Stampers!
So, my husband comes home from work the other day and says, “Do you have a really big ‘thinking of you’ card? I need space for a lot of people to write in it.”
Well, no, I usually don’t carry a stock of “large” cards, but, guess what? I think I just might have the supplies to make one!
I took a sheet of Stampin’ Up”! Whisper White paper and scored it in half, giving me a card size of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2. That’s a lot of space to fill, but the Swallowtail did the trick, In fact, this is probably the first time this lovely stamp has been featured full-size on any card I’ve made.
For the base butterfly, I placed a scrap piece of paper over the right-hand side of the card stock. I inked the Swallowtail in Strawberry Slush and stamped the image on another piece of scrap paper (I wanted a lighter shade of Strawberry Slush) and then stamped directly onto my card stock. I repeated the process for the other side. I then stamped the Swallowtail full on in Strawberry Slush on a scrap piece and cut it out with my paper snips. I popped it up on a lot of dimensionals and centered it between the two other wings.
Although you can’t see it in this photo, I applied some glue from the Two-Way Glue Pen and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter all over it. (The Dazzling Diamonds is being retired, but I’ve read that this product is being reconfigured and may appear in a different format in the upcoming catalog.) I then applied a Large Rhinestone Jewel (this item is also being retired).
Of course, I also don’t have envelopes on hand to accommodate a card this size, so I used the Envelope Punch Board to create one with the Strawberry Slush paper from the In-Color Designer Series Paper Stack.
With Stampin’ Up! supplies, anything is possible!
Happy stamping!
P.S.: The Swallowtail stamp did not retire. It is available now and will be available in the upcoming catalog!
So, my husband comes home from work the other day and says, “Do you have a really big ‘thinking of you’ card? I need space for a lot of people to write in it.”
Well, no, I usually don’t carry a stock of “large” cards, but, guess what? I think I just might have the supplies to make one!
I took a sheet of Stampin’ Up”! Whisper White paper and scored it in half, giving me a card size of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2. That’s a lot of space to fill, but the Swallowtail did the trick, In fact, this is probably the first time this lovely stamp has been featured full-size on any card I’ve made.
For the base butterfly, I placed a scrap piece of paper over the right-hand side of the card stock. I inked the Swallowtail in Strawberry Slush and stamped the image on another piece of scrap paper (I wanted a lighter shade of Strawberry Slush) and then stamped directly onto my card stock. I repeated the process for the other side. I then stamped the Swallowtail full on in Strawberry Slush on a scrap piece and cut it out with my paper snips. I popped it up on a lot of dimensionals and centered it between the two other wings.
Although you can’t see it in this photo, I applied some glue from the Two-Way Glue Pen and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter all over it. (The Dazzling Diamonds is being retired, but I’ve read that this product is being reconfigured and may appear in a different format in the upcoming catalog.) I then applied a Large Rhinestone Jewel (this item is also being retired).
Of course, I also don’t have envelopes on hand to accommodate a card this size, so I used the Envelope Punch Board to create one with the Strawberry Slush paper from the In-Color Designer Series Paper Stack.
With Stampin’ Up! supplies, anything is possible!
Happy stamping!
P.S.: The Swallowtail stamp did not retire. It is available now and will be available in the upcoming catalog!
