Butterfly Flight – Song Sparrow Papercrafts

Welcome to a new week, friends! I don’t know about you, but the weekend went by in a blur. And now here we are at the beginning of a brand new school year. It’s a big transition year for us as the kiddo starts his freshman year of high school. When they tell you time flies, they are not kidding!

This week brings about a new design theme as we take things outside. Sometimes I like having a broad, open-ended theme because it leaves a lot of possibilities for inspiration. And today’s card was inspired by the Hot Foil Craft Class. I really loved this card layout and knew it would easily adapt to fit this week’s theme. I loved having the opportunity to play with the new hot foil goodies in my stash this weekend, and today’s design uses the Classic Greetings and Butterfly Flight bundles.

So we get started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. The striped pattern from the Everyday Essentials paper pack serves as our backdrop. I chose the sheet of white florals from the Lovely Blossoms paper pack that provided the perfect amount of blue contrast against the striped backdrop. This panel is torn to leave a rough-edged section on the right-hand side. Because I had a particular recipient in mind when making this card, I chose the thinking of you sentiment from the Classic Greetings sentiment set and hot foiled it in gold on white cardstock and then cut it out with the coordinating die. It’s adhered over a double bow of gold & white baker’s twine right over our fissure section. The double-layered butterfly is a combination of a gold gilded wing butterfly and a small butterfly created with the Butterfly Flight masks. I used a sheet of Crushed Curry as the base and then blended a combination of Crushed Curry, Timid Tiger, and Secret Sea inks to create the smaller butterfly. We finish things off with a few metallic gems to give a nice diagonal of gold elements.

I just love the little pop of contrast the butterfly provides. It’s the perfect eye-catcher for the sentiment. This layout is one that can truly be used for a whole host of color and pattern combinations, as well as a myriad of occasions.

Tomorrow’s design might bring in some of our other senses as we continue our trek in the great outdoors. I hope you’ll drop by!

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Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165621]

$14.00

Everyday Essentials Mix & Match 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167702]

$13.00

Lovely Blossoms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167168]

$12.50

Butterfly Flight Bundle

[170065]

$45.00

Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies

[170042]

$36.00

Gold Stampin' Hot Foil Rolls

[170066]

$12.00

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad

[165285]

$11.00

Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad

[165278]

$11.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Small Blending Brushes

[160518]

$15.00

Gilded Wings Accents

[169953]

$10.00

Black & White & Gold Baker's Twine

[166005]

$8.50

Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems

[163780]

$9.50

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Hot Foil System Na & Craft Class

[170009]

$160.00

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Happy weekend, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I have a lot on the weekend to-do list. I’ve crossed quite a few things off already but still have quite a bit to go.

But I took a nice crafty break to try out my new Stampin’ Up! Hot Foil System that launched last month. Can I be honest with you? I’ve actually been a little afraid to use it. *looking around* Don’t ask me why because it is SO easy to use! But there was just something intimidating about it to me and it had me frozen in my tracks. So if you ever find yourself there, you are not alone. I’ve been watching all sorts of videos and finally just sat down and gave it a try. Easy peasy! So we’re pairing up two sets of hot foil dies — Butterfly Flight and Classic Greetings — with the beautiful Violet Dreams paper to create this project.

We get started with a very neutral base of white cardstock. I tried all sorts of colors back there but love how this made all of the elements pop so much better. The backdrop is the Secret Sea polka dot pattern from the Violet Dreams paper pack. The focal panel starts with a leftover panel I had diecut with the Branching Out dies for another project and just so happens to be the back side of the background panel. After getting both panels adhered to the card front, I wrapped the whole sheebang with some Fresh Freesia satin ribbon and then adhered the decorative panel (from the coordinating Violet Dreams precut pieces) with dimensionals.

Here’s where the fun part comes in — hot foil! I kept my foiling super simple since it was the first roll of the dice. I used the thinking of you sentiment from the Classic Greetings die set to create the sentiment by foiling in gold on Highland Heather cardstock and then cutting it out with the coordinating die. It’s adhered on our decorative panel with a layer of dimensionals. Next up are the butterflies using the Butterfly Flight hot foil die set. I lightened things up a bit by using Fresh Freesia cardstock to have a hue of contrast and help the butterflies stand out amongst the business of the patterns and elements on the card front. They’re adhered with varying layers of dimensionals above the sentiment. A few adhesive blooms in a darker shade of purple finish things off.

I’m looking forward to having a little bit more time to really play around with the foiling system. And the new foiling goodies that will arrive in the studio SOON! I’ll try to share some of the bonus foiling projects over on the socials. Next week we’re gonna be in the woods. I hope you’ll come along for the hike!

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