Stamp-Along Card Tutorial - Beautiful Butterflies

Hello Crafters,

Do you want to stamp along with Chloe? Of course you do! And that is why we're back with a brand-new Stamp-Along, this time using the glorious new Beautiful Butterflies collection. In this pretty creation, that's been designed for a birthday but could be equally as fabulous with a slight tweak for many other celebrations, you will be stamping, die-cutting, heat-embossing, colouring, and glittering to your heart's content

You can join Chloe on Wednesday, 8th March at 2pm where she will guide you every step of the way!

Here's a close-up image of the main floral butterfly topper - it's breath-takingly beautiful, isn't it?!

Materials:

• Chloe’s Creative Cards stamp and die set – Grande Floral Butterfly
• Chloe’s Creative Cards stamp and die set – Country Flower
• Chloe’s Creative Cards stamp and die set – Filigree Happy Birthday
• Chloe’s Creative Cards DL clear stamp set – Flower Border
• Chloe’s Creative Cards metal die set – Floral Lace Diamond
• Chloe’s Creative Cards 8x8” foiled paper pad – Beautiful Butterflies
• Sparkelicious Glitter – Crystallina, Sparkling Butterflies, and Lime Zing
• WOW! embossing powder – Opaque Bright White Superfine
• Stamps by Chloe WOW! embossing glitter – Pretty in Pink
• WOW! clear embossing inkpad
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Luxury White Vellum
• Chloe’s Luxury Pearl Card – Rose Quartz and Crystal White
• Chloe’s Luxury Pearl Paper – Rose Quartz
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Mirror Card – Rose Quartz
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Matt Mirror Card – Rose Quartz
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Self-Adhesive Sparkles – Pretty Pinks
• Bling Box refill – 5mm Sugared Pink
• Pink alcohol markers
• Pink and green pencils
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Chisel-Tip Glue Pen
• Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue
• Pinflair glue gel
• Chloe’s Creative Cards foam pads on a roll
• White 8x8” card blank
• Heat tool
• Die-cutting machine

Instructions:

1 Trim a sheet of Rose Quartz mirror card to 7¾”-square, then affix to the base card. Trim Crystal White pearl card to 7⅝”-square, edge using a chisel-tip glue pen, cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, and affix to the base card. Trim Rose Quartz matt mirror card to 7½”-square and affix to the base card using foam pads. Trim a sheet of flower-patterned paper to 7¼”-square, edge using a chisel-tip glue pen, cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, then affix to the base card. Trim Crystal White pearl card to 6¾”-square, then affix to the base card on an angle, as shown.

2 Trim a sheet of Rose Quartz pearl card to 6½”-square, dust with an anti-static bag, and stamp the flower border image across the bottom using a clear embossing inkpad. Cover with WOW! Opaque Bright White Superfine embossing powder and heat set.

3 Colour in the flower heads on the stamped image using pink alcohol markers, then infill the leaves using dries-clear PVA glue and cover with Lime Zing Sparkelicious glitter. Edge the panel using a chisel-tip glue pen and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Affix to the base card using foam pads. Embellish the centres of the flowers using self-adhesive sparkles and add sparkling butterflies to the background.

4 Stamp two Grande Floral Butterfly images onto Rose Quartz pearl card using a clear embossing inkpad, cover with Opaque Bright White Superfine embossing powder and heat set. Cut out the butterflies with the coordinating dies. Infill the background using dries-clear PVA glue and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Allow to dry then adhere the butterflies together using glue gel.

5 Stamp two Grande Floral Butterflies onto white vellum using a clear embossing inkpad, cover with Opaque Bright White Superfine embossing powder and heat set. Cut out the flowers and leaves from one butterfly and just the flowers from the other. Flip over and, working on the back, colour the leaves in green and the centres of the flowers in pink. Shape the flowers by folding down the centre of the petals. Add pink self-adhesive sparkles to the centres of the flowers and layer up onto the butterfly using Pinflair glue gel. Adhere the butterfly to the base card using a double layer of foam pads.

6 Stamp four medium and four small Country Flower images onto Rose Quartz pearl paper using a clear embossing inkpad. Cover with Opaque Bright White Superfine embossing powder and heat set. Cut out the flowers using the coordinating dies. Infill the petals with dries-clear PVA glue and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Allow the glue to dry, then shape the petals, pinching down the centre between your finger and thumb.

7 Stamp two medium and two small Country Flower images onto white vellum using a clear embossing inkpad. Cover with Opaque Bright White Superfine embossing powder, then heat to set. Flip the flowers over so you are working on the back and colour the centres of the petals using a pink pencil. Die-cut the flowers, then shape by pinching the petals between your finger and thumb. Layer two paper and one vellum flowers together. Add self-adhesive sparkles to the centre and affix to base card, as shown.

8 Die-cut the Floral Diamond from Crystal White pearl card and the inner plain diamond from Rose Quartz pearl card. Edge the floral diamond panel using a chisel-tip glue pen and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Layer the two diamonds together and affix to the base card using foam pads.

9 Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment onto Crystal White card using a clear embossing inkpad, cover with Pretty in Pink WOW! embossing glitter and heat set. Cut out the sentiment with the coordinating die and affix to base card using foam pads. Complete card by adding jewels to the corners, as shown.

If you want to get ahead, here's what you can have prepped ready before the Stamp-Along:

• Any die-cutting.
• Cut the following matts and layers to size:
        Rose Quartz mirror card: 7¾x7¾”
        Rose Quartz matt mirror card: 7½x7½”
        Rose Quartz pearl card: 6½x6½”
        Rose Quartz pearl card: 7⅝x7⅝”
        Patterned paper: 2¼x6¼”
  
• If you'd like to get a little further ahead, you could stamp and emboss the elements ahead of time too. 

DOWNLOAD THE INSTRUCTION SHEET HERE

 I'd love to see your makes, so don't forget to share them on the Chloe's Creative Cards Facebook Group!