An appreciation note can really brighten someone’s day. It can be left on their desk, put into their lunch bag or left in a conspicuous place at home.
I love the bright and cheery colours on this card because it is a natural uplifter.
Firstly, the supplies
Stamp set:
Butterfly Gala (148580)*
Purchase this set and coordinating punch as a bundle and save 10% (150599)
Ink:
Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad (147103)
Tuxedo Black Memento (132708)
Paper (including cutting dimensions):
Daffodil Delight Cardstock (119683) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Highland Heather Cardstock (146986) 3″ x 3″
Whisper White Cardstock (100730) 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ and scrap for the butterflies
Ginghan Gala Designer Series Paper (148554) 2 3/4″ x 1″
Accessories:
Butterfly Duet Punch (148523)*
Gorgeous Grape 1/4″ mini striped ribbon (146940)
SNAIL adhesive (104332)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
INSTRUCTIONS
I have chosen “hello beautiful” for a greeting. However, there are many wonderful others in the Butterfly Gala stamp set. It is photopolymer and therefore makes the colouring of the butterflies very easy. When you bundle it up with the Butterfly Duet punch, you have a winning combination, including a 10% saving.
To get the tone on tone effect for the butterflies, first stamp the line art butterfly on a scrap piece of whisper white cardstock. Then take the flat wings, ink with highland heather and stamp on a scrap piece of paper before you stamp over the line art. Because it is photopolymer, you can see through to place exactly.
Line up your stamped butterflies in the punch and punch them out. As a result, you will have two beautiful butterflies.
After that, you will make the panel by adhering the Gingham Gala DSP to the piece of Whisper White cardstock. Next you want to stamp the greeting using the Memento ink. However, you can choose another greeting from the set. Then, wrap the ribbon around and adhere in the back before you adhere it all on the Highland Heather cardstock. Adhere to your card base.
Finally, curve the wings of the butterflies with your fingers and adhere them to the card with dimensionals.
The Butterfly Gala bundle (150599) will be going away soon, so you want to get it while you can save 10%. We don’t know yet if the stamp set will continue. However, the bundle is going for sure. This bundle will allow you to make an appreciation note for many more people with all the beautiful greetings as part of the set. Here is another option for an appreciation note.
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