The new Butterfly Swell joins our Spring Blog Blitz today! Hello - hope you're enjoying our blitz and loving the great new dies as much as we enjoy sharing our designs with you. Jean Okimoto here, with a watercolored butterfly design for you.
Be sure to add your comments to each designer's post throughout the blitz for a chance to win a new die from our latest collection of spring and nautical designs. Our blitz began on March 6th and continues through March 12th.
Here are the directions for this simple card. Paint a background on watercolor paper. Splotchy and bright stands out more than soft and dreamy for this design - trust me!
Cut Butterfly Swell from white cardstock and layer it over the background. Slip the top and bottom center "tabs" behind the background to create the illusion of floating butterflies. The die is actually designed to cut through the top and bottom portions so the butterflies are suspended between two sections of cardstock. I decided to give it a different look here.
Trim the Butterfly Swell panel to fit onto a textured white A-6 (4-⅝" x 6-¼") card. Round the right corners of the panel and the card.
Cut the antennae - from the new Morning Garden Butterflies Set - from pink glittered cardstock. The Morning Garden Butterflies are designed to match the solid butterflies of the Butterfly Ensemble set too.
Add tiny clear iridescent sequins.
Hope you like this colorful and easy design. Paint a stash of watercolored backgrounds in your favorite spring and summer shades - they'll be ready when you need them for a quick card for any occasion.
Big thanks to everyone from last week's HEY THANKS class at Impress. Hope you enjoyed the techniques - and being among the first to create cards with the Spring Release. Everyone got to meet Steve and Quincy too! Thanks to Ann, Shari and Erin for helping us fill those shopping baskets with the latest must-haves.
Want a chance to win the Butterfly Swell? Just leave a comment here - and you'll be entered to win this versatile, classic design that would make a great addition to your stash of Memory Box dies. Add your comments to all of the Design Team posts throughout the blitz for more chances to win great dies from our new collection. The entry deadline is 11:59 PM EST on Sunday March 12th. Good Luck!
You do make the most beautiful butterfly dies, I own several! Fabulous card, love that POP of color!
Posted by: Donna Phelan | 03/09/2017 at 04:18 AM
Beautiful card...it's impossible to resist butterfly dies!
Posted by: Kathleen | 03/09/2017 at 04:42 AM
I love the butterflies and would love to win the die. I recently purchased the two garden butterfly die sets as a gift for my crafting friend and they are beautiful....will probably eventually purchase them for my own collection.
Posted by: Jan D., FL | 03/09/2017 at 05:19 AM
Really like this new Butterfly Swell die. So many creative ways to use it. Thanks for sharing your card with us!
Posted by: Beth Lee | 03/09/2017 at 05:44 AM
This is just beautiful... scrumptious colors! Love this gorgeous Butterfly Swell die! Such pretty details!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 03/09/2017 at 07:02 AM
Who doesn't love butterflies and yet another gorgeous card Jean thanks for sharing.
Posted by: julye | 03/09/2017 at 07:05 AM
Wauw, so beuatiful - Love butterlies
Posted by: Connie | 03/09/2017 at 07:13 AM
Lovely card!! The butterfly swell is one of my favourites from the new release!
Posted by: Kristen | 03/09/2017 at 07:14 AM
Just beautiful
Posted by: Sharon powell | 03/09/2017 at 07:17 AM
What a beautiful card and I love this butterfly die!!
Posted by: Bunny | 03/09/2017 at 07:25 AM
Beautiful card! Love the colors you used.
Posted by: Martha | 03/09/2017 at 07:38 AM
Love your butterflies, and can never get too many of them. They are all great!
Posted by: JAN ANGLEMYER | 03/09/2017 at 07:43 AM
Oh my! This has my heart fluttering with it's simple beauty! This is a definite MUST HAVE die for a butterfly lover like me! Definitely added to the top of my wish list! Fingers crossed! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win this fabulous die!!!
Posted by: Barb Macaskill | 03/09/2017 at 07:44 AM
What a beautiful die. Love how your background design shows off the die. Great card.
Posted by: Bonnie Feller Hagen | 03/09/2017 at 07:44 AM
The prior comments are so right! The simplicity, colors and class of this die and card make it THE BEST,
Posted by: Carol Gillogly | 03/09/2017 at 07:57 AM
Beautiful Just love memory box dies
Posted by: LaVonne | 03/09/2017 at 08:20 AM
Very cool and interesting Butterfly Swell die. I absolutely LOVE the colored background. It sure is stunning with the white of the butterflies and the card front. Stunning card...I'm in awe! So very nicely done! Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: Lynn Gauthier | 03/09/2017 at 08:21 AM
Jean, you make awesome cards!
Posted by: Susan | 03/09/2017 at 08:33 AM
I love this Jean, its just stunning! Fantastic card!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 03/09/2017 at 08:37 AM
Wow, this die is gorgeous! I've always loved creating cards with butterflies.
Posted by: Amy Cooley | 03/09/2017 at 08:42 AM
Lovely card. The watercolor backing is so versatile.
Now who would NOT want this die!!! It's gorgeous. How much do I love butterflies? I'm sharing my dill plants with the caterpillars of the swallowtail butterfly. I love to watch their daily growth and I'd love to see the growth of my small butterfly die collection as well. :-)
Posted by: Sandra W | 03/09/2017 at 08:57 AM
Wow!! I LOVE this card and die!!! Soooo Beautiful!!!
Posted by: Maureen Reiss | 03/09/2017 at 09:04 AM
Very pretty background for these beautiful butterflies.
Posted by: Sue LD | 03/09/2017 at 09:34 AM
Beautiful card - I love how you put the paper behind the butterflies. I hadn't thought of the "tabs" at the top and bottom - it gives it a totally different look
Posted by: Nanci T | 03/09/2017 at 09:46 AM
Love the card and the colors!
Posted by: Mary Jane | 03/09/2017 at 10:53 AM