Dreamy Butterfly and the Butterfly Heart Frame by Jean Okimoto

Blend a bright Open Studio Watercolor Paper background for the Butterfly Heart Frame - then top it with a glittery Dreamy Butterfly. Add a greeting from the Wild Rose Stem Clear Stamp Set. Butterfly season is approaching - Memory Box has a great collection of butterfly dies, 6x6 prints and glittered cardstock for every occasion. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a simple design to create in your favorite colors.

Spritz the textured side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper with a light mist of water. Sponge it with loose, overlapping layers of Distress Oxides. I used shaded lilac, cracked pistachio, twisted citron, peacock feathers and squeezed lemonade. The water helps helps blend the inks and eliminates dark starting points. Dry the inks. Cut it with the 3-¾" x 5" Rectangle Basics die. Splatter it with Imagine Crafts Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz.

Scrunch waxed paper and rub it briskly over the Butterfly Heart Frame to help release the delicate diecut. Cut the frame from smooth white cardstock. Cut purple and turquoise butterflies with the coordinating die.

Cut Dreamy Butterfly from the violet glittered cardstock in the Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad. The cardstock is actually brighter and redder than it appears here. Cut the butterfly body and antennae with the die from the Gloriosa Butterfly Duo Outlines set.

Stamp the greeting - from the Wild Rose Stem clear stamps set - on white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Purple Delight. Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder. Cut it with the smallest die from Rectangle Basics.

Attach everything to a side-folded 5-½" square white card - use foam tape for the right half of the greeting strip. Add ¼" punched circles of the green glittered cardstock from the Twinkling Jewel 6x6 pack.

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