Beautiful Butterflies, Simon Says Stamp

Hello! I am sharing with you today a few cards and a fun 3D project made with the Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit! This kit is chocked full with SO much fun 🙂

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Beautiful Butterflies, Simon Says Stamp Card Kit

As always, I have so much fun creating with this card kit! Even more so it inspired me to create this fun 3D project! In the kit, you get a package of Tim Holtz Typography Letters. This inspired me to create something more than a card. I had one of his Vignette Shrines and it was the perfect “case” for this project.

I started by painting it with Scattered Straw Distress Paint. I love that the paint is opaque so you still see the wood grain. I adhered one of the patterned papers from the kit to the back of the shrine using Distress Collage Medium. I adhered a few ephemera pieces to the background as well.

On a sheet of Distress Watercolor Cardstock I set up the 4 butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set,  in a Misti and inked them up with multiple Distress Ink colors. Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seedless Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves. I then inked them up with Versamark, and stamped over the Distress Ink so I could emboss them with clear powder. I have a tutorial on this over here.

Once the butterflies were embossed with clear powder this sealed in the colored Distress Ink and made them so they would resist ink over them. So I inked the background of the butterflies with Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stain and Tea Dye Distress Oxide Spray. Heating in between layers and adding water with a Distress Sprayer. I then fussy cut out the butterflies and set them aside.

I adhered the letters to the background with Distress Collage Medium. I then added 4 layers of 3M foam tape to the back of the butterflies so they would be raised high off the background. I used Distress Collage Medium to adhere them to the background as well. Lastly, I added one of the Tim Holtz Clipping stickers to one of the butterflies.

I really love how this project turned out and it looks so cute in my studio.

After that project, I worked on 5 different cards with supplies from the kit. I have talked about this before, but I believe when you limit your supplies and only work with mainly the supplies in the kit it helps you create many cards in a shorter amount of time.

For this Thinking of You card, I did the same technique as above with the butterflies. Stamping them with multiple Distress Inks, sealing in that ink with clear embossing powder, then spritzing Tea Dye Distress Ink on the background.

I love all the sentiments that come in the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set that is part of the card kit. They are perfect to send to friends and family all year long, and especially during these times.

For this card, I used the Butterfly Trails stencil included in the kit. I used a blender brush and inked a rainbow of colors in the stencil, and then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

For this last card, I ink blended with the stencil, and then keeping the stencil in place I spread some of the Gina K Irridescent Glitter Gel that is included in the kit.

Reminder: when using stencils and inks and pastes I can’t recommend enough the Wendy Vecchi Stay-tion– it makes it so much easier to do these techniques efficiently.

There are so many other cards I could create with this awesome card kit, I can’t wait to play with it a bit more! I hope you enjoy these cards and find them inspiring for when you get your kit!

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Supplies Used

Supplies I used are linked throughout the post. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

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Simon Says Stamp, June 2020 Card Kit Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp, Beautiful Butterflies Shop at: SSS	SImon Says Stamp, Butterfly Trails Stencil Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz, Vignette Shrine Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Ephemera, Field Notes Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz, Typography Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz, Clippings Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Paint, Scattered Straw Shop at: SSS
Wendy Vecchi, 7 inch Stay-tion Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Wendy Vecchi, Make Art Stay-tion Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mustard Seed Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Twisted Citron Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Tea Dye Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain, Vintage Photo Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray, Tea Dye Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Hero Arts, Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | HA
Dina Wakley Media, Palette Knife Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Distress Collage Medium Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Cuts Dies Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn, 80 LB WHITE 8.5 x 11 Inch Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF
Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | LF	Original Misti Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | LF	Rainbow Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus
Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Ranger 4 Ounces Shop at: SSS | Ranger	EK Success, Powder Tool Shop at: SSS	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Ranger Tda53927 Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Versamark Shop at: SSS | HA	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS | LF	Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case Shop at: SSS | LF	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp, Clear Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Ranger, Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SSS