STAMPIN' UP! SKETCHED BUTTERFLIES BIRTHDAY CARD IN BERRY BURST

After making a card for last night's Colour Creations blog hop, I was inspired to create another card featuring Berry Burst.  It's such a pretty colour, that I tend to overlook.

From Berry Burst Glimmer Paper (with Adhesive Sheet on the back), I die-cut some butterflies (using the Sketched Butterflies Dies) that became the dramatic, sparkly, focal point of my card.  My somewhat lacklustre photography doesn't show them off to their full effect, I'm afraid!

I stamped, in Berry Burst ink, small butterflies all over the Berry Burst background panel.  After sponging the edges with Berry Burst ink, I adhered it to the Thick Basic White card base.

I used a Perennial Postage Die to cut the large central panel from Basic White card.  To this piece, I added Berry Burst ink with a Blending Brush, using a heavier hand at the top, and graduating the colour a bit.  I then dripped water (by squeezing the barrel of my Water Painter) over the coloured piece, and added fine splatters with the brush tip of my Basic Black Stampin' Write marker (flicking the tip against the open lid).  Once all this was done, I ran it through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, using the Cute Crochet 3D embossing folder.

I added a strip of Berry Burst DSP to the Perennial Postage die-cut, and mounted the die-cut piece on a Basic Black card layer.  Before gluing this down, I added a horizontal strip of White Glimmer Paper to the Berry Burst background panel.

The sentiment, from So Sincere, was white heat-embossed on a piece of Basic Black card that I cropped using a Delicate Forest sentiment label die.  As a finishing touch, I added Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English) [163492] $87.25	So Sincere Cling Stamp Set (English) [162283] $42.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $20.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $20.25
Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163775] $21.75	Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper [163769] $10.50	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $58.00	Cute Crochet 3 D Embossing Folder [163792] $17.50	Delicate Forest Dies [162679] $67.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [162481] $6.25	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611] $14.00
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $20.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50