Azalea Grande Botanical Butterfly - Beautiful Butterflies Card Tutorial

YOU WILL NEED:

• Chloe’s Creative Cards Grande Botanical Butterfly stamp and die set

• Chloe’s Creative Cards Country Flower stamp and die set
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Grande Floral Butterfly stamp and die set
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Filigree Happy Birthday stamp and die set
• Chloe’s Creative Cards 8x8” Blooming Border nesting die set
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Beautiful Butterflies luxury foiled paper pad
• Chloe’s Creative Cards pearl paper – Azalea
• Chloe’s Creative Cards pearl card – Azalea
• Chloe’s Creative Cards mirror card – Azalea
• Chloe’s Creative Cards matt mirror card – Azalea
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Bling Box – Spring Collection
• Chloe’s Creative Cards Self-Adhesive Sparkles – Pretty Pinks
• WOW! embossing powder – Metallic Silver Super Fine and Silver Dollar
• WOW! clear embossing inkpad
• Sparkelicious Glitter – Crystallina, Silver Crystal, Raspberry Pink, Cupid, and Pink Rose
• Chloe’s Creative Cards 3D foam pads
• Pinflair 3D glue gel
• Chloe's Creative Cards chisel-tip glue pen
• Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue with fine-tip applicator nib
• 8x8” white card blank  
• Heat-resistant acetate
• Double-sided adhesive sheet
• Heat tool
• Die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Trim a sheet of Azalea mirror card to 7¾x7¾” and affix to the card front. Trim Azalea pearl card to 7½x7½” and glitter the edges with Raspberry Pink glitter using Dries-clear PVA adhesive. Trim a sheet of patterned paper from the Beautiful Butterflies paper pad to 7¼x7¼”, glitter the edges with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, and matt and layer onto the card base using 3D foam pads.

2 Using the third largest die from the 8x8” Blooming Border die set, die-cut from Azalea mirror card. Die-cut Azalea pearl card using the fourth largest die from the same set, affix a double-sided adhesive sheet to the card piece and cover with Raspberry Pink Sparkelicious glitter. Affix the fully glittered piece to the Blooming Border panel and matt and layer onto the base card using 3D foam pads.

3 Using the fourth largest Blooming Border die, cut from Azalea matt mirror card. Trim patterned paper to 4¾x4¾” and glitter the edges with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter.  Using the third smallest die from the Blooming Border die set, cut from Azalea mirror card and, using the fourth smallest die from the same set, cut a panel from Azalea pearl card and glitter the edges with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Matt and layer all four pieces together and affix to the card front at an angle, as shown.

4 Using the Grande Botanical Butterfly stamp and die set, stamp the butterfly onto heat-resistant acetate with clear ink, cover with Silver Dollar embossing glitter and heat set. Cut out the butterfly by hand, add Dries-Clear PVA adhesive to the reverse of the butterfly and cover with Pink Rose Sparkelicious glitter, then set aside to dry. Die-cut another butterfly from Azalea matt mirror card and layer the two butterflies together using 3D glue gel. Add self-adhesive sparkles to the centre and affix the butterfly to the front of the card at an angle, as shown. 

5 Stamp six medium and nine small Country Flowers onto Azalea pearl paper using clear ink, cover with Silver Dollar embossing glitter and heat set. Die-cut the flowers using the die from the same set.  Add dots of glue to the petals and sprinkle with Pink Rose Sparkelicious glitter. Layer up the flowers, as shown, to make three medium and three small flowers and affix an embellishment from the Spring Collection Bling Box to the centre of each flower. Stamp each leaf and the flower bud from the Country Flowers stamp and die set three times onto heat-resistant acetate using clear ink. Cover with Metallic Silver Super-fine embossing powder and heat set. Cut out by hand and add Dries-Clear PVA glue to the reverse of each leaf and cover with Silver Crystal Sparkelicious glitter. Repeat with the flower bud but add Cupid Sparkelicious glitter to the bud area.

6 Using the additional flowers from the Grande Floral Butterfly stamp and die set, stamp six of the medium flower and six of the small flower images onto Azalea pearl paper using clear ink, cover with Silver Dollar embossing glitter and heat set. Die-cut the flowers using the dies from the same set and assemble to make three medium and three small flowers. Add dots of glue to each petal and cover with Pink Rose Sparkelicious glitter. Add an embellishment from the Pretty Pinks Self-adhesive Sparkles set to the centre of each flower. Affix the flowers along with the Country Flowers to the card in two corners using 3D glue gel. Arrange the acetate leaves around the flowers and affix with 3D glue gel.

7 Using the Filigree Happy Birthday stamp and die set, cut a piece of Azalea mirror card using the narrowest die and a piece of Azalea pearl card using the largest die. Attach the two together using Dries-clear PVA glue and affix to the card front using foam pads to finish.