Swallowtail Stamp from Stampin’ Up! has a New Framelit Friend!

What do you recon?  I combined the Swallowtail Stamp (a returning favourite HUGE stamp from the Annual catalogue – and the reason I joined Stampin up!) with the new Butterfly Framelits die and I got this

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I stamped the Swallowtail in Crumb Cake twice on to a piece of naturals white cardstock.  The first one became the card base, mounted on a mat and layer of Hello Honey Cardstock.  The second I cut with the largest framelit die in the new butterfly framelits set from Stampin Up! and layered this on top with a stampin’ dimensional.  The patterns on the card base are from the new stamp set Butterfly Basics in crumb cake and hello honey.   A little antique lace trim, and a piece of hello honey ribbon were secured using the cute little Stampin Up! Stapler and the sentiment is stamped in Black Stazon.

Its a really effective but quite simple to make card, and so much fun.  I used waxed paper to cut out the die cut as its fairly intricate and it slipped out of the die a treat… which was good as you should come back tomorrow and see why I chose to cut out over 100 of the little blighters.  One of my lovely SU demo buddies really doesnt like the “freaky butterfly” so I almost decided to have a butterfly week and name it in her honour, but I think I will spare her blushes for now….

If you would like more details on the products used, clicky click click on the little pictures below.  And please dont forget if you want to order the stamp set and framelits buy the bundle and save 15%, and also if your spend is near £40 make sure it goes over £45 before postage and you qualify for a free saleabration item too – I would hate for you to miss out!

Cxxx

Stampin’ Up! UK’s Swallowtail Stamp and Blendabilities

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I have to say I am loving the new Blendabilities Alcohol markers from Stampin’ Up!

I stamped this swallow tail on Velum – using Momento Ink – recommended for use with the Blendabilities.

Once it had dried I then coloured it with the three shades of coastal cabana from the pens, and added little accents with the white chalk marker.

Then once i had cut round the image I applied some Crystal Effects glue to help the butterfly curl – and sprinkled on a little dazzling diamonds to make it shimmer.

Once it was dry I mounted it on Whisper White card stock, and stamped in Smoky Slate another copy of the Swallowtail stamp so that it looked like  a shaddow.  A simple mat of Coastal Cabana card stock completes the work, and now I just am looking for a nice picture frame to put it in and its going on my office wall.

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Hope you are having a good week

Best wishes

Caroline

Caroline