jumbo curiosity butterfly

Hi there my creative and crafty friends! It’s Wanda here on The Greetery Blog today to share a project with you! I am always so excited and happy to share with you. Hope you’re having a nice Summer so far! For my project for today I created a watercolor card with a nature theme and an all purpose sentiment. I haven’t made a watercolor card in a while and I was inspired by the pretty butterflies of Summertime….

My finished card is an A2 size Kraft card base, layered with watercolor paper die cut with the beautiful A2 Scallops Dies. All the die cut pieces on this card were made using watercolor paper. I kept the design clean and simple and let that pretty purple butterfly shine!

I started by die cutting the Fern Dies, the Butterfly Dies, the background panel and the sentiment panel from watercolor paper. I used Distress Inks and water brushes to color all the pieces and set them aside to dry. For the background I used a wet on wet watercolor technique: Put down a good amount of clear water onto the paper, then add the blue ink into the water and let it spread out into a free form shape!

After all my pieces were dry, I glued together the Fern and the Butterfly using liquid glue. I added a purple enamel dot to the butterfly. I stamped the sentiment from the All Occasion Script Sentiments set in brown Distress Ink and then went over the writing with a detail water brush to make it ‘messy.’

I assembled all the elements together and I used foam tape to attach the sentiment. I do love the greens against the bright purple butterfly….

That’s it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

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SUPPLIES:

Jumbo Butterfly Dies and Stencils
A2 Stitched Scallops Dies
Fern Dies
All Occasion Script Sentiments stamps
Sentiment Suite Basics Dies

Watercolor Paper
Distress Inks
Water Brush
Kraft cardstock

It’s Day 2 of product reveals for our Sweet & Sunny collection! So much summery color in today’s post, I just love it! And just wait until you see what the Inspiration Team has created. They knocked my socks off (good thing it’s summer!) 🙂

Just a quick reminder before we get to the product introductions…Laurie will be going live on our Instagram channel at 11am CT / 12 ET! Check it out if you’d like to see the new products up close. If you aren’t able to join us live, you can watch it any time from our feed.

Below is a quick look at all of the new products. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information, or click HERE to see all of the new products in the shop. (**Please Note: although you can preview the new products in the shop, they will not be available to purchase until 10am EDT on Wednesday, June 29).

Jumbo Curiosity Butterfly, Moth, and Dragonfly die + stencil combos

We’ve decided to super-size some of our popular Curio dies! The butterfly, dragonfly, and moth that were originally included in the Curio: Summer Findings set are now available individually in a larger size! The included stencils make it easy to add color to your dieucts!

Click HERE for Jumbo Curiosity: Butterfly die + stencil info ($12)
Click HERE for Jumbo Curiosity: Dragonfly die + stencil info ($12)
Click HERE for Jumbo Curiosity: Moth die + stencil info ($14)

Leaves All Around Stencil and Die

This beautiful, leafy frame is quick and easy with the three-step stencils. It’s the perfect frame for the Jumbo Curiosity dies, or any number of other things. You’ll love this versatile set!

Click HERE for Leaves All Around stencil info ($12)
Click HERE for Leaves All Around die info ($27)

BotaniCuts Hollyhocks die

The latest addition to our BotaniCuts die series is a summer classic…hollyhocks! You’ll love assembling these blooming stems, or use the individual blooms on their own for pretty accents!

Click HERE for BotaniCuts Hollyhocks die info ($27)

I put together a video showing how to color and assemble the hollyhock stems…

As usual, we’ll have the complete bundle available on release day, for quick and easy shopping.

Click HERE for Sweet & Sunny Complete Collection info ($232)
*please note the collection bundle does not include the Buzzy Bits sprinkle mix

Let’s get to the projects! First up I have a trio of cards using the new Jumbo Curiosity die and stencil combos paired with that pretty Leaves All Around frame. I had so much fun inking up these pretty insects and frames! If you saw the sneak peek image, you’ll see I created a whole rainbow of them. Now it’s time to put them to use on some cards.

The stencils make it easy to add lots of color and shading. When I was finished stenciling I also used black and white pens to add lots of dots and details to make them even more interesting. Really easy to do – for the most part I just followed the details built into the dies with the detail cuts and pierce-points.

I used various shades of greens, and even a little blue, to stencil the Leaves All Around design onto the coordinating die. I embellished the frames with some BotaniCuts Hollyhocks blooms. I love this set for the versatility…you can omit the stem and use just the blooms for a completely different look. I used one bloom at the top and a cluster of two at the bottom, done in the same colors as the insect inside each frame. I was loving the simplicity of these, and opted not to add sentiments. That way I can use them for any occasion. They would make a gorgeous gift as well if you created a boxed set using our Stationery Box die!

I just love the dragonfly in jumbo form! I used my favorite Blueprint Sketch ink to stencil some color onto the wings. He’s hovering in a garden of Honeysuckle Stems, which are from the set we introduced yesterday. I finished it off with a happy birthday sentiment, which is from our Print Shop: Spring Mix set.

For my next card, I was completely inspired by this gorgeous Pottery Barn bedding. I recreated a similar look using lots of different elements, including our new Jumbo Curiosity Butterfly and BotaniCuts Hollyhocks. Here’s a test as to how big of a Greetery fan you are…can you identify all of the other elements? I’ll name them below this photo!

There are Ginkgo leaves, a Crocus petal, a stem of Bluebells, some Strawberry flowers and berries, and some tiny Wildflower Mix blooms. Did you get them all? The sentiment is from our Signed & Sealed set. All of those bright-colored elements on the black background just pop!

Up next might be my favorite card of the release! I stacked up a whole garden of BotaniCuts Hollyhocks onto a Crimped Slimline diecut. Before adhering them to my panel, I sponged a bit of Tumbled Glass ink for some blue sky.

I also added a couple of butterflies…I used the new Jumbo Curiosity Butterfly as well as the original smaller version from our Curio: Summer Findings set. Using them together works wonderfully so you have a variety of sizes. The sentiment here is again from our Print Shop: Spring Mix set.

Up next I have a pair of cards that uses the new Leaves All Around frame in a little different way…I love how you can easily change it up! For this pair of cards I snipped the frame in half and used half on each of these two cards.

I adhered each of the half-frames to a piece of cardstock that was trimmed by hand before adhering to give the cardstock panel that pretty leafy edge. I used a pencil to lightly trace the outline of the leaves, then trimmed it with a scissors before adhering the leafy half-frame (it doesn’t need to be exact at all, as the leaves cover up the edge). This let me create that pretty edge with a contrasting cardstock panel layered underneath. I used the Jumbo Curiosity Moth and Butterfly, and the sentiment is from the Sentiment Suite: Thank You set.

Lastly, I have a fun window card using the BotaniCuts Hollyhocks set. I used my Deco Frames dies to cut a frame, and also a window from my card base. I sandwiched a panel of acetate between the frame and the card base, giving me a clear surface to which I adhered my hollyhock stems.

I sponged some blue ink on the inside of the card, and also stamped a happy birthday sentiment from the Print Shop: Spring Mix set. I also added the smallest bee from the new Honey Bees set to the front of my card. I was in need of some birthday cards, and my stash is feeling a little better after today’s projects!

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at today’s projects as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a prize! We’ll be giving away TWO $50 gift cards for today’s blog hop.

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