You Move Me - a Pop Up Butterfly Card - in Retiring Colors

Somehow 2 years go by too fast, and the following  In-Colors are about to retire the end of this month:  Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, and Peek-a-boo Peach.

Fortunately one of these colors is going to remain as a new member of  one of the color families.

In this pop up Birthday Day card,  I use all of these In-Colors  - plus I bring back a retired DSP to help coordinate them.(Playful Palette DSP)

The card base is Basic Black card stock, layered with Whisper White, and then the Playful Palette DSP.

On the card front I adhere a window frame die cut in Basic Black with some Vellum adhered behind it (this prevents the images from getting lost in the pattern of the DSP) 

All images were stamped using the Stamparatus and die cut using the Move Me Thinlets. At the top of the window is a cluster of  tropical flowers stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink with Basic Black centers.  The leaf was stamped with Emerald Envy ink.  I stamped the Hummingbird using Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim ink.  A tiny Peek-a- boo Peach butterfly is seen hovering at the base of the window.

This focal piece is added to the card front using dimensionals.  Below is a close up.

The sentiment, stamped in Dapper Denim, using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, was die cut using the layering oval framelits and added to the window sill with dimensionals.

Opening the card reveals a string of 5 double die cut butterflies adhered in such a way as to pop open and closed in an accordion manner.

Each butterfly consists of a Basic Black base and a more intricate inner layer die cut in each of the In-Colors. These layers are adhered together only at their bodies.

The paired butterflies are adhered together at their upper wing tip of the Basic Black butterfly only (I used glue dots but other adhesives could be used as well.  Only the two butterflies at each end are adhered to the inside of each side of the card - and then only by half the back wing, and at an angle.  This leaves the rest of the butterflies floating free.

Each half of the inside of the card is first layered with Whisper White card stock, and then I added a  window frame which I die cut using the DSP ( the reverse side although I used the original pattern for the sill.  I attached the butterflies to the window frame on each side.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  You Move Me, Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Black Memento, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy, Peek-a-boo Peach, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy, Peek-a-boo Peach, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Vellum, Playful Palette DSP

Accessories:  Move Me Thinlet Dies, Layering Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Window frame Thinlet Die

Card #2 You Make Me Flutter

The students had a wonderful time getting  a hummingbird and/or butterfly to flutter.  I don't think they were convinced that the fluttering would actually work, because when I showed them the card they were going to make I could see skepticism on their faces.  But they were game and followed my directions.

The basic card is Basic Black cardstock, layered with Lemon Lime Twist card stock.  The pocket for the "fluttering" chamber is Perfect Plum.  Thank goodness for the coordinating framelits, especially the one that die cuts the striped window.  One student asked quite fearfully if I was expecting them to cut this window using an exacto knife.
After the hummingbird was stamped and inserted into the pocket behind the window, there were gasps and ohhhs around the table.  Fluttering really did happen!!!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  You Move Me
Inks:  Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Black Memento, Old Olive
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Perfect Plum, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories:  You Move Me Thinnlets, Circle tab punch, dimensionals,

Class Card 1 Interactive cards Pop Up Butterfly

Last night was the final class night as I am becoming increasingly busy with craft shows.  My intent was to have classes during the summer but that wasn't feasible and still have a life.

Three interactive cards were made:  Pop Up Butterfly, Flutter Me Hummingbird, and Woggle card.

Pop Up Butterfly:

Five butterflies from the stamp set "You Move Me" were stamped, and then die cut.

After folding them in half (color side in ), he butterflies were adhered only by the wing tips, and then adhered to both sides of the folded Basic Black card stock about 1" from both ends.

The sentiment is from the Lovely Word framelits.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: You Move Me
Inks: Rich Razzelberry, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, and Dapper Denim.
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist.
Accessories:  You Move Me Framelits, Lovely Words Thinlets dies. Multipurpose adhesive

You Move Me - a Z fold card

Today I played with the new " You Move Me" stamp set and coordinating framelits.
It was really quite a lot of fun making an image, that when placed behind a die cut "grill", fluttered.

The card base is Rich Razzelberry.  On the front I placed a die cut butterfly, with the actual "moving" part on the back panel.

The front panel is layered with Whisper White card stock, embossed with the Trellis embossing folder.  In the center is a Lucky Limeade landing for the butterfly, punched with the Pretty Punch.

The butterfly itself was made in 3 stages.  First the image was stamped with Rich Razzelberry, then it was die cut using the outline die from this coordinating framelit set. For the 3rd step, I die cut a more detailed butterfly in Rich Razzelberry which I placed on top of the other 2 layered only in the middle. Pearls decorated the center of the butterfly.

A smaller Bermuda Bay die cut butterfly was added to the upper right and on the band.

The middle panel is Lucky Limeade cardstock upon which I added a couple of Crushed Curry hibiscus and a hummingbird.

On the back panel is the part of the card that moves. Watch the stampin up video below to see how to make the butterfly flutter.

I made a 3 1/4 by 4" pocket for the butterfly, and popped it up with the thick double sided tape used for making shakers.  The insert is 2 3/4 by 3 3/4" with a punched tab punchie adhered to the top.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  You Move Me
Inks:  Rich Razzelberry, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Emerald Envy
Papers:  Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Circle Tab Punch, Pearls, Move Me Thinlet Dies, Dimensionals