Today’s tutorial is for a stepped-up Catching Butterflies card. Yesterday I shared a quick version. Today we’re stepping it up by adding a little heat embossing, die cutting and a little extra glitz.

The Beautiful Shapes dies have both hexagons and circles that you could use for this layout. If using the hexagons then take care when stamping, that you have all your die cuts running the same way, ie. all with a point at the base (as here) or all with a flat base.

In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through creating the stepped-up Catching Butterflies card. I also have a supply list for purchasing anything anything you don’t already own (the order code for the Catching Butterflies stamp set is 158108).

Colour Combo

The colour combo mixes Smoky Slate, Metallic Gold and Basic White.

Stepped-up Catching Butterflies card

Start with an A6 portrait card of Smoky Slate. Cut a card front layer of Symbols of Fortune DSP and adhere direct to the card front. Using the Beautiful Shapes dies, die cut one medium-small hexagon and two smaller ones from Basic White card. On the larger one, stamp the girl using Versamark ink, cover with Gold Embossing Powder and heat emboss. Using Versamark ink again, stamp a sentiment from the set onto one of the smaller hexagons and the cluster of butterflies on the other. Cover each with Gold Embossing Powder and heat emboss. Pop the stamped hexagons onto (the next size up) hexagons of Gold Foil. Pop all up on dimensionals on the card front. Tie a bow of Gold Shimmer Ribbon and add to the upper left corner with a Mini Glue Dot.

Stepped-up Catching Butterflies card insert

On the Basic White insert, add a border of the Symbols of Fortune DSP down the right hand side and then a skinny strip of Smoky Slate card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

Buy the supplies for this stepped-up Catching Butterflies card in my online shop (the order code for the Catching Butterflies stamp set is 158108).