Spring is just Flittering By

After some serious deadline stamping, I am back to projects for friends and family this weekend. Seems like I have been out of that zone for ages.

 This is a card that I created this morning to send to my girlfriend, Jill. She is leaving on Sunday for a 7 day trip to Red Bird Missions in Kentucky. I am so proud of her for organizing this event for her church and being committed to bringing glory to God in her walk with Him. Over and over again in our friendship, she has proven (with action, not words) that His Glory is her purpose. I *love* her for that! She leaves on Sunday, so being the last-minute Lori that I am, I’ll be overnighting this to her with an absolute trip necessity, chocolate, oh! and quarters for the Diet Coke machine!

I got to ink up some new rubber from eclectic Paperie this morning. I just love this butterfly and the spring blooms. This tri-fold card is fun because the folds are just a little bit unexpected out of the envelope. Here is a picture of how it looks with the first panel  lifted and then completely open:

 The hardest part about making this is keeping the measurements straight. Other than that, you just stamp and embellish like any other project. Here are the measurements so you can try this too! Bottom layer: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, Second layer:  4 1/8″ x 8 1/2″ (score at 5 3/8″) and Top Layer: 3 1/4″ x 9″ (scored at 4 1/2″).

Colors used are Regal Rose and Caribbean Cool. Butterfly stamped on Shimmery White – love that stuff!! and then accented with Rose Red ink on a super-mini sponge that I hold with crocodile clips. Stickles cover the wings to give her some more shimmer. Ribbons are all from Stampin’ UP! The stitched ribbon is from Sweet Shoppe Ribbon Originals, Caribbean Cool fibers are Elizabeth Fibers dyed with reinker and then Rose Grosgrain ribbon. One note about the Elizabeth Fibers – if you are on the fence – TRY THESE FIBERS! They are gorgeous and shimmery, and they retain their shimmer even after you dye them which is a very quick process, less messy than you might think.

The scalloped edge was made by removing the corner guard on my Stampin’ UP! corner rounder and punching straight across the edge of the cardstock. My friend, Beate has a excellent visual tutorial. You can view it here: Fresh and Fun.

My blog wasn’t the only thing neglected this week. I’m off to do laundy and tidy up. I’ll be back over the weekend! I have several more things I want to show you! Thanks for stopping by!