Color Block Butterflies

Are you looking for a challenge to play? Poppystamps has a month long challenge and this month's theme is called "Over the Rainbow". They're looking for projects featuring rainbow colors, or you can just add a rainbow. . Linking your design to each month's challenge automatically enters you in their giveaway - a $20 gift card to www.poppystamps.com

I cut 1/2" strips of colorful cardstock and adhered them together with washi tape end to end to create a rainbow panel. Next I trimmed the panel to fit the front of my A2 card front and then cut the Stained Glass butterflies from the panel.

Next I adhered gold glitter paper to my card base and then adhered the rainbow die cut panel over it. I adhered the detailed die cut butterflies cut from white cardstock inside their openings. You have to be patient when using liquid adhesive to adhere cardstock to glitter paper. I weighted the die cuts with an acrylic block and put it aside to create the gold foil sentiment.

The Modest Greetings One Hot Foil includes lots of sentiments as well as a die to cut each sentiment into a strip. There's always gold at the end of the rainbow right? The finishing touch was a few Clear Fairy Drops.

This color block technique is a great way to show off your die cuts and just imagine a shaker behind the die cuts instead of gold foil. Or how about a white cover and rainbow strips inside the die cut openings? There's lots of choices that would all be amazing! I sure hope you find some time to play!




Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Dies | Poppystamps Large Stained Glass Butterfly, Small Stained Glass Butterfly
Foil | Poppystamps Modest Greetings 1
Gems | Memory Box Fairy Drops

Poppy = Poppystamps
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SPB = Spellbinders

Large Stained Glass Butterfly POPPY | SSS	Small Stained Glass Butterfly POPPY | SSS	Modest Greetings 1 POPPY | SSS	Fairy Drops POPPY | SSS
Glimmer Hot Foil Machine SSS | SPB	Gold Matte Foil SSS | SPB