Simple Layered Card

One of my July classes was back at the Longmont Senior Center, substituting for a friend.  This is a good place for me to make some relatively easy, but beautiful cards.  This is the first of the two cards we made at my table.

Materials

* 100# Hammermill white card stock: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" (card base)

* Midnight Muse card stock by Stampin' Up!: 5-1/4" x 4" (2 pieces for first layer on front and inside)

* 80# Hammermill white card stock: 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" (second layer on front); 5" x 3-3/4" (second layer on inside)

* Patterned paper from "Rustic Blue" scrapbook paper book by Somerset Press: 3-1/2" x 3" (front); 3-3/4" x 2" (inside); scraps for butterflies

* Bitty Butterfly vintage punch from Stampin' Up!

* Dark Blue Round Starform Stickers available from Stamplistic.com (centers of butterflies)

* Random sentiments from my stash

Assembly (one of my friends would call this a "slap & stick" card -- because it's very easy to assemble once the pieces parts are cut)

* Fold card base at score line.

* Adhere Midnight Muse card stock to card front.

* Stamp sentiment at bottom of 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" white card stock, center and adhere over Midnight Muse card stock.  (TIP:  When stamping the white card stock, position (but don't glue) the patterned paper where you want it to determine how much space you have for your sentiment.)

* Adhere patterned paper as shown,

* Punch a bunch of butterflies and let them fly wherever you like . . . add small Starform stickers to add a little sparkle to your card.

* Adhere second piece of Midnight Muse card stock to inside of card.

* Center and adhere 5" x 3-3/4" white card stock over Midnight Muse card stock.

* Adhere patterned paper across bottom of white card stock.

* Adhere butterflies wherever you like.  (NOTE:  When I punched the bitty butterflies, many of them were yellow on one side and patterned on the other, so for contrast I used the yellow side for the butterflies on the front, and the patterned side for the butterflies on the inside.  I didn't add the Starform stickers to the inside butterflies, but you certainly could if you want to carry the sparkle to the inside of the card.)

I hope you enjoy this card.  It was CASEd from a card by France Martin (FrenchieStamps.com) that I spotted on Pinterest.