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Demonstrator Training August 2020 Blog Hop

August 11, 2020 August 10, 2020

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog!
You are currently visiting Tatiana in Australia and I’m thrilled to have you here. Today I’m blog hopping with a group of Independent Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators from all around the globe. We are all taking part in Kylie’s Demonstrator Training Program where we have learnt so much from the guest speakers as well as each other. But it’s not all work and no play around here, the blog hop gives us an opportunity to share our creative skills. Today I’m sharing with you a butterfly card:

Tatiana Creative Stamping Adventure - Glimmer Butterfly card using Butterfly Beauty Dies from Stampin' Up!®

[Want to recreate this project? You’ll find all the supplies I used at the end of this post, conveniently linked to my Stampin’ Up! online store. I’d love to be your demonstrator and appreciate your support—it means the world to me on this creative journey!]

I had a lot of fun creating this card and it blends some older products (the Butterfly Beauty Dies) with new products such as the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

Card Details:

Card Base: Whisper White Thick
Card Front: Balmy Blue (8.8 x 13.1 cm) and Whisper White (8.5 x 12.8 cm)

To create the butterfly I first took a 10.5 x 14.8 cm piece of the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.
- From this glimmer paper I die cut the bottom layer of the butterflies using the die from the Butterfly Beauty Die set. I kept all the pieces that came out for another project (will share in the future) as well as the negative space. I didn’t want to waste the stunning glimmer paper.
- Die cut the top layer for butterflies from Basic Black cardstock.
- Adhere using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Note: I could have used the Adhesive Sheets of the back of the Basic Black before die cutting but I wasn’t sure how well it would adhere to the glimmer paper and decided that the Multipurpose Liquid Glue would be better in this case.
To create the cloud sky background:
- Die cut from vellum the clouds using the Happy Dies cloud die. This is a great die because you can make the hight of the cardstock anything that works for you. In this case I was going to use it as a template so I made is as big as I could. TIP: Vellum works really well as a template for sponging as it as a nice smooth surface to work from.
- I used a make up blending brush for this next part but you can use a wedge of Stamping Sponge dipped in Balmy Blue ink pad. First blend some ink on the bottom edge of the Whisper White card front. Then place the cloud template just covering the bottom of the page and blend more Balmy Blue up. TIP: start of the vellum and work in circular motion working your way over the edge of the template. Do not go too far past the edge of the template.
- Move the template up and over to create the next “row” of clouds and repeat the blending process.
- Repeat moving the template up till you’ve covered the whole card front in clouds.
- TIP: If you want less clouds make large gaps between each “row” of clouds. If you want more clouds do the opposite.
- TIP: Move the cloud template around and even flip it to create the clouds so that they don’t all line up.
Mount the clouds onto the Balmy Blue cardstock and then onto the card front. Add the butterflies on top using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To complete the card I adde the clear gems from the Flowers For Every Season Gems. I adhered them using glue dots from a kit but you can use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue as it dies clear. The Mini Glue dots are too big for these gems.

To complete the project I did some more blending (I love blending) on the envelope flap and the inside of the card:

Don’t forget that this is a blog hop. Please “hop” on over and see what other inspiration you can find from my fellow demonstrators:

1.	Kylie Bertucci - Australia
2.	Julie Kight - USA
3.	Beth McCullough - USA
4.	Tatiana Tobin - Australia
5.	Karen Henderson, UK
6.	Mary Bush - Stampin' In The Sand - USA
7.	Susan E Schultz, Sea Ranch Creations, USA
8.	Tracy Bish - Australia
9.	Jessie Holton - Australia
10.	Ellen Liefting the Netherlands
11.	Narelle Fasulo - Australia
12.	Gillian Long - Gillybean Crafting, Canada
13.	Libby Dyson- Australia
14.	Diane Evans - Canada
15.	Melva Peters - Canada
16.	Sue Allen - Australia
17.	Kylie Bowers - Australia
18.	Alejandra Gomez - Creating with Allie - USA
19.	Helen Chapman - UK
20.	Bonnie Sanche - Canada
21.	Julie Brown - USA
22.	Kylie Swain - Australia
23.	Deb Macdowell - Inkstability
24.	Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot - Australia
25.	Krissi Hannahs- USA
26.	Shelly Wadge - Australia
27.	Maheswari Rajaguru - Australia
28.	Helen Jennings - Love-a-Duckie (UK)
29.	Jennifer Kirk - Canada
30.	Kristie Strum - Tygress Den - USA
31.	Melinda Whittington
32.	Ginny Duncan - Canada
33.	Nancy Hoetker - Australia
34.	Alice Tomal - Australia
35.	Michele Jutrisa - Australia
36.	Sandra Mastello - Australia
37.	Kylie Page \| Stampers Workshop - Australia
38.	Tracy Held- Australia
39.	Marika Laforge - Canada
40.	Rhonda Kleiman-USA
41.	Jessye ChanceyHigginbotham- Designs By Chance -USA
42.	Tricia Butts - USA
43.	Pamela Sadler - USA
44.	Kim Kroeker - Canada
45.	Chris Smith - USA
46.	Angel Shaver--USA
47.	Kelley Pitts, USA
48.	Elly Rijnvis - Netherlands
49.	Dianne Endersby - UK
50.	Teresa Brown Australia
51.	Christy Gridley - USA
52.	Jill Goddard - Australia
53.	Theresa McEntee USA
54.	Kayla McCreadie - Australia
55.	Trudy Collis - Australia

(Linkup closed)

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I hope today’s project has inspired you to get creative and try something new.
Until next time,
Tatiana

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