Blank Note Cards

When I get in the groove, I try to stay there as long it lasts.  For this set, I had a box of brightly colored blank cards, stacks of colored paper, and a box of ribbon with every color in the rainbow.  Options were endless.  The challenge was to find the right color schemes and designs.  The best part of the challenge, though, was seeing how many designs I could come up with one punch.  I was pleasantly surprised.  


As you can imagine, these are much prettier and brighter in person.


Tools:  Blank cards, paper stacks, ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, exacto knife,  paper cutter, and rubber cement.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

The pictures are dark; the blank card is actually white.  The yellow paper was glued on and the black stripe is ribbon to hide the seam.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

Notice the the directions of the two butterfly strips are opposite.  Just flip one over after you punch.  Again, the background color is white but the picture is dark.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

 I cut out purple paper and put it behind the butterfly punch to get the colored butterflies.  This takes a while to get right, but the result is worth the time.  

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

Zoom in to see that the top row has one yellow butterfly and the bottom row has one green.  To do this, use scissors to cut out one yellow butterfly from the left-over punched paper and glue it on top of the strip of green butterflies.  Then do the same for the next row.  In person, the colors really pop out.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

Glitter.  While it can make a nice accent, it was not my favorite for this project.  It was temperamental with the punched design and textured card stock.  The ribbon here is actually three different ribbons (polka dots, orange, and black) layered.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

Zoom in to see that there are actually two layers of butterflies.  The yellow layer of butterflies acts as a shadow to the top layer of purple butterflies.  Also, I usually put the ribbon on top of the paper to hide the seams, but his time, The pale purple paper is glued on top of the ribbon so the ribbon becomes part of the background.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

Zoom in to see the little colored butterflies.  One is purple, the other is white.  They look much better in person!  The top in two ribbons (blue and polka dot) layered.  The polka dot ribbon hides the seam.

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Card

When you buy a box of colored cards, they sometimes exactly match the colors in the paper stacks (stack of card stock).  It makes finding color schemes easy.  The butterflies here are the same color as the blank card.  The light purple was glued on and ribbon hides the seams.