Butterfly Collage Pop-Up

I recently put together this butterfly themed card and gift card set for the birthday of a very special friend. After a bit of searching, I chose this elegant but simple butterfly svg by Samantha Walker from the Silhouette Design Store to use on the front of my card and gift card holder.

While looking for ideas and design inspiration for the front of my card, I came across a card on Pinterest with a butterfly which had been cut using a stencil edge die. I really liked the unique look of it and decided to try and create a cutting file to get a similar look using the butterfly svg I had.

I cut my butterfly edge from pearlescent lavender cardstock and added flatback adhesive pearls to the  body. The word "celebrate" was cut using "Sentimental Elements" die from Avery Elle.

Inside the card, I was excited to use Karen Burniston's new Heart Collage Pop up Die for my first time to animate a kaleidoscope of glittery butterflies.

The mechanism for this new die is the same as its predecessor, the Photo Collage Pop up Die, but just in a smaller size to fit into narrower cards like slimline cards. 

What I like most about this smaller size is that I can attach smaller elements, and more of them, to the spinning arms for a fun "wow" effect. Instead of using the different sized heart shaped dies that come included with this die set, I used butterfly dies I had collected over many years. I used Cheery Lynn Small Exotic Butterflies, Memory Box Butterfly Delights, and Stampin' Up Beautiful Wings dies to cut butterflies of many styles and sizes from glitter cardstock to add to my card.

I used the same butterfly from the front of the card to embellish this matching gift card holder with a fun closure.

To open, butterfly wings are folded together and slipped through the opening on the box lid.

So happy to finally finish and present this very belated birthday gift and card to my sweet friend. I hadn't been feeling very creative lately, but I have to admit I had so much fun putting this little set together that I think I'm starting to enjoy crafting again. Yay and hurray!