Another #simplestamping Challenge

It’s time for another #simplestamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! This time we’ve been asked to make a thank you card using stamps, ink, paper and our favourite retiring product. The list of retiring products was released a couple of weeks ago. And there are definitely a few that I’m sad to see going. It was hard to pick a favourite, but I ended up picking something that wasn’t too fancy. I still wanted to keep with the #simplestamping theme.

For my card I decided to use the Butterfly Duet punch as my favourite retiring products. So for my stamps I used the Butterfly Wishes stamp set that coordinates with it. From there I picked my colour combination. I went with Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake for both my cardstock and ink colours.

I used Crumb Cake to stamp the blossom branches and the phrase. This “thank you” comes from the Free as a Bird stamp set. Then I used Blushing Bride for the flowers and butterflies. To adhere the butterflies I used Stampin’ Dimensionals. But you can just as easily use Glue Dots or even Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. Here’s the card…

To step this up I didn’t do a lot. All I added was some Wink of Stella to the butterflies and a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I love to add bling to just about all my cards. It’s such an easy way to level up any #simplestamping project! I debated about adding some of the Blushing Bride Metallic ribbon from the January-June Mini catalogue. But I really liked keeping this card fairly simple. Here’s my stepped up version…

I really like this card. And can’t wait to do another #simplestamping challenge! Check out my #simplestamping card from last month’s challenge here. And if you want to get your hands on this great stamp set and punch before it’s gone, head over to my online shop!