Butterfly Birthday Card

I saw this gorgeous card on Pintrest using the big Stampin' Up butterfly stamp, and I thought "Hey! I can make that one!" Here's the link to the original card instructions Laura's Creative Moments. Yeah, it's in Dutch, but don't worry it's easy to follow.

The main stamps and supplies you need are: 

White or cream cardstock cut to 8 1/2" to 4 1/2" inches

Stampin' Up Swallowtail, Simple Sketched and some other flower and butterfly set. Stampin' Up! has loads of them, pick a set that you like to use.

One color of Stampin' Up! Ink for each card. I used Lost Lagoon, Cherry Cobbler and Wisteria Wonder

Ranger Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Antique linen plus your blending pads

Any random Spellbinders tag die that will fit the birthday sentiment stamp.

And some natural colored twine.

The tricky part is stamping the butterfly in the correct corner of the card. That would be the left side of the card if you're pressing the paper onto the stamp like I do with large stamps. You want to stamp it at an angle and not straight across.

Then cut the edge of the paper around the right side of the butterfly wing to give that decorative edge. Then stamp and distress the edges of the paper as you please. The red ink wasn't very colorfast, so that's why the red card is not looking like a Vintage Photo color, but it still looks good. I also stamped off once before stamping the inside stamps. Score your fold line at 4 1/2" inches, and it will give you a square card.

How do you use your large stamps in card making?