Flying out of the boxes

So yesterday there was no stamping, I watched some kids for a friend and we had a play date here.  But after having 8 kids (one 7 year old, 2 six year olds, a 5 year old, a 3 year old, two 2 year olds and a 4 month old) I was beat.  Things went really great the kids all got along and there were absolutely no problems except my lack of energy that evening was zilch.  So I took the night off. 

I really enjoy the cards where you have the traditional square/rectangle of cardstock, generally a neutral, and there is part of the image that is too big for the box.  I finally decided to try to make one of my own.  I don't know if I have seen instructions on how to actually do it so I am not sure if I did it the “right” way or not but it worked.  I just stamped my butterfly and drew a square around it and cut on the lines.  This was the color challenge for the Late Night Stampers Group.  I really like color challenges because that seems to be the hardest part of stamping for me.  When I see a color challenge it usually helps me pick out the stamp set and design that I want to use quickly and easily.   This card is made to fit in the open ended envelopes that SU! carries so the card measures 3 3/8 by 6 5/8.

Stamps:  Flight of the Butterfly

Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Chit Chat Rub-Ons

Tools: Eyelet Border Punch, Big Shot, SU! Backgrounds #1 Flourish Texturz Plate

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