This fun fold card idea is bursting with butterflies! See exactly how to make this fun fold card using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set and Brilliant Wings dies from Stampin' Up! This fun fold card is a little more in depth than the quick and easy fun fold card designs that I usually make, but it's not hard to make. It just takes a little more time. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

To make the shaker on this slim line card, I cut the Pretty Peacock cardstock with two of the Stitched Shapes circle dies. I also cut a piece of Foam Adhesive Sheet with the same circle dies. I cut a piece of Window Sheeting and a piece of the Whale of a Time patterned paper with the larger of the circle dies. I adhere the window sheet to the back of the Pretty Peacock circle, then I added the foam circle. I filled the circle with the Whale of a Time sequins before adding the patterned paper circle to the back. 

I added this to the front of the slim line card. I added pieces of seaweed stamped in Granny Apple Green and coral stamped with Calypso Coral ink to the front of the circle. I embossed the greeting with white embossing powder and trimmed the end to match the end of the words. I added this to the front of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The True Love Designer Series paper is the perfect floral patterned paper for coloring, and watercolor pencils and blender pens are the perfect solution for easy, no mess cards. Plus, they're an inexpensive way to color images. We all love the look and ease of Stampin' Blends, but they can be a little costly if you want a lot of colors. The watercolor pencils are a great inexpensive alternative.

Today, I am hopping with the fabulous designers of the Pretty Cards & Papers International Design Team. We are all creating cards with the True Love patterned paper, and I think you're going to love them! You'll find the list of designers at the bottom of this post, so after you check out my projects, be sure to click through the rest of the hop to see all the other beautiful cards.
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So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

All of these cards use the Happy Thoughts stamp set. This is a fabulous greeting set that has both outside and inside greetings. This stamp set, the True Love Patterned Paper, watercolor pencils, and a little cardstock is all you need to make beautiful cards! These flowers are colored with the Gorgeous Grape colored pencil and then blended with a blender pen.

Basic Black cardstock: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White cardstock: 2" x 2"
True Love patterned paper: 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" plus flowers

Here, I have colored one of the other flowers in the True Love patterned paper pack with the Calypso Coral watercolor pencils. I cut the sentiment with the Stitched So Sweetly dies and added a few Pearls. 

Basic Black cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White cardstock: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
True Love patterned paper: 3" x 5 1/2", plus flowers

Similar to the first card, these flowers are also colored with the Gorgeous Grape watercolor pencil. This is a great way to use the flowers at the edges of the paper since half of each flower is covered by the patterned paper. The sentiment is stamped on a 1/2" strip of Basic White cardstock and a few pearls and white bakers twine are added as accents.

Basic Black cardstock: 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"
Basic White cardstock: 1/2" x 4 1/4"
True Love patterned paper: 2" x 4 1/4", plus flowers

Once again, I've used the half flowers from the edge of the True Love patterned paper to tuck under this strip of striped paper. I colored the flowers Calypso Coral and the leaves granny Apple Green. I love the bright pop of the colors on the black cardstock! I stamped the birthday greeting on Basic White cardstock and punched the shape with the Tailored Tag punch.

Basic Black cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White cardstock: 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"
True Love patterned paper: 2" x 5 1/2", plus flowers