Geometric Butterflies In All Manner of Colours

I am a huge fan of Bev's Ink and Flip stencils and when we had our recent mash-up back in May, I purchased the Ink and Flip Geometric Butterfly Layering Stencil and finally managed to get some time this week to play with it.

I'm also a huge fan of all the In Color Inks from Stampin' Up!, including the fabulous new magnetic ink pads in the 2026-28 colours - Barely Blush, Peaceful Pine, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue and Crisp Cantaloupe.

What happens when you mash them all together? A joyful and bright fusion of colour and style, that's what! 

Here's what you need and how to make them:

Supplies:

• Ink and Flip Geometric Butterfly Layering Stencil
• Ink and Flip Layering Retro Flowers Stencil  
• In Color Inks 2024-6 Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Pretty in Pink, Summer Splash and Peach Pie Cardstock
• In Color Inks 2025-7 Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling and Darling Duckling and Cloud Cover Cardstock
• In Color Inks 2026-8Crisp Canteloupe, Hydrangea Hue, Barely Blush, Golden Glow and Hydrangea Hue Cardstock
• Per card two pieces of white cardstock 4.5 x 4.5 inches 
• White card for inking butterfly apron 3.5 x 3.5 inches
• Circle Die 3.25 inches in diameter
• Blending Brushes
• Glue
• Foam pads

Method:

1. Ink up your butterfly in two of the colours from whichever In Color set you're using and fussy cut.
2. Cut a piece of card 5 x 10 inches in one of the butterfly's colours. Score and fold at 5 inches to make your card base.
3. With the two colours you didn't ink your butterfly in, ink up your layering retro flowers stencil onto one of the white pieces of card
4. Die cut the circle from the other white piece of card
5. Using foam pads attach the card with the circle aperture on top of the flower stencilled card
6. Attach this to the front of the card base
7. With foam pads and glue, attach the butterfly on top in the bottom left hand corner.

There's a reason I love these colours - they just all go together so well. The possibilities are endless too with 5 ink pads in each collection. What is your favourite? I don't recommend things I don't absolutely love and all of the inks I absolutely love!

To get your hands on the In Color 2025-7 and In Color 2026-8, head on over to my Stampin' Up! shop. 

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you get some crafty time this week.