Butterfly Thank You Cards - To My Friends

The Project: Butterfly Thank You Cards

The Cost: ~$10.00  (or $15.00- $20.00 price depends on what you already have and what you buy with coupons :-)
*I already had the paper so Its not in my cost, but if you need to buy it you can get it at Michaels for 2.50 with a coupon
*Butterfly cutter can be purchased from Michaels for ~6-8$ using a coupon depending on size
*Gratitude Stamp found in .25 bin at Michaels
*Envelopes in the $1 section of Michaels, 8 per pack.

The Story

To thank your friends and family for any occasion, I created  cards for them based off of something I saw online when I googled "unique thank you cards."

First Things First

1. Decide how many cards you are making

2. Decide what colors you want and get various colored paper

3.**Decide on an envelope size first and then create a card size. If you do it backwards it can be a pain in the butt**

What You will need:

1. Paper

2. Cutter

3. Glue runner and glue bottle

4. Stamp or pen if you want to hand write it

5. Butterfly cutter

6. Envelopes

Step by Step directions:

1. Buy envelopes! Doing this first will save you alot of grief later on.

2. Whatever the size of the envelope, make sure your card size is at least 1/4 inch smaller length wise and width wise

3. Determine your card size and pick out the amount of paper you think you will need in the colors you want

4. Take your paper and place it in the cutter to get the size you desire. Cut

5. Do this as many times as you need. I did this 10+ times.

6. Fold the cards in half and make a deep crease.

7. Punch out 4 butterflys per card, per color, per card. (ex. you should have 4 colors picked out...if you have 10 cards, you will cut 10 of each color. Make extra just in case)

8. Place these to the side.

9. Cut a piece of paper to the size of your stamp. Do this 10 times or as many as needed.

10. When you have them all cut out, stamp your thank you's onto that piece of paper. *I find it easier to do this process upside down.

11. Take another color paper , larger than the paper you just stamped and cut to a good size, 10 times (This will become the backing to the thank you stamp)

12. Place them aside.

13. Open the inside of your card and decide what color you will use as a backing, use a darker color so that you can write on the lighter color.

14. Cut your paper to the size of the inside of the card, maybe alittle smaller or however you like. Make 10.

15. Glue into the inside of each card.

16. Take a lighter colored paper and come in on each side 1/4inch. Cut your paper 10 times.(This will be your writing surface)

17. Glue the back of your paper and place on the backing you just did.

The inside of your cards are finished!! well, until you have to write out your cards :-)

18. Go back to the front of the card and place your thank you stamped paper onto an area of the card you want it to be. I chose the bottom right but you can do any variation you want ( upper right, upper left, lower left, etc)

19. Once you find a spot you like, do not glue just yet!!

20. Take your butterflies and place them on the other side to just make sure your placement is good!

21. If you like what you see, start gluing!

22. Glue the stamped paper down on each card first.

23. Lay out your butterflies in colored piles to make it easier to grab.

24. Place each of the 4 butterflies on each card so you know where to glue each one. If you start gluing without seeing your placement, you may not have good spacing

25. **I glued these down a few ways, trial and error and found the best way to do it was to bend the wings back first!- Then glue with a regualr bottled glue, not the runner, in the center (the body of the butterfly) and place on the card.

**Not that much glue is needed so dont overdo it. It will leak out the sides and look sloppy. Press the body down somewhat with your nail so you know it adheres correctly. Do this to each butterfly on each card.

Once you did each one, let them dry, write in them, and put them in the envelopes. For a cool touch, you can stamp the envelope with anything you want. I didnt because I wanted to get them out, but I wish I had :-)

Thanks for reading!! Hope you found it simple and something you can go ahead and try. Besh of luck and remember to have fun!!