Butterfly Kisses & Sunshine Days with Danni Bindel

Today we’re rolling out the red carpet for Danni Bindel and this bright, magical fairy card featuring our Crafty Crew Kit. We love how Danni combined colorful patterned paper blocks with a sweet fairy focal image and playful butterfly accents. This project is such a lovely example of how layered stamped images, patterned paper, and soft stencil-inspired details can come together to create a cheerful handmade card.

Here’s what Danni had to say about the project:

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Hello Crafty Friends! Danni here to share some inspiration for the July 2026 Crafty Crew Kit!  It's time to Pre-order the July 2026 Crafty Crew Kit! Pre-order your kit before June 15, 2026 and will ship out July 5, 2026. This kit just speaks to me as it's all about butterflies and a gorgeous fairy! For those that don't know, years & years ago (I ended the challenge in 2013), I ran a challenge called Flutterby Wednesdays and it was all about butterflies and fairies! 

Even though I don't have the challenge anymore, I am still drawn to butterflies and fairies so when I saw this new July 2026 Crafty Crew Kit I may have squealed in delight!

If you are new to the Crafty Crew Kits you can check out all the information HERE! It really is a great kit at a great price!! For this kit there is also wonderful Flutterby Trio Die that subscribers can order separately and receive an automatic discount of 10% off!  

My first step was to pick the papers I wanted to use from the Rainbow Butterflies & Alcohol Ink 6x6 Paper Pad. What gorgeous paper this is!!! I also decided to play along with the June Sketch Challenge. I received the postcard about it in a recent order but you can always find the current sketch and information in the Friends Who Like Crafty Stamp Co. Facebook Group.

Sketches are a great starting point and a great way to get some inspiration for your card but you can always adjust them as needed!

I thought embossing the Daisies Stencil onto some white paper would be fun but in the end it's covered by the squares of the sketch. Sometimes our ideas don't always work out but at least we tried, right?

I colored up the beautiful fairy and butterflies from the Wings & Wishes Stamp Set with Copic markers and then fussy cut them out.

Copics Used:

• Skin/Blush/Tongue: E13, E11, R20, R17
• Hair: YR24, YR23, YR21
• Eyes: B06, B04
• Bow/Dress/Shoes: BG78, BG75, BG72
• Wings: V04, V01, V000
• All Flowers (inside card and on main focal point): YG17, YG13, YR07, Y19, Y15
• Butterflies: BG75, BG72, V04, V01, V000

After my images were colored I added a few highlights with a white gel pen. I almost always finish off the inside of my cards with something and today I added my sentiment and some strips of patterned paper cut at angles and the sweet flowers from the stamp set.

 

 

The final step was to put the card together. I was inspired by Cristena, the owner of Crafty Stamp Co., to use foam tape between one of the layers and on the butterflies. Didn't it turn out so beautiful? I can't wait to play more with this kit!!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and spending a little time with us! We hope you’ll check back throughout the month for more design team inspiration.

Have a beautiful day!! Go do something for yourself and go get crafty!!

Danni