Category: butterflies

1. Green butterfly tag card by Caroline Shinnie

   Posted on 4:02pm Wednesday 5th Mar 2014

   Stamps Used   Flutterby   Medieval Background   Dandelion Dreams   Ink Pads used   Versafine - Black   Brilliance - Pearlescent Thyme & Starlite Silver   Distress Ink - Black Soot & Mowed Lawn   Mask   Twisted Check Mask

   To make the background, emboss the Twisted Check Mask through your die cutting machine, using pale green card. Distress the edges with scissors, and then use Mowed Lawn and Black Soot Distress ink to bring out the Embossing. Stamp the flower head (from the Dandelion Dreams set) randomly over the embossed card using Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme . Curl all four corners in slightly, and stick it to a blank 6x6 Kraft card. 

    

   For the toppers, decorate 3 different sized white tags with flower stamps using Starlite Silver and Pearlescent Thyme for the leaves. Add glam pink stickles to the flower heads. To make the butterfly, stamp a piece of card using the Medieval Background in Starlite Silver. Then stamp the butterfly outline from the Flutterby set with Black Versafine and cut it out. Make a matching paper bead for the butterfly body from a strip of the card, stamped in the Medieval Background. Distress the edges of the Butterfly with Mowed Lawn distress ink and embellish with a few jewels. Finally attach to the card and add ribbon.

    

2. Medieval Jewel Card by Caroline Shinnie

   Posted on 8:46am Saturday 1st Mar 2014

    

   
   

   Stamps used Medieval Background Flutterby   Ink pads used   Memento - Tuxedo Black Distress inks - Mowed Lawn & Peacock Feathers   For the background, use the Medieval stamp in Black Memento on white card and cut it out. Then distress the edges with Peacock feathers. Randomly colour in some parts of the stamp using Soft green, Meadow green and Denim Blue Promarkers. Stick this to a Black card blank. For the Butterflies, stamp another piece of white card with Black Memento, and then stamp the Butterfly using a clear inkpad and green embossing powder, and then cut it out. Distress the edges of the Butterflies, with Mowed Lawn and Peacock feathers, and add Jewels to decorate. To make the Butterfly bodies, make paper beads out of Medieval stamped card. Curve the wings and stick to the card using 3D silicone glue. To finish off, tie a piece of ribbon to the bottom of the card with a jewel brad in the centre.

                         

3. Flutterby Hanger by Caroline Shinnie

   Posted on 3:28pm Wednesday 26th Feb 2014

   Products used   A6 Flutterby stamp set   Brilliance inkpad - Pearlescent Lavender   Liquid Pearls - White Opal   MDF Flutterby Shapes   Acrylic paint, beads, buttons and thread

   How to make

   Firstly paint one large butterfly, two small butterflies and one of the flower shapes from the MDF kit in white acrylic paint.  When dry stamp the butterflies on both sides with the matching stamps from the Flutterby stamp set with the Pearlescent Lavender inkpad. Stamp the small flower using either of the flower shapes that fit.  Leave to dry or heat set if you're impatient, then add liquid pearls to the centres of the flowers.  Once dry string the shapes together with thread or Bakers twine adding buttons and little bows.  Add some beads to the strings on the bottom butterfly.  Beautiful and very easy!