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1. 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!

2. Butterfly tag by Caroline Shinnie

   Posted on 6:56pm Tuesday 25th Feb 2014

    

   Stamps Used   A6 Flutterby A6 Dandelion Dreams  A6 Medieval Background     Ink pads Used    Versafine Black Distress Ink - Black Soot Brilliance pigment ink pads in Olive, Victorian Velvet and Starlite Silver   Other supplies    Clear embossing powder Adhesive gems,  Wire for antennae (bend with small pliers) Plain white card tag (you can make your own by using a rectangle with the top two corners sliced off and a hole punched in the middle at the top) Scrap of coordinating ribbon Die cut scrolls, leaves or flourishes

    

   How to Make Take a plain white tag, and swipe the Olive Brilliance Ink pad across it several times to give a patchy background. Then, stamp over this base with the different flower heads from the Dandelion Dreams set using the Olive and Silver Brilliance ink pads. Randomly stamp the Medieval background using black Versafine ink, without using an acrylic block, so that you get little patches of the pattern. Quickly cover it with clear embossing powder and heat set. Afterwards, add the Black Soot Distress ink around the edges with an Ink Duster or Cut and Dry foam. To make the butterfly embellishments, randomly stamp a piece of scrap card with the solid flower stamps from the Dandelion Dreams set using the colours Victorian Velvet and Olive. When this is dry, stamp the butterfly outline from the Flutterby set in Black Versafine over it and cut out. For the body of the Butterfly, make a paper bead from a long triangular strip of lightweight card stamped with the Medieval background and then rolled into a bead shape. Try experimenting with different widths and lengths of card for different effects. Add jewels to the centre of the flowers on the butterfly wings and attach the wire antennae into the centre of the rolled bead before attaching to the butterflies. Stick the butterflies to the tag, with some die cut scrolls or flourishes, and to finish it off, add a ribbon. Use as a tag or attach to the front of a card.