I used a piece of botanical foliage paper as a backdrop, punched out lots of butterflies and then chose the nine I wanted to use for the project. I punched out nine plain black CS butterflies and glued the patterned butterflies on top - making sure to apply glue only to the body. I have non SU! butterfly die sets in my stash that have antennae dies and I thought adding an antenna was the perfect detail! Once I'd assembled the butterflies I adhered the bodies in place with Mini Dimensionals. I then cut full size Dimensionals in half and attached a half behind each wing, leaving the backing paper on which keeps the wings popped up.
Another Sale-A-Bration offering is a set of wooden shapes called 'Butterfly Elements'. I chose a butterfly and coloured it by pressing each side down onto my Lemon Lime Twist ink pad a few times. Once the wooden butterfly was dry I tied it around the box frame with a length of Old Olive linen thread. Hmmm, I couldn't decide if I really liked that or not but I left it on as Bev can easily remove it if she decides she doesn't like it!
Here's a closer look at the pretty butterflies. I really enjoyed making this project, it certainly banished the post Christmas blues!
Stamps: none
CS: SU! Basic Black
Patterned paper: SU! 'Botanical Butterfly' DSP pack
Ink: SU! Lemon Lime Twist
Tools: SU! 'Butterfly Duet' punch, Memory Box ??? butterfly die set
Embellishments & accessories: wooden butterfly shape from SU! 'Butterfly Elements' pack, Old Olive linen thread, Dimensionals, Wilko 8" x 8" white box photo frame
Ruth
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