So the other day I showed you a card with a sweet flower from Mixed Bunch. With a few snips of my Snips I turned one of the bodacious blooms into a beautiful butterfly! Look!
Here's a closeup of that butterfly -
Can you see how I cut the flower to make the double wings? All I had to do was follow the pattern on the flower petals - it was so easy! Can you see a whole flock of these on a frame or in a scrapbook? In all different colors? LOVE!
I used glossy cardstock and just pooled some reinker over the design stamped in Staz-On (so it wouldn't run) and then sort of moved the ink around with an Aquapainter. I backed the white bloom with some orange colored patterned Designer Series Paper that had been sponged over with some Tangerine Tango. Then I rolled a loooooong triangle of Basic Black cardstock into a tight coil to form the body, adding two superfine strips, coiled at the ends, for antennae. Adding this one element over several layers really makes a card that pops, don't you think?
Supply List
Tangerine Tango Cardstock, Item #111349
Old Olive Cardstock, Item #100702
Daffodil Delight Cardstock, Item #119683
Basic Gray Cardstock, Item #121044
Glossy White Cardstock, Item #102599
Basic Black Cardstock, Item #121045
First Edition Designer Series Paper, Item #121878
Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper, Item #122637
Mixed Bunch, Item #125535
Blossom Punch, Item #125603
Big Shot, Item #113439
Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Item #120175
Staz-On Jet Black Ink, Item #101406
Tangerine Tango Classic Ink, Item #111841
Daffodil Delight Classic Ink, Item #119672
So Saffron 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Item #122982
SNAIL Adhesive, Item #104332
Stampin' Dimensionals, Item #104430
Paper Snips, Item #103579
Let me show you all the cool things you can do with My Digital Studio. It's easy, it's fun, it's cost effective and you can do it anywhere you can bring a computer!
Wonderful idea for making the butterfly! I think I may have to go try that later today! Thanks for joining with the SUO Challenge team this time around!
Posted by: Robin Messenheimer | March 03, 2012 at 01:53 PM
This stamp makes such a beautiful butterfly! I love your detail on the body and antennae! Thanks for joining SUO Challenges this week.
Posted by: Heidi Baks | February 29, 2012 at 08:14 AM
Thanks Annette and Cindy! It's amazing what you can do when you see a scrap that looks just about right for what you are trying to do!
Posted by: Bren | February 24, 2012 at 08:42 PM
Great idea for making the butterfly body and antennae! Thanks for joining us at SUO Challenges.
Posted by: Cindy E. | February 24, 2012 at 06:11 PM
Just love your butterfly. It really sets off this bright card.
Posted by: Annette | February 22, 2012 at 02:40 AM