Hi everyone,
Today, I thought I would have a rest from making Christmas cards and go back to some old favourites in the Annual Catalogue. Those of you who follow me will know that I just LOVE butterflies and would put them on everything if I could. So, I thought I’d bring out the butterflies and the punch. Mr Brown has finally delivered by Purple Posy ink pad, so I thought I would try it out on this card and I have to say, it was worth the wait, it’s a very pretty, subtle colour.
There is also a video tutorial over on my YouTube channel.
Materials
1 piece of card stock 6 x 12 scored in the middle at 6” (I used a pre-scored bought one for this card).
1 A4 sheet of purple posy card stock
Butterfly gala stamp set
Beauty abounds stamp set
Purple posy ink
Gorgeous grape ink
Butterfly duet punch
2" circle punch
2" circle punch
Washi tape/low tack tape
2” circle of card to measure the placing of the butterflies
Multipurpose adhesive
Instructions
Find the centre if your card front and make a little pencil mark.
Find the centre of the punched circle and draw a line across the centre in both directions to give you four segments. Then draw diagonal lines across the circle in both directions to give you 8 segments. Add a piece of rolled up washi tape/low tack tape to the back of this circle and position in the centre of the card front.
Stamp and punch out 8 sets of butterflies and adhere the small ones to the top of the larger ones and bend the two sets of wings up a bit to give them some dimension. Arrange the sets of butterflies around the centre circle, each set corresponding to a line on the circle. This should give you an even distribution of butterflies around the circle. Glue them in position and then remove the centre circle carefully.
I originally stamped my image directly to the card in the centre of the circle but it wasn't quite straight. So, I punched out a 2" circle and stamped the sentiment on that in gorgeous grape ink.
Stamp a sentiment on the inside, I also added a few butterflies from the Beauty Abounds stamp set too.
I hope you will give it a try, you could use the same technique with flowers or Christmas trees for a different effect.
Happy crafting,
Karen XX
Stamp and punch out 8 sets of butterflies and adhere the small ones to the top of the larger ones and bend the two sets of wings up a bit to give them some dimension. Arrange the sets of butterflies around the centre circle, each set corresponding to a line on the circle. This should give you an even distribution of butterflies around the circle. Glue them in position and then remove the centre circle carefully.
I originally stamped my image directly to the card in the centre of the circle but it wasn't quite straight. So, I punched out a 2" circle and stamped the sentiment on that in gorgeous grape ink.
Stamp a sentiment on the inside, I also added a few butterflies from the Beauty Abounds stamp set too.
I hope you will give it a try, you could use the same technique with flowers or Christmas trees for a different effect.
Happy crafting,
Karen XX
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