Hello my friends! This week we are creating a card with a surprise Pop-Up Butterfly center!! Come on in to create this card with us or follow along here!
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Let’s start by creating our Butterfly!!
Using Distress Ink, create an irregular pattern on the paper- it’s fun to have different hues and saturation!
We’ll die cut our butterfly out of this!! Look how beautiful!
What remains of the paper will be perfect as a stencil to cut out a backing for our Butterfly!
Glue the front and back of the butterfly together and there’s our new magical Butterfly friend!!
This butterfly is already beautiful- but why not add some magical watercolor to make it Pop!
Take that same, shimmery watercolor and add some embellishments!!
The inner pages would look lovely with some splatter! And swirls are a great addition to the front of the card!
We’ll also take a Walnut Stain Distress Ink and stamp our sentiment: “Sending Happiness Your Way!!” and punch out some little white butterflies for decoration!
Score the Butterfly’s wings a half inch before the tip and again in the center- we’ll be adhering it to the inside of the card!
It’s important that you’re sure the butterfly folds its wings Behind and the tips Forward. This is essential for the Pop-Up effect!
Hurray! The beautiful Butterfly is complete!!
Now let’s decorate the front of our card to match! You can attach twine, ribbon, little white butterflies, and more! Decorate to your hearts desire and create a card that makes your butterflies flutter by!
And there you have your very own Pop-Up Butterfly card!!
This is a perfect creation to make someone’s day bright!! Stop by to create with us or follow along here and make one yourself!!
Happy Crafting!!!
See you soon!
Art and Happiness
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