Scrap Butterfly

One day recently when teaching stamping and embossing I demonstrated on scrap paper using a stamp set which I had never used before and I fell in love with the results and couldn't bear to throw it away as I normally do with my demos on scraps so I built this card around it and am really pleased with the results. If you would like a video or blog entry posted up about stamping and embossing please let me know and I will oblige. :-)

Products Used

Crafty Impressions Clear Stamps "with love on"
Acrylic block
Brilliance Ink in Pearlescent Orchid
Scrap paper & card
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Herald Square
Sakura pens in green star, red star, Sky star,  fuchsia sparkle, mauve sparkle and metallic gold.
Stamps by Chloe Crystallina Glitter
Kanban Crafts Pastel Bling
Clear 3mm gemstones
A shaped card blank from stash
                                                                                    Quickie glue pen
                                                                                     Zig 2 way glue Jumbo

1. Stamp the butterfly onto scrap blue paper then set aside for just a few minutes to ensure it is fully dried.
2. Go around the outside of the card blank with the Zig jumbo blue pen and then cover in glitter to create the effect of having covered with glitter card but fora lot less expense. 
3. Use Fuchsia Sparkle Sakura pen to colour in the cut out elements of the card blank 
4. Colour in the butterfly as desired with the Sakura pens then colour in certain parts with the quickie glue pen and add the glitter and clear gems down the body
5. Select two scrap papers which coordinate well together and choose which shows off the butterfly best.  There are 4 dies in the Herald Square set and we will use all except the smallest.  Use the detailed die to cut one square from your selected middle paper and the 2 piercing dies out of the other paper. 
6. Add the largest square to the card blank using tape, then rotate the middle square and layer on using 3D pads to add some dimension then rotate the top layer to match the first and stick with 3D pads again.
7. Cut a 3D pad to small pieces and attach only to the body of the butterfly so the wings have movement now attached to the card.
8. To finish add Pastel Bling in pink and blue to opposing corners. 

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