Butterfly Happy!

Good Evening Fiskarettes!

Firstly, can I apologise for not having made an appearance on here for the last few days! As well as trying to rest my hand, I have also had no internet connection at my house. I feel so cut off! And this continues – as I speak I’m sat here at my friend’s house, as they have kindly let me use their internet connection. I hope to get a new router very soon so that normal transmission can continue!

Today I wanted to share a card with you that I loved making! I’ve also incorporated something that I haven’t used for a long time – shrink plastic…read on to find out more!

Fiskars Supplies

Fiskars border punch – Stamp

Fiskars Shape Template – Circles

Fiskars Shape Template – Butterfly 2

Fiskars Shape Cutter

Fiskars Shape cutter mat A4

Fiskars Continuous Stamp – Paisley

Fiskars Continuous Stamp -Elegant Vine

Fiskars Acrylic Blocks

Other Supplies

Kraft Cardstock (Papermania)

Patterned Paper

White and Aqua Core’dinations Cardstock

Black fine line pen

White Shrink Plastic

Heat tool

Black ink (StaZon)

White pen

White letters (AC Thickers)

Pokey tool, Needle and white thread (or sewing machine)

Chalk inks

Corner rounder punch

Instructions

1. Take Kraft cardstock and cut to measure a folded A6 card. Round the corners with a corner rounder punch. Cover the card as shown using pink patterned paper. Take core’dinations cardstock and punch a border using the stamp border punch and fix to the bottom of the card.

2. Take striped patterned paper and trim to measure 1.5cm in width. Mount onto kraft cardstock and use to cover up the join in the two patterned papers.

3. Create holes within the aqua cardstock and striped patterned paper and stitch a zig zag across the card. Alternatively, use a sewing machine to create a zig zag stitch across the card.

4. Cut a 2.5 inch circle from the shapecutter template with the shapecutter tool and layer onto the card as shown, trimming the excess once fixed onto the card. Use a black fine line pen to draw a freehand border around the edge of the circle.

5. Cut three differently sized butterflies from shrink plastic and lightly ink with chalk inks onto the rough side. Stamp with the paisley and elegant vine stamps, leaving the smallest butterfly plain.

6. Shrink all three butterflies using a heat tool, once shrunk but still warm carefully shape so the wings are raised. PLEASE NOTE: Be very careful – shrink plastic gets very hot! Fix to the card as shown using hot glue.

7. Finally, use the white letters to spell happy (or the greeting of your choice) and add detail with a fine line pen to the punched border and the top of the pink patterned paper.

Well I hope you like the card, I love all the fresh summery colours, and the stamp border punch finishes the card off a treat!

love and crafty hugs!

Clare x