How To Make A Spectacular Butterfly Magnet Gift

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a spectacular butterfly magnet gift. Quick is good when making teacher gifts. With the multitude of events to attend at the end of the school year it is difficult to find time to craft a little appreciation gift. These butterflies are simple yet as dramatic as the papers you choose.

~ Butterfly Magnets ~
The first step in making these butterflies is to choose coordinating papers. My only concern was matching my papers, all from The Robin's Nest, with the Little Friends I used for the bodies. I put a dark layer at the center, stripes in the back, and florals up front. The top layer of butterflies are cut from Pink Roses Cardstock and Daisy Stripe Cardstock. The center layers are cut from Daughters Cardstock and Charity Cardstock. The last layer is the reverse of Spring Flower Cardstock and Star Glitter Cardstock .

With my Just Imagine Crafts Butterfly Die I cut two layers of paper at a time. I used Kreaxios 4-in-1 Punch #305 on the tips of the floral butterfly. I trimmed the tips of the center butterfly to match the top one.

I used Deco Art acrylic paint in Shimmering Silver to gild the edges of the blue butterfly and in Splendid Gold for the other.

 I cut the antennae from the center butterflies. I stacked the sets together and folded the wings up on either side.

 To hold the variety of materials together I only needed one adhesive, Best Glue Ever.
A thin strip of glue on the striped and center butterflies is sufficient to hold the paper together. A thicker strip of glue attaches the soft body of the Little Friend to the top butterfly.

A circular smear of the same glue attaches the butterfly to a magnet. Without my ScraPerfect products I would have had to use three types of glue. With BGE I am guaranteed a strong, flexible hold that dries quickly.

After the glue had dried I adjusted the wings of the butterfly so each layer is visible. Curl the tips of the wings around a pencil to mimic movement.

 Slip two or three of these butterflies in a gift bag and let your child enjoy making their teacher smile!

Supplies:
Paper, People:Robin's Nest
Butterfly Die:Just Imagine Crafts
Corner Punch:Kreaxions #305
Paint:Deco Art
Glue:ScraPerfect
Magnets:Stash

Scrap On!

~charity~

Robin's Nest DT

I am thrilled to participate in the Robin's Nest DT Hunt today.
 I am applying for both the Altered Art team and the Card team.
 I would love to fill my blog up with projects for BOTH teams made of Robin's Nest products!!!
Those that are interested in applying for the team have sent in a bio and application. In return we received this NIFTY logo and a chance to showcase a project of our choice!

You can find the Robin's Nest Store here:

http://www.shop.robinsnest-scrap.net

 blog here:

www.chatteringrobins.blogspot.com

The Facebook page here:
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and  the Pinterest account here:

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~ Happy Thoughts ~

My project is this 3-D Mason Jar card.
To begin with I cut the Daisy Stripe Teal Cardstock
to a 4x7 and punched each end with a Kreaxions border punch.
Then I layered the Brilliant Blue Glitter Cardstock
so that it provided a contrast behind the butterfly border.
Finally I cut and folded the Boy Swirl Glitter Cardstock
into a 5x7 card blank to hold my fancy card front.

For this card I used an acrylic mason jar stamp.
 I stamped on my card front and on green paper.
I added cork butterflies and gold confetti
for the inside of the jar on the card front.
I cut the jar from the green paper with a craft knife and used dimensional adhesive to pop up the jar over its contents.

I punched large and small butterflies from the glitter cardstock
and placed them on the card for color accents.

Supplies:

Paper:Bella Blvd and Robin's Nest

Stamp:Little Yellow Bicycle

Ink:Clearsnap

Cork:American Crafts
Confetti:Spiegel Mom Scraps

Punches #901 and #604:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~

Hello Spring

Spring has sprung!!!
Which means some days it is sunny and others it pours rain.
Kreaxions Punch #912 has the perfect graphic for this season.

~Hello Spring~

The flower is made using a strip of paper punched with #912. I inked the edges then curled the paper into a circle. I slipped one end under and hot-glued it to the front of my card.
This is the perfect flower to make from scraps.

Supplies:

Paper:My Minds Eye, Craftsmith

Sentiment:Authentique

Cork:American Crafts

Enamel Dot:Echo Park

Ink:CTMH

Punch:Kreaxions #912

Scrap On!

~charity~