Fly Away

Took a break from cardmaking (only for today!) and made this small 11 1/2 cm framed butterfly collage. I purchased the frame cheaply, knowing that I would eventually find a use for it. "Eventually" was only three weeks so I am rather pleased that I have saved it from its rather boring original content in record time.

I used a mixture of Martha Stewart and other punches, cutting them from hot pink glitter card.  I debated long and hard about the backing but finally decided to keep to the sparkly theme with white glitter card.

Love it and may keep it.

Butterfly Collage

We recently had our bathroom upgraded .. .............not before time!!! The suite was ( I am so glad to be able to say was and not is) pale golden - "Sun King" if my memory serves me right. Anyway, it is all in the past thank goodness. I looked around the shops for items that would match the green towels and I was not inspired. The solution was to make something myself. I had always wanted to make a butterfly collage since seeing examples in various places on the internet....so that's what I did and here it is.

The deep frame was originally unvarnished wood so I used acrylic paint to make it white. I rubbed some of the paint off to give a textured, distressed look. The butterfly punch is one that I have had for ages and the papers are all K & Co from my wonderful, huge stack that I got from QVC. The butterflies are attached with 3D foam to add even more dimension. Love it!!!