Day Two – Origami Butterflies

My project today was to make an origami butterfly. The instructions were from this book, "Origami: An Artist's Guide to Performances In Paper" by Michael G. LaFosse.

The paper I used is some interesting translucent Chirigami paper I bought at Daiso Japan. I love this store! It's a Japanese $1.50 store with an interesting selection of craft supplies. I ended up making two as usually I'm still figuring out the folds with the first. The only thing I really had difficulty with was the head as the paper ripped. It probably wasn't the most suitable for the project but I like the way they came out.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
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Easter Card features a 3D pop-up egg with a hidden surprise. Remove the smallest front egg by sliding it up to reveal a miniature Spring scene. Techniques used are spritz/flick distress background, then Perfect Distress stamped image. The flowers are die-cut on Bazzill card stock with Sizzix Vagabond. Easter bunny and text are from Ideaology Seasonal paper, embellished with Stardust gel pens. The 3D egg is hand cut from double-sided patterned paper using a template from Some Assembly Required, designed by Sandy Jackson. The edges of the egg pieces are lightly distressed with inkpads and tool then spritzed with Perfect Pearl Mist, Heirloom Gold, after assembled. It actually will fold flat for mailing. Tiny butterflies are stamped, cut out then glued on egg edges and flowers. I have learned so much from this class and hope to keep going. Thanks for looking!

Birthday Card & Birdhouse

Here's a Birthday Card and gift I made for my friend using my new skills from the Creative Chemistry 101 class. I filled the purchased birdhouse with potpourri which is where the flower and butterfly came from. The butterfly is attached with glue and the flower is just wedged behind the bird. I added the Littlest Pet Shop bird by tying it on to the perch and it fit just perfect as well as can be removed.

The die-cut bird and cage, on light blue Bazzill cardstock with Sizzix Vagabond, uses the rusted enamel distress ink technique. Distress Stickles gives a little texture and shine to the matt cardstock. The ribbon bow was hand dyed with distress ink from pads and glued on rock candy distressed medallion. A little Perfect Pearl was water misted on bird. A key charm was added with jump rings to the top of the cage. The small Date ticket was stamped on Kraft resist paper and distressed. I found these pre-cut tag-shaped cards with envelopes at Michaels.