Believe Layout Die Cut Butterfly Tutorial

Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to another terrific Tuesday project for my Scrapyland.com  DT. Once again, I chose to create a project with some of the fabulous Dies you can find there. This is another “unplugged” project. Meaning, only traditional, manual dies and punches were used….no electricity…lol, Here is my project.

My layout features paper from the DCWV Die Cuts With A View Magnolia Way Stack. What a gorgeous stack!  I also followed the monthly Die Cuts With A View Stackaholics Sketch Challenge. Each month they have a challenge featuring a layout sketch and a card sketch. You can find this month’s challenge: HERE

Here are some gorgeous daisies from the Die-Versions Design A Daisy Die. I cut all the various pieces out in white cardstock and then inked them with two shades of green and brown to match the beautiful DCWV paper. I inked the edges of the daisy dies as well as the center dots with some Parchment Ink. I also dotted the centers of the flowers with some Yellow Stickles.

Here is a closer look at one of the vintage buttons. I punched out some MS leaves and inked them like the leaves and stems of the daisies.

Here is a closer look at my butterfly. Just like my post last week, I once again used my Die-namites Regal Heart die to design this pretty butterfly.

Butterfly Die Cut Tutorial

I started by cutting the die out THREE times in white cardstock. Picture only shows two.

Next, I took two of the die cuts and lined them up and glued them together as shown in the photo above. Set them aside to finish drying.

Next, take the third die cut and cut it as shown in the photo above. The center piece will become the top of the butterfly’s head and antennae.

With the two remaining pieces, trim out the portion on each side that the arrow is pointing to.

Next, take those two pieces and adhere them to the bottoms of the “wings” as pictured.

Finally, adhere the “head-body” piece to the wings as pictured. I also added a coat of stickles and then “shaped” the wings by giving them a slight bend. This gave the finished piece a bit of movement.

Here are the products used for this project

DCWV Magnolia Way Stack	Die-namites Regal Heart	Die-Versions Design A Daisy Die
Cocoa Cat’s Eye	Moss Green Cat’s Eye	Parchment Cat’s Eye
EK Success Double Crochet Border Punch	Daffodil Cat’s Eye	Citrine Cat’s Eye
AC Tape Runner	Foam Dots	MS Fine Tip Glue Pen
Crystal Stickles	Yellow Stickles	Glue Dots

Be sure to join the Scrapyland team this Sunday for an “online crop” hosted by the new team leader Kristina and the rest of the gals. There will be challenges, prizes as more! You can find the Scrapyland FB page: HERE. As always, thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me. It has been a pleasure being a part of this team. Until the next time,

Spring Has Sprung SOUS Layout Challenge

Hello crafty friends,

It's Friday and another great SOUS (Stuck On U Sketches) Die Cut challenge coming your way! This challenge we were tasked with creating a project with "word art" on it. What a great idea and can go in so many directions. This is the layout I came up with.

Here is a view of the entire layout.  I used some pretty papers from Quick Quotes Mary’s Garden. I used some SVG files from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

Here’s a closer look at the title Spring Has Sprung.

Here’s a closer look at the sitting turtle paper piecing.

Here’s a closer look at the standing turtle paper piecing.

Here Are The Products Used

Silhouette Cameo	Quick Quotes Mary’s Garden	Spring Has Sprung Title
PCW Pretty Turtles CF	PCW Pretty Turtles CF	Whimsy Ink Pad set
Adventure Ink Pad Set	Enchantment Ink Pad Set	Tombow Adhesive Runner
Chisel tip glue pen	glue dots	foam tape

Additional Supplies White Chalk Marker Various colored cardstock Queen and Company Mini Brads Misc. Ribbon I did make this layout into a few kits which can be snapped up at page-kits.com beginning Sunday. There will also be a boy version too.

Be sure to head over to SOUS and check out what the rest of the design team created and join the fun too! Also, be sure to come back Sunday as I share another project and a new freebie. Until then,

Best Buds Pazzles Craft Room Layout

Hello crafty friends,

Today I am sharing a super quick and easy layout for my Pazzles DT. I chose the DCWV Neon Chic paper stack for all the patterned papers. The only other paper used is some black cardstock.

I started by using my software to “layout” my page. This alone is a huge time saver. You can determine what sizes you need your elements to be before you make a single cut. I will even import my picture into the page so that I know exactly what size I want to print the image out once I am done designing. The additional benefit to doing this is, you can “save” this layout in your library and you can “reuse” this base layout again and again! Here's a picture of what the layout looks like in my software.

Here is a totally different layout using the same design from above. I simply added different elements and it’s ready to cut and assemble.

Because the paper is very busy and energetic, I needed to keep the layout really, simple. I layered several mats of the different paper in the stack. I cut the doily frame from the craft room in plain black cardstock. I used some foam tape to give that layer just a little lift.

Then I used the creamy flower file and cut several flowers in different sizes from another piece of paper from that same stack. I cut the leaves from that same file in the green and black patterned paper. I simply layered the flowers and turned the petals slightly up to give them a bit of dimension. I added a doodlebug beetle black rhinestone gems to the center of each flower. I used some more foam tape to give the flowers a bit more lift. I adhered the flowers, leaves and photo to the layout.

Lastly, I created the best buds chalk art title in my Pazzles software. I simply printed it right out from the software, matted it onto some black cardstock and that’s it! I was all done. No inking, stitching or other embellishing necessary. I encourage you to try your hand at “designing” your complete project in your software. There are so many benefits to doing it this way. Namely as a time and material saver.

Products Used For This Project

Pazzles Inspiration	DCWV Neon Chick Stack	Doodlebug Beetle Black Jewels-Gems
		Best of Buds Chalk Art

Additional Supplies

Bazzil Black Cardstock

Well, I think that about covers it for today. I hope you will take the time to view the possibilities of your software differently. If you don’t have a Pazzles and you are thinking about getting a cutting machine, then please check into the brand new Pazzles Vue! They are currently taking pre-orders and will be shipping soon! You can get the down lo HERE

Four Colors To Choose From!

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. Be sure to come back by tomorrow as I share a new project and a new Friday Freebie! Until then,