Layered Butterfly Tutorial

As promised, I have a tutorial for my Layered Butterflies.  I hope you enjoy it and find inspiration to create!

Cut three pieces of card stock to 3 1/2" x 5" and run each through the Big Shot using the largest butterfly on the die.

 

 

I have a piece of card stock showing the outline of the smaller butterfly (this is for the photo only since the die lines don't show up). 

 Mark, with tape, a line 3/8" away from the fold line of the butterfly.  Your tape should be parallel to the fold line of the butterfly.

 

 

 

Take one of the large butterflies (the one that you want on top), keep it folded, and line up the fold line to the tape marking.

You need to be careful that the bottom part of the butterfly does NOT overlap the large butterfly die.  It's not visible in the photo (sorry, I tried), but my card stock butterfly is less than a 1/16" next to the large die.

Run this through the Big Shot.  If you are making 3 layers, run your middle layer through the Big Shot in the same manner.

 

 

Your top and middle butterflies will look like this.  Isn't that cool??

 

 

Now you are ready to adhere all three layers together.   The bottom layer is just the butterfly and then the double cut butterflies are added.

I use my SNAIL for the outline of the butterfly and Stampin' Dimensionals for the inside wings.  You can see that I let a bit of the bottom layer show at the top of the butterfly.

 

This side view allows you to see the different layers.

 

 

Now you are ready to finish your project.  I used Kraft Taffeta Ribbon to create the body and feelers (just a simple knot creates the head).

Since I had  my Big Shot out, I ran the Chocolate Chip piece through on the Flourish Texture Plate.

My sentiment is printed from the computer on Whisper White card stock.

In case you missed my other Layered Butterflies, click here to see them.  Enjoy!  If you would like to purchase the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, click on my Online Ordering Website and then click SHOP NOW.

Thanks for the visit!

Comments

[Lydia]

This is great. I enjoy using butterflies on my cards. I am going to try to do this on my cricut. Thanks for taking time to share.
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[Emilysuesue]

How cool is THAT!!!!

thanks for sharing! I can't wait to go try this myself! Loved your card and the other one, too!

[Shellie]

ohhh that is really cool!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Michelle N]

That is cool Sheryl! Thanks for sharing! Michelle N

[Cherie]

Sheryl, Your butterflies are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks so much for the turorial! I'm off to try it!

[Rhonda L.]

Beautiful! Thanks so much for the tutorial!

[Rebecca Borkowski]

I just got this die and love your idea I am going to try it. Thanks for the tutorial