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How to make a butterfly birthday card

7/14/2016

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Making a pretty card is easy, even when you don't have a lot of supplies and fancy equipment. The *fanciest* tool in this tutorial is the butterfly paper punch. 
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To get started, you need some printed papers (this paper pack is from Stampin' Up), a butterfly punch (this one is from Fiskars), a folded notecard in the colour of your choice (I used a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cut in half and folded), scissors, rhinestones (mine are from the dollar store), glue dots, a tape runner, ruler, and a greeting (printed on my ink jet). Let's go!
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Punch out your butterflies. I used 12 but if your butterfly punch is smaller or larger, just adjust based on what you have on hand.
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Fold the butterflies over a straight edge, like a ruler. I like them to have a little span in the middle rather than just folding them in two, but you could do that as well.
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Keep an eye on them or they will fly away. They look all sweet and innocent but they are sneaky like that.
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Use your ruler to decide how you will lay the butterflies out on your notecard, leaving room for your greeting tag if you are using one. I just eyeballed this. Perfection is for machines.
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Use a glue dot (or even a dab of liquid glue) to hold each flutterby in place on your card.
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Use the tape runner or adhesive of your choice to glue the greeting tag onto the card. Then place a sticky-back rhinestone in the center of each butterfly.
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And you're done! Wasn't that easy? If you used a dark cardstock like I did for the notecard, you can glue a white liner inside the card so it's easier to see your written message.

Stay tuned for another card in a few days. It will be inspired by this one, but with hearts instead.

~Jozi
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Stephanie Smith link
7/14/2016 06:16:22 pm

What a cute and smart idea! I have a heart punch that I would love to apply this concept with!

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Jozi link
7/14/2016 06:24:08 pm

That's a great idea Stephanie! I will create a heart punch card this weekend as my next tutorial project. :)

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Ro
7/27/2017 03:35:47 pm

What a cute idea!! So glad that I discovered your blog!

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