Life Is An Adventure by Steph
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After a long winter, Spring is finally starting to appear. Rather than wait for the beautiful butterflies to appear, I decided to create my own.
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I began by painting a wood plaque with gesso, then dry brushing on a layer of terracotta paint. Once dry, I randomly stamped a grid pattern with Brilliance Coffee Ink.
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Using Cherry Lynn Designs Dies, I die cut butterflies and other elements. The foils cut beautifully and the details are amazing.
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This is a project that came together from whatever I had on my craft table. A piece of gauze was adhered to the left side. The medallion was die cut from Marigold/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper and the butterflies were die cut from Violet/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper.
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One of the butterflies was adhered to a solid base using the reverse side of the Violet/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper and adhered to a chipboard flower and canvas tag which were adhered to the plaque. The other 2 butterflies were allowed to fly free so I didn't create a base for them. The bodies of each butterfly were adhered, leaving the wings to fly free.
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The medallion was then adhered to the plaque and DREAM was placed on top. Gears were scattered about and a tag was clipped in the upper corner.
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