Tutorial-printables

Here are a few counterfeit printable images similar to items found in this month's Main Inspiration Kit...



Echo Park Paper Co Life Is Good Journaling Cards

Some similar cards can be found here at Kind Over Matter.

Cavallini Butterfly Tags

Scroll down a bit to find 2 Vintage Butterfly Images

Print the first butterfly on this link onto any paper and create a tag...  Autumn Butterfly Image
Here is another great butterfly image that can be printed and cut into tags.  Vintage Butterflies  (this is the image our guest designer, Keri,  used to create her tags this month!  See her blog post, click here, for details.)

Tutorial- Vellum Butterflies



Jenni Bowlin Vellum Butterflies

 These cute vellum butterflies, embellished with mini pearls, are part of this month's inspiration kit.  Here are a few tutorials to make your own...

Printing Vellum Butterflies

Small Butterfly Template 

I used my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and some yellow paper, then simply embellished the bodies with mini pearls...

Counterfeit Felt Butterflies Tutorial

"Creative Impressions" felt butterflies from the inspiration kit.

Digital Cutters

Depending on the type of digital cutter you may have there are many different options.  There are various butterflies on Cricut Cartridges, and many butterflies available for download in the Silhouette Gallery.  If your digital cutter has the ability to cut True Type Fonts (.TTF files), you may want to look at this set of Butterfly Dingbats.  There are some very pretty images of butterflies in that "font" set.

You can even use your Cricut to cut felt butterflies.  Here is a great tutorial for cutting felt with your Cricut.  Here is a little more information for cutting felt.

Butterflies from a flower punch/die cut
A tutorial to create a layered butterfly using a 6 petal flower punch (or die cut).

Butterfly Punches and "Dressing Them Up"
Martha Stewart also has many different butterfly punches, the one pictured below is the "closest" to the one in our inspiration kit.  To add some interest and "dress up" the punched butterfly, you can layer two of the punches on top of one another and bend the wings a bit on the top layer, or use two different colors of paper, or add some bling, ink, or chalk.  The possibilities are endless! 

Just a little pretty...

Martha Stewart