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Craft Tutorial#14-Butterfly Tri fold

• Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Craft Tutorial #14-Butterfly Tri-Fold

What you need:All items available at Fern Gully Stamps

Metallic blue card- 20cm x11cm

Scrap Metallic blue card for butterfly cut out 

Decorative Paper- silver and blue -2 pieces that measure  5cm x 4cm 

Scrap silver and blue decorative paper for butterfly cut out

Silver ribbon 5mm wide

Double sided foam

Adhesive

Rhinestones

step 1- Use this butterfly template or draw one of your own,trace it onto the scrap metallic blue card

Step 2-Cut the butterfly shape out

 Step 3- Trace a smaller version on the butterfly onto the back of the decorative silver and blue paper and cut it out.  tip -to get an even butterfly, draw one half of it and fold along the middle of the butterfly then cut out.

Step 4- Cut this butterfly in half and remove the centre by cutting a small piece from the inside of each half.

 Step 5- Using adhesive attach the the each side of the cut out paper onto the card butterfly and fold each side upward 

Step 6- Add 3 Rhinestones to the centre of the butterfly

Step 7-Measure your blue metallic  card- it should be 20cm x 11

Measure 5cm from the left edge and 5cm from the right edge and fold each side inward to make a  fold card  

 Step 8-Use a scorer to make a nice fold

Step 8- Draw a soft line, horizontally across the card- Measure 5.5cm from the top of the card- this is where the ribbon will be

Step 9 - Make some slits along this line to thread your ribbon-Make the slits at least 5mm long to allow for the ribbon.The slits will be on the 2 front panels of the card. For each panel measure a few mm in from the edge and do 2 slits that are about 3mm apart from each other. Do this to each side of your panels so you end up with 8 slits altogether. 4 on each front panel.  Pictured you can see just one of the front panels

Step 10- Thread your ribbon through these slits  as shown 

 Step 11- Attach your 2 pieces of decorative paper to the front panels below the ribbon using adhesive or double sided tape    

Step 12- Use double sided foam to attach your butterfly as shown. Option- you can also add another piece of decorative paper to the inside of the card- 4 x 10cm  

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