I made these for a friend's birthday a couple of weeks ago and wanted to wait until I had given it to her before posting it on here. canvases
I was inspired bythe Martha Stewart Weddings cover that I posted here and made that butterfly card with:
These are 16x20" (I think that was the size - I forgot to measure them!) canvases that I got at Michaels. I mixed up some white and very light blue acrylic paint and painted both of the canvases.
The butterflies are stamps - I have a set by Martha Stewart that I got several months ago at Michaels, as well as the Wonderful Wings set by Stampin' Up! that was retired a few years ago (that I LOVE and will never get rid of!).
I stamped all the butterflies from each set onto cardstock (all SU!) with VersaMark and embossed them all with black embossing powder.
Then each butterfly was cut out (this part took a long time - I did it in spurts over a week. Repetitive cutting like this is really painful for me b/c I have carpal tunnel - so I did a bit at a time - it's a good way to keep my hands busy while watching a movie and keeps me from snacking LOL!) and set aside.
In total I stamped, embossed and cut out 54 butterflies. And FYI I had a full container of embossing powder when I started - and when I was done I still have a good 3/4 left - it just lasts forever!
I arranged them in a rainbow spectrum on the canvases then glued each one in place with Ranger Glossy Accents (this stuff holds like crazy!).
You can't see it in the pictures but I also dusted each butterfly withPebbles Pearlescent chalk so that they're all shimmery.
I wasn't able to stage the canvases properly for the pictures (I was in a hurry when I took them!) but the right one is meant to hang several inches higher than the left one so that the "flight path" is more aligned.
I plan to make another set for myself but it will be slightly different. Tim seems to think I have more canvases in the garage but so far I've had no luck in finding them - if I can't I'll buy another set when I'm in the city.
I want to finish my own set like this to hang in my stamp studio (I've heard all your requests!! I went to take a video of it the other day and my camera battery was dead. By the time I found the charger and got the battery fully charged I made a mess crafting stuff and don't want to show the studio to y'all when it's such a disaster ;o)).
