all a flutter...

 

It's time to find the butterflies a new place to live, so if you see your comment below, email me with your address info. Congrats to our winners!

I am addicted to butterflies especially at this time of year. My granddaughter and I always raise at least two Monarchs every year and release them for the migration in the fall. I have made several layouts about the autumn ritual and even had one published. One of the coolest things I did was take pictures of the caterpillars, cut the caterpillars out with a craft knife and have them crawling over elements on the page. I have glittered vellum butterflies, flocked butterflies, crackled butterflies, pop dotted butterflies, chipboarded butterflies and transparencied butterflies. Love them and would love to win that wonderful Amy Butler butterfly paper.

Posted by: Joan Fowler | September 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM

I'm SO in love with butterflies lately...guess I'm not alone! I created a template for a butterfly, the size of a baseball, and then made 26 out of various patterned papers- punched holes and created a mobile out of fishing line and small twigs for a corner of our children's church. It turned out SO cute! They all flutter as the kids come in/out..it's a hit! Now I'd like some of my own...
~Sarah

Posted by: Sarah | September 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM

You're so right, these are gorgeous! I often find myself using butterflies in very symbolic and metphorical ways.....to represent freedom, fun, frolicking, change/metamorphosis, light-heartedness. I also love to use a stitched "trail of flight" whenever i use a butterfly, for added texture and visual interest. A butterfly also tends to make its way onto my spring layouts, or layouts that just celebrate family time together in the great outdoors. I would LOVE to receive some of these little gems. I love and am so inspired by your work, your spirit, and your journey.

Blessings,
Nicole

Posted by: Nicole | September 12, 2008 at 12:22 PM

Ok ladies, I'll be awaiting your response. Enjoy!

For those of you inquiring where to find the new Amy Butler Die-Cut  Butterflies, check out your local "Archivers" scrapbook stores. I purchased the butterflies at their Mall of America location, just before the start of ScrapFest. I did attempt to purchase more butterflies during the ScrapFest event, but they were "sold out". I'm hoping the butterflies (and all of Amy Butlers new products) will make a return...there seems to be a lot of demand for them.

I'm guest designing for Pencil Lines this week. I submitted the layout above, along with a "sketch" to be included in this week's post. If you haven't already, take a minute to visit their site. I go there often to preview current sketches and also, to check out the design team's work. Pencil Lines is a source of continuous inspiration.

Supplies: Collage Press Journaling Card, Making Memories Journaling Card "Noteworthy", Making Memories Spiral Journaling Book "Noteworthy", KI Memories Cardstock Stickers "Celebrate Life", Amy Butler Lotus Tea Box Die-Cut Cardstock "Ephemera",Heather Bailey "Freshcut" Icon Rub-Ons, Heidi Grace Glitter Alphas & Words Stickers "Beyond the Sea", Creative Cafe SwatchBook Impress-Ons, and 7 Gypsies Foldover Sticker Book "Classic Reef".

I finally got around to using one of my handmade fabric brads. The brad is made from Japanese cotton fabric. I have quite of bit of imported Japanese cotton fabric from my quilting days. This has been the perfect excuse to use some of it. Many of the patterns are well suited for making brads. Making the brads is still somewhat of a tedious task, but the effort is well worth it, as you can see above.

Supplies: Prima Flowers, Kaiser Craft Flowers "Lime", and MME Cardstock Die-Cut Flower "Just Dreamy 2".

I added an overlay frame to the top of my photo. It seems I can't create a layout/project without using transparency of some sort right now. I think there's a lot of undiscovered possibilities that remain in using this material. It's still very popular among scrapbookers and I hope it remains to be so for a while. It's the ideal material for creating layers, without added clutter.

Supplies: Making Memories Red Puffy Alphabet Stickers, MME Rub-Ons "Just Dreamy 2", MME Butterfly Transparency Frame (retired), Cosmo Cricket Rub-Ons "Jack's World", and MAMBI rhinestones "Pink".