Tag: Wood Butterflies

Craft Project #16 – Making butterfly and flower garland

I had some butterflies and flowers left over from the spring sign project. I decided they would be perfect to attach to the green leaf ribbon and make a garland. So I gathered everything up and got to work.

I used Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to attach the flowers and butterflies to the ribbon.

I cut the ribbon in approximately 24 inch pieces. The first garland I did has 6 flowers and 3 butterflies.

The second garland has 5 flowers and 4 butterflies.

And the final garland 10 flowers only. No butterflies.

There are 3 butterflies left that I decided I would use as part of the tree topper. Stay tuned for that!

All items used for this project were purchased from Amazon!

Craft Project #11 – Wooden Butterflies

Time to start working on the wood butterflies for the special spring sign I will be making. While working on the wooden flowers, I decided that wooden butterflies would make a nice addition to the sign. I found a package of 50 butterflies on Amazon that I am using for this project. The package contains 5 different butterflies so I will be using 4 of each. I think that I will not be using as many butterflies as I will the flowers.

Butterfly number one was created using Apple Barrell matte acrylic paint in Lilac Mist. For the center of the butterfly, I used FolkArt Glitterific FINE in the color Purple.

Butterfly number two was created using Anita’s all purpose acrylic craft paint in the color Light Coral. The center of the butterfly is a combination of Glitterific FINE acrylic paint in the color Tangerine and extra fine glitter in the color black that is from Hobby Lobby.

Butterfly number three was created using Apple Barrell matte acrylic paint in the color Key West. For the center of the butterfly I used FolkArt Glitterific FINE acrylic paint in the color Black Opal.

Butterfly number four was created using FolkArt multi-surface glitter acrylic paint in the color Turquoise. I did not do anything with the center of this butterfly as I felt it did not need it.

Butterfly number five was created using Anita’s all purpose acrylic craft paint in the color Morning Blue. For the center of this butterfly, I used craft smart glitter acrylic paint in the color Blue.

All butterflies were finished off with a generous amount of Mod Podge to make them shine!

Now it is time to add the flowers, butterflies, and some other stuff to the sign!