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Happy 4th of July everyone~
Well as I mentioned on my previous posting, here is my finish project that I made for my Mom!  She's very obsess with all types of butterflies and I know she will be pleased to have this on her dresser.  My mom has butterfly mobiles hanging on her entrance to her house, magnets on her refrigerator, her bathroom is decorated with nothing but butterflies, LOL.
For my project that I created, those butterflies were my first attempt, and boy it was a bit challenging at start.  I guess you need steady hands, patience and having the right tools to work with.  I went with the colors she adores so I worked with what I had and took it for there.  Each butterfly  I ran it three times with my Big Shot and laid all those pieces on a white mat board and went with my imagination.   I used QuickStik and wow it was a big difference than using my tweezers.   The butterflies were from Memory Box, they coordinate perfectly on each other.   I must say in real its so exquisite, definitely I will be doing more like this for cards and other projects.  You may say it's like paper piecing, but I didn't just like the thin cutting of it.  I starred at it for a long time and began working with my vision, and tadah~  Look at the end result!  A Shadow Box....

Supplies Used:

Frame - 1 sheet of thick black cardstock 12 x 12

Butterfly dies - Memory Box

Dragonfly die - Elizabeth Crafts

Spring border - Memory Box - colored with Spectrum noir markers

Flowers - Spellbinders

Embossing folder - Cuttlebug

Doilies, gems

Flourish - Cheery Lyn Designs

papers - Stampin Up

ribbon - Stampin Up

sentiment - Birdie Brown

tag - My Creative Time

brads - American Crafts