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Ever since I saw Maria McGuire’s Butterfly and Butterfly Duo stencils I wanted to make a book out of them. Well, I finally did it! And along the way…made a few Oopsies but one totally pushed me to use a tool in my studio that I try to avoid at all costs! You can see in the video what happened and how wonderful an Oops can be!
To create the covers for each section of the book, stencil the butterflies on any colorful paper you have. Next, cut them out. I didn’t cut them very carefully and I certainly wasn’t going to cut out the antennae…hope the butterflies forgive me.
I created the inside pages out of a fun pad of paper from the office supply store. Any paper will work to do this so use whatever you have around from notebook paper to plain paper or patterned paper!
I pulled out the sewing machine to attach the butterflies together. I’m not a knowledgable seamstress in any way but I can do a quick line of stitches. You can tell in the video that I am not one with my sewing machine because it took me a moment to find the reverse button. The good thing is for this, I don’t have to be a master of it…I just needed a straight line. Actually, the straight line didn’t even need to be straight!
The finished book, which thanks to the Oopsies led to the bonus pop of color inside. I love that the wings and papers pop up adding a fluttering feeling to it all!
Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free! Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do!
What’s my play for this week’s Let’s Play link party? It was inspired by a little Black Friday shopping when I impulsively bought some ribbon on super sale. And some clear glitter. This is the season for glitter! But when using glitter, you need a way to make it stick. But I am impatient and don’t want to wait for glue to dry BUT I do have a Xyron!
The holidays have arrived faster than I realized…and I am running late getting my nephew’s advent calendar together. The fact that I have zero holiday wrapping paper isn’t a problem because I am going to make my own. But I needed to get this mailed out yesterday…so I need to get lots of wrapping paper created in a hurry. And I need to wrap all 24 gifts pronto!
Why 24? A tradition in our family is to open a small gift each day of December until Christmas. For my car and truck loving nephew, I am wrapping an inexpensive car or truck for each day for him. One could even call these cheap. He’s preschool age, so the numbers on each gift will also allow him to get a little practice counting too.
The solution to all my obstacles? Gelli Printing®! And as a bonus it let me create 2 coordinating looks without any extra work!
Want to know more about Gelli printing®? I’ve got all sorts of getting started information here.
Why was this so quick? I used just one stencil and just one color of paint but it created 2 coordinating looks. There was no thinking involved here…it was all about speed. As a bonus, I was able to use up some of the red paint that I have but I so rarely use.
This could be a lot of wrapping of odd shapes so instead of tape, I am going to sew them each in a paper pouch. I don’t know a lot about sewing but I can sew an almost straight line. I cut the pages to create pouches or bags to hold each vehicle and painted the number (1 to 24) so my nephew will know which one to open each day.
Then it was time to hit the sewing machine to seal these all up. Now that they are all ready, I am off to the post office to get these in the mail to him and start on the next holiday task that I am behind on…hope you are farther along on your holiday to do list than I am!
Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free. Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do!
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Ever since I saw Maria McGuire’s Butterfly and Butterfly Duo stencils I wanted to make a book out of them. Well, I finally did it! And along the way…made a few Oopsies but one totally pushed me to use a tool in my studio that I try to avoid at all costs! You can see in the video what happened and how wonderful an Oops can be!
The holidays have arrived faster than I realized…and I am running late getting my nephew’s advent calendar together. The fact that I have zero holiday wrapping paper isn’t a problem because I am going to make my own. But I needed to get this mailed out yesterday…so I need to get lots of wrapping paper created in a hurry. And I need to wrap all 24 gifts pronto!
This could be a lot of wrapping of odd shapes so instead of tape, I am going to sew them each in a paper pouch. I don’t know a lot about sewing but I can sew an almost straight line. I cut the pages to create pouches or bags to hold each vehicle and painted the number (1 to 24) so my nephew will know which one to open each day.
