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Materials You Will
Need:
Make a Spellbinder
Expandable Butterfly Box Part 2
Now the butterfly lid is made it will have a frosted look as the film is
covered in the micro beads. This will also give a lovely weight to the lid.
Now take the folded box base
and get it ready for to ink.
Select the aged mahogany
distress ink pad & add some
ink to a piece of cut`n`dry
foam. Now go in and
distress all the top and
bottom edges of the box
base and the butterfly lid.
Add the hitch fastener through
the box & screw the front onto
the base of the fastener to
make the complete stopper.
Now punch a larger hole where
the front pokey tool marking is
& cover it with a reinforcer.
Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine Spellbinder Shapeabilities Expandable Butterfly Magic Die Heartfelt Creations Antiquity Collection Paper Pad Hitch Fastener Grey Thick Board 2 Tone Ribbon Craft Knife Self Adhesive Sticky Sheet Micro Beads & Dry Distress Glitter Cosmic Shimmer Clear PVA Glue Blending Mat
Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distress Ink Pad Grime Boss Wonder Tape Scoring Tool Glossy Accents Taffeta Silver Ribbon Cosmic Shimmer Bronze Blush Mister
This workshop continues to show how to make
this useful butterfly box using the expandable
butterfly die in 3 different ways. The box takes just
one 12" sheet & a couple of scraps of paper along
with an A4 piece of card for the lid & mask.
The folded front edge of the lid will
also have the micro beads on the
panel. Now just encourage & crease
the front fold back in place.
Use a pokey tool to mark where the
middle section of the lid is on both
layers. First lay the lid in its correct
finished place (as it will be glued on
late), and then poke the tool
through the lid & box base. This will
make sure the fastener is added in
the correct place.
Here is a close up of the butterfly
made using the die & the box lid has a
micro bead background for a delicate
different feel to the project.
Now take the spare butterfly panel that was cut & place it on
the side edge of the box. Add some clear Cosmic Shimmer
texture paste to a non stick mat. Either add low tack tape to
hold the mask in place or just hold it as it was here by hand.
Apply the texture paste over the mask &
swipe the paste smoothly across the
mask using a flat or trowel tool.
Remove the mask to reveal a raised
pattern over the box side. You might
notice the blob on the side of the box but
that can be removed to neaten the edge.
Pick up any texture paste left on the mat &
add it back into the pot if it is still clear. If
coloured from the ink then discard. Use a
grime boss to wipe the mat clean.
Then place the 2nd piece of paper over the
die shape & lift the low tack tape off.
Then add the mask to just below
the hitch fastener on the front
panel & add the paste to
complete this technique.
Now take a few scrapes
of the paper from the
same collection pad.
Secure the 1st piece down onto the
butterfly using a piece of low tack tape.
Repeat the process on the other 2
full sides. Remember to remove
any paste from the reverse of the
mask each time it`s used.
Tip some Tim Holtz dry glitter rock
candy over the texture paste to
add a lovely shimmer & texture to
the piece. Set aside to dry.
& place it back down over the 2 pieces of paper. This
will secure both pieces correctly in place & they won`t
move when cut in the GC machine. Plus it will use up
some small scrap pieces of paper often wasted.
Once they have been cut trim one using the outline of
the butterfly shape for the full shape & then cut the 2nd
one smaller following the inner shape of the top wings.
Use the cut`n`dry foam to ink the white edges of the butterfly. This will just
neaten the piece of nicely.
Now cut the piece through the Grand Calibur
machine. This weight of paper will easily be cut
in one pass but check before removing the die.
Now add the tan mat over the die & paper (on
the base plate). Then add the pink embossing
plate before running back through the G/Calibur.
Set the bow aside on a piece of scrap paper
and allow to dry. The glossy accents is added
in this case as the lid is likely to be used often
& this will make sure the ribbon is kept well.
Make a bow using the 2 tone ribbon. Cut the ends off on a
diagonal & the add a thin line of the glossy accents to seal
the ends. This will prevent any fraying of the ribbon.
Attach the large decoupage butterfly
to the butterfly on the lid & add the
2nd butterfly on top. Add a line of
glossy accents to the body & antenna
of the butterfly.
The lid will then hinge open & the
self lined box will look nice once
opened. Here the 4 squares of the
design show up really well.
Once the texture paste is dry take the box base and
lightly spritz some Cosmic Shimmer bronze blush
mister over the box as it will pop out the design.
Now add either some dries clear Cosmic
Shimmer glue on the reverse of the lid tab or
use a strong red line tape. Add the tab to the
top back edge of the box.
Add a couple of ribbon roses
which can be found on Sue
Wilson`s blog along with a
paper flower. Attach the
ribbon just below the hitch
fastener to draw the colour
into the project.
Here is a close up of the finished lid.
The detail of the butterfly is used as
an embellishment. So what with the
die shape being used as the lid and is a
perfect size to fit the folded 12"
square sheet of paper and the die also
being used as the stencil, the die
becomes a very useful tool and has
many different uses.
Don`t forget to check out part 1 of the
workshop to get the template on how
to make the box base so easily. Happy
Crafting.
I would like to wish all the followers of
the blog a very
Happy & Healthy New Year.