~Butterfly~ A Poem Book

~Butterfly,I Like the Way You Wear Your Wings. Show Me Their Colors, For the Light is Going. Spread Out Their Edges of Gold, Before the Sandman Puts Me to Sleep And Evening Murmurs By.~
Hilda Conkling
Poems By a Little Girl
I Love Hilda Conkling! Gale and Nancy were the First to Introduced me to her.  Her Poems Lend Themselves Perfectly to Mixed Media Projects! So with April being Poetry Month , I Thought it Would Be Fun to Put Something together with that in Mind. This is a Perfect Project for a Gift or Even Mothers Day Using Your Own Verse!

Technique:

(1) Using Pre-Cut Chipboard Tags, Punch Holes through to allow for Binder Rings. Then apply Distressing Ink to all Edges. Set aside.

(2) Using one of the Chipboard Tags as a Template, Trace the tag On the  Backgrounds you have Chosen for you Focal Pages. ( Focal Pages meaning your Book Cover, and the Top  Side of Each Tag) Cut Out you Backgrounds. Using the Tag again as a Template, Trace tag on to Background that will be Used for the Backside of the Tag. I Used the a Handwriting  Script Image Here. Now Using some Decorative Scissors Cut Outside of you Pencil Line to Create a Margin that Extends Outside of Your  Focal Pages. It will Give You a Ruffled Edge around you Focal Page. I Used Distressing Ink to Antique all of the Edges using a Sponge Applicator. It made it easier to get the Little Parts on the Scalloped Border. (Note:For a Different Look,You could Also Print Both Sides of you Background. Your Ruffled Edge would Show the Script Instead.) Adhere Backgrounds to Chipboard Tags Using Matte Gel Medium and a Brayer to smooth out Bubbles. Set Aside

(3)  Cut out your Sweet Lads & Lasses. Set Aside. Next Cut out your Butterfly Wings . Using the Same Technique as above Trace you butterfly Wings on to a Printed Script Pages. Cut as above to leave a Ruffled Margin. Adhere the Wings Layers Together in the Center Only. Fluff the Wings Upward to give a Three Dimensional Layered Look. Next Adhere your Wings to your Lads and Lasses a Glue to you tag arranging them with your Word Art and other Embellishments ( Windows & Butterflies.) Fluff up the Layers of your Wings and assemble your Book! You are Finished!

Please Do Share your Project with Us ! We would Love to see what you have Created!

~Jill~

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