Madame Butterfly – Tutorial

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Happy Monday!  Well I’m trying to start the week off with a good attitude, so I’ll say again, Happy Monday!  Hope everyone had a super wonderful weekend. 

Today’s tutorial features a stamp sheet by Innovative Stamp Creations “Friendship”.  Here is a link to their online store, check them out:  https://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

Let’s get started.  🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Friendship”
Paper: Stampin’ Up Cool Caribbean, Take with Teal & Chocolate Chip
Ink: Stampin’ Up Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa & Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Photo Corner Punch, Sponges, Sharpie Gold Paint Marker, Stampin Up markers, Versamark Marker, Fine Detail Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Cuttlebug embossing folde

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Stamped butterfly on Whisper White card stock using Close to Cocoa ink.

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Colored the butterfly with a Creamy Caramel marker.

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Added some darker touches with a Chocolate Chip marker.

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Colored the inside of the wings with a Tempting Turquoise marker.

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Colored over the image with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

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Stamped the face over the embossed image using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement and Close to Cocoa ink.

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Cropped panel down to 2 3/8″ square.

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Sponged on Creamy Caramel ink being darker toward the outside of the panel getting lighter toward the inside.

I used a circular motion with the sponge starting on the outside edge.

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Colored the eyes with a Tempting Turquoise marker.

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Used a black marker to define the eyelashes.

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Sponged Close to Cocoa ink around the outside edge in the hair areas.

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Added some streaks of Chocolate chip marker to the hair closest to the face.

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Cut two panels 5″ x 2.5″ out of Cool Caribbean card stock.  Yep, I’m still using up my Cool Caribbean card stock although it is retired.  No sense wasting it.

Embossed the panels with a Cuttlebug folder.

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Sponged Tempting Turquoise ink on one side of each panel.

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Edged the main image panel with a Sharpie Gold Paint marker.

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Adhered the Tempting Turquoise panels to a panel of Taken with Teal card stock.  Sponged Taken with Teal ink around the out side edge.

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Punched for photo corners out of Chocolate Chip ink.

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Embossed them with the Cuttlebug folder.

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Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 5 3/8″ x 5 3/8″.

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May your day be filled with wonderful things!

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Follow this link to see all of my tutorials:  https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

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