Create a Stunning Butterfly Card Craft with the Zen Garden Collection

There are no better creatures to get creative and test out your crafting and coloring skills than with a gorgeous butterfly. So, why not give the Zen Garden collection a flutter and try out this easy butterfly card!

Below you'll find all you need to get crafting and step-by-step instructions to produce a stunning butterfly perfect for gifting or decoration no matter the occasion.

Here’s what you’ll need

Zen Garden:

Garden Majesty TriColor Aqua Pen
Lily Pond Chunky Glitter Paste
Japanese Maple Pearl Inkpad
Mountain Blue Duet Inkpad
Willow Glitter Glue

Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set (from the Pearl Powders Range)
Floral Creation Stamp Set (from the Colour Creation Range)
Delightful Butterflies Stencil Set
Opulent Trio Stencil Set
Spectrum Noir Black Waterproof Inkpad
Watercolor Cardstock
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Mask-It Tape
Collall All-Purpose Glue
Foam Pads/Tape
Stick and Spray Repositionable Adhesive

Tools:

Guillotine
Scissors
Magnetic Stamping Platform
ScoreMaster Scoreboard
Palette Knife
Blending Tool
Paintbrush

Step-by-step instructions

Score a 11 ½″ x 6 ¾″ piece of white cardstock in half to create a 5 ¾″ x 6 ¾″ card base.
Cut a piece of white cardstock to 5 ½″ x 6 ½″. Ink the edges with the Duet Inkpad and then stencil the butterfly design all over the piece. Once dry, mat onto a 5 5/8″ x 6 5/8″ piece of black cardstock and glue to the card base.
Cut a piece of watercolor cardstock to 4″ x 5″. Stamp the large butterfly into the center. Stamp again onto a piece of Mask-It Tape, trim around the edges and adhere over the image on the watercolor cardstock.
Blend the Duet Ink all over the stamped panel. Apply the Shimmer Ink through the damask-style stencil, only blending through small areas and moving the stencil to build up a fragmented design all over the panel. Remove the mask.
Watercolor the butterfly using the TriColor Aqua Pen – scribble the ink onto a glass mat (or any non-porous surface that can be wiped clean afterwards) and pick up the color with a damp paintbrush. Here, Soothing Shade has been used for the majority of the butterfly with a touch of Bamboo for the tips of the wings and the body. Once dry, add glitter glue to the wings.
Mat the Butterfly topper onto a 4 1/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of black cardstock. Adhere to the card base using foam tape.
Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock, mat onto a slightly larger piece of black cardstock and adhere to the card using foam pads.