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

1. Score a 11 ½″ x 6 ¾″ piece of white cardstock in half to create a 5 ¾″ x 6 ¾″ card base.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.