Butterfly Card

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Butterfly Card - finished card on faux fur background This greeting card is a butterfly themed card. It can be used as a "Feel Better" card or is essentially universal for any occasion: birthday card, just because, condolences card, etc.

*With my printer, I was given a complimentary pack of photo paper. I don't print photos at home because that would consume a lot of ink. I turned photo paper into a greeting card.

Total Time: 25 minutes

Supplies:

photo paper
craft/scrap book paper
tape
glue stick
hot glue
farfalle pasta
acrylic paint
paint brush
old magazines
Sharpie pen

Steps:

Paint the farfalle pasta with your desired paint colors. I used lavender, carousel pink, and sea breeze. Allow to dry.

Butterfly Card - paint pasta in your choice of colors, allow to dry

Glossy side down, apply tape on the seam connecting (2) 4 by 6 pieces of photo paper together.

Butterfly Card - tape two pieces of photo paper together

Flip through old magazines and look for card worthy backgrounds to suit the butterfly theme. I like the sky so I ripped that page out of the magazine and cut to fit the front of the card (horizontally) then glue down.

Butterfly Card - search for magazine photos for the front of the card

Butterfly Card - magazine page and card front

Butterfly Card - use a gift card to smooth

For the inside of the card (where you'll write on your card), I used craft paper. Use the same process, cut to fit and then glue down. *I use an old gift card as tool to smooth out the glue to paper evenly.