Materials You Will

Need:

Make a Spellbinder

Expandable Butterfly Box Part 2

Now the butterfly lid is made it will have a frosted look as the film is

covered in the micro beads. This will also give a lovely weight to the lid.

Now take the folded box base

and get it ready for to ink.

Select the aged mahogany

distress ink pad & add some

ink to a piece of cut`n`dry

foam. Now go in and

distress all the top and

bottom edges of the box

base and the butterfly lid.

Add the hitch fastener through

the box & screw the front onto

the base of the fastener to

make the complete stopper.

Now punch a larger hole where

the front pokey tool marking is

& cover it with a reinforcer.

Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine Spellbinder Shapeabilities Expandable Butterfly Magic Die Heartfelt Creations Antiquity Collection Paper Pad Hitch Fastener Grey Thick Board 2 Tone Ribbon Craft Knife Self Adhesive Sticky Sheet Micro Beads & Dry Distress Glitter Cosmic Shimmer Clear PVA Glue Blending Mat

Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distress Ink Pad Grime Boss Wonder Tape Scoring Tool Glossy Accents Taffeta Silver Ribbon Cosmic Shimmer Bronze Blush Mister

This workshop continues to show how to make

this useful butterfly box using the expandable

butterfly die in 3 different ways. The box takes just

one 12" sheet & a couple of scraps of paper along

with an A4 piece of card for the lid & mask.

The folded front edge of the lid will

also have the micro beads on the

panel. Now just encourage & crease

the front fold back in place.

Use a pokey tool to mark where the

middle section of the lid is on both

layers. First lay the lid in its correct

finished place (as it will be glued on

late), and then poke the tool

through the lid & box base. This will

make sure the fastener is added in

the correct place.

Here is a close up of the butterfly

made using the die & the box lid has a

micro bead background for a delicate

different feel to the project.

Now take the spare butterfly panel that was cut & place it on

the side edge of the box. Add some clear Cosmic Shimmer

texture paste to a non stick mat. Either add low tack tape to

hold the mask in place or just hold it as it was here by hand.

Apply the texture paste over the mask &

swipe the paste smoothly across the

mask using a flat or trowel tool.

Remove the mask to reveal a raised

pattern over the box side. You might

notice the blob on the side of the box but

that can be removed to neaten the edge.

Pick up any texture paste left on the mat &

add it back into the pot if it is still clear. If

coloured from the ink then discard. Use a

grime boss to wipe the mat clean.

Then place the 2nd piece of paper over the

die shape & lift the low tack tape off.

Then add the mask to just below

the hitch fastener on the front

panel & add the paste to

complete this technique.

Now take a few scrapes

of the paper from the

same collection pad.

Secure the 1st piece down onto the

butterfly using a piece of low tack tape.

Repeat the process on the other 2

full sides. Remember to remove

any paste from the reverse of the

mask each time it`s used.

Tip some Tim Holtz dry glitter rock

candy over the texture paste to

add a lovely shimmer & texture to

the piece. Set aside to dry.

& place it back down over the 2 pieces of paper. This

will secure both pieces correctly in place & they won`t

move when cut in the GC machine. Plus it will use up

some small scrap pieces of paper often wasted.

Once they have been cut trim one using the outline of

the butterfly shape for the full shape & then cut the 2nd

one smaller following the inner shape of the top wings.

Use the cut`n`dry foam to ink the white edges of the butterfly. This will just

neaten the piece of nicely.

Now cut the piece through the Grand Calibur

machine. This weight of paper will easily be cut

in one pass but check before removing the die.

Now add the tan mat over the die & paper (on

the base plate). Then add the pink embossing

plate before running back through the G/Calibur.

Set the bow aside on a piece of scrap paper

and allow to dry. The glossy accents is added

in this case as the lid is likely to be used often

& this will make sure the ribbon is kept well.

Make a bow using the 2 tone ribbon. Cut the ends off on a

diagonal & the add a thin line of the glossy accents to seal

the ends. This will prevent any fraying of the ribbon.

Attach the large decoupage butterfly

to the butterfly on the lid & add the

2nd butterfly on top. Add a line of

glossy accents to the body & antenna

of the butterfly.

The lid will then hinge open & the

self lined box will look nice once

opened. Here the 4 squares of the

design show up really well.

Once the texture paste is dry take the box base and

lightly spritz some Cosmic Shimmer bronze blush

mister over the box as it will pop out the design.

Now add either some dries clear Cosmic

Shimmer glue on the reverse of the lid tab or

use a strong red line tape. Add the tab to the

top back edge of the box.

Add a couple of ribbon roses

which can be found on Sue

Wilson`s blog along with a

paper flower. Attach the

ribbon just below the hitch

fastener to draw the colour

into the project.

Here is a close up of the finished lid.

The detail of the butterfly is used as

an embellishment. So what with the

die shape being used as the lid and is a

perfect size to fit the folded 12"

square sheet of paper and the die also

being used as the stencil, the die

becomes a very useful tool and has

many different uses.

Don`t forget to check out part 1 of the

workshop to get the template on how

to make the box base so easily. Happy

Crafting.

I would like to wish all the followers of

the blog a very

Happy & Healthy New Year.