Magic Box - Mica Butterflies

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I'd been playing with mica and thought how well it would suit butterfly wings.

These are painted with mica pigment 'Festive Brights'.

The butterfly stamp is by Personal Impressions

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have a name, just a code: P547 E.

The rounded shape reminded me of the butterflies depicted in traditional Japanese art..

Using mustard coloured card as the base seemed to enhance the colours of the mica pigment..

I wanted to carry the 'shimmer' effect throughout the box

but decided not to use mica pigment on the panels

it would have overpowered the butterflies.

so

Using ivory pearlescent card as the base I inked with

the green and blue from Rangers Big & Juicy 'Mountain Meadow'.

To add a final touch of luxury I stamped Hero Arts 'Leaf  Flourish'

in VersaMark and embossed with gold.
Mounting the panels onto gold mirror board framed them nicely
and added weight to the sides which always helps with 'the drop'.

I must say, I thought glitter was difficult to capture in a photograph

but mica is a nightmare!

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Exploding Box - Tropical

For Chris who shares my love of tropical gardens - Happy Birthday!

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I used some new Woodware punches I'd bought recently. The tropical leaves are 2" and 1". When I saw them it was love at first sight!

The Lillies are made using a large five petal flower punch, made in the same way as the flowers in the 'Fairies' box.

Couldn't resist adding a few small wooden ladybird embellishments. I applied 'Glossy Acccents' to give them a high shine, I think it makes them more realistic.

The small flowers are made using a small five petal punch and I cut 'Vs' from the petal tips. After cutting to the centre, between two petals, I rolled and glued them. They're made from yellow card, chalked with orange highlights.

I wanted a stamped, leafy background so made a stamp from craft foam:

• Take what's left from the punch out of the 1" tropical leaf.
• Using a pen, trace the shape onto a piece of thin craft foam.
• Cut the leaf out.
• Attach to an acrylic block using a glue stick.
• Ink up and stamp (I used VersaColor Fresh Green).
  

I mostly used punches on this box - here's a list of the ones I used:

• 1.25" five petal flower punch
• 5/8" five petal flower punch
• Woodware 'grass one' 1.5" punch
• Woodware (tropical leaf) 'Monstera' 1" punch (used to make the stamp)
• Woodware (tropical leaf) 'Monstera' 2" punch

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