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Friday, August 26, 2011

Butterfly Art


One of my favorite blogs is Whatever. If you haven't visited Meg's blog, you totally should! When she posted her butterfly project, I knew it was something I wanted to try one day. And I knew Layla would love it! She is quite the crafty girl herself. Always drawing or trying to make something. So I dug out some old canvases I was saving. As you can see they were previously used!



I painted them white (took several coats!) then Layla chose what color she wanted to use & got busy. I decided I'd make one for Morgan, I kept hers white.


Next we got out the watercolors and got busy painting. As you can see, Morgan wanted to help.



Sorry for the quality of the photos, it's usually in the evening when we craft.




After our papers were dry, I got busy punching out butterflies. Lots of butterflies!



And then we started arranging them. I tried a glue pen so she could do it herself, but it wasn't drying fast enough, so I got out the hot glue gun. I don't have a low-temp one, so I helped her out with the gluing.




And here they are! Morgan's (the one I made) is the white one, and Layla's is the blue one.









I love how colorful they are! Now I just need to figure out where to hang them.

Linked to:
Watcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutique, Sundae Scoop at I ♥ Naptime, Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes, Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table & Dreaming, Made by Little Hands Monday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Creative Bloggers Party & Hop at Homemaker On a Dime, Market Yourself Monday at Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife, Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Show & Tell at Blue Cricket Design, Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday CraftsLinks, What's Up Wednesday at Sew Woodsy, Link Party #67 at Tea Rose Home, Idea Sharing Wednesday at Women Who Do It All, Weekend Bloggy Reading at Serenity Now, Delicately Constructed Friday at delicateCONSTRUCTION, Friday Favorites at Simply Sweet Home, Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, Catch-as-Catch-Can at My Repurposed Life
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21 comments:

  1. brookeAugust 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    LOVE IT!!! We just did a melted crayon canvas that you might like too. AND I can't wait to try this one.

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  2. StephaniAugust 27, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    These are absolutely adorable... This is reason enough to get a butterfly punch :)

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  3. Betsy August 27, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    What a great idea! They turned out great!

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  4. Marta G. (A Bilingual Baby)August 28, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    I love this project, it's really nice and great to decorate a studio!
    Best regards from Barcelona,
    Marta
    http://www.abilingualbb.blogspot.com/

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  5. UnknownAugust 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    These are adorable-and so great to do with kids-I made a similiar heart pic for valentines day but love this more-I'm your newest follower!

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  6. JamieAugust 28, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Wow this is beautiful and it looks like it was great fun to make!

    Please feel free to link you butterflies up to my new Make Yourself Blog Hop!

    -Jamie
    For Love of Cupcakes

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  7. annies homeAugust 29, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    love those butterflys so super cute

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  8. EmilyAugust 29, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    My girls would love this! Can't wait to try. Thanks for linking up!
    Emily
    domesticdeadline.blogspot.com

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  9. JacquiAugust 30, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    Hi there, here from Sumo's Sweet Stuff. Those canvas turned out LOVELY!!! And how fun that you got to do it with your girls! You just gave me the idea to do this with mine; thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  10. SaraAugust 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    So neat! Love the pretty colors. Thanks for sharing :)

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  11. Miss KittySeptember 2, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    I just LOVE the color these butterflys turned out! They have such a wonderful variety yet they all seem to go together. Thanks for sharing this project.

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  12. ms JoyceSeptember 2, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Ya know .. it could make a doggone cute card too. TFS

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  13. The Fall Creek Chicken CoopSeptember 2, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    This is so cool! I had not seen this before, thanks for sharing! I am over from Serenity Now...

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  14. AprilSeptember 3, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Love it! so pretty!

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  15. Candace @ Candace CreationsSeptember 3, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    oooooooooooo.....I love your version on the butterfly punch art! I have been waiting to find a good deal on a butterfly punch to make one of these too!

    I would love it if you come link this up at Scrappy Saturdays @ candacecreations.blogspot.com

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  16. meg duerksenSeptember 5, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    WOW.
    i loooove the rainbow one!
    so cool.
    great great job.
    :)

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  17. gail@My Repurposed LifeSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    I think this is such a clever art project!
    great job kiddos!
    gail
    ps catching you this week.

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  18. kim westSeptember 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    so i just realized that i never told you that i featured this last week! it's freakin awesome!
    http://kimboscrafts.blogspot.com/2011/09/shout-out.html

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  19. KayleighAnnSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    The canvas' are lovely! I have a shadow box frame I know just what to do with now!

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  20. cool gamesSeptember 29, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Love it. Thanks for sharing

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