3 D Glassy Butterflies

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I promised a quick tutorial on my glassy Butterflies and I am posting it today.

This Techniques is really so easy to so and the results are wonderful!  You will probably already have all the supplies in your stash!  I choose butterflies for this tutorial, but you can use anything you loke for a 3D focal image. 

I used a Nicecrane image Called Butterfly Twinchies, you can use a digital or a stamped and clored image

Wether you use digitals or hand stamps, you will need two sets.

Here I printed two sets of the

 

 

Nest step in creating the 3D glassy butterflies

Dollop on a thick layer of Modge Podge

I use my finger, nothing fancy - just try to get a fairly even coat.

 

 

I purchase my Modge Podge on Amazon, for 29.99 a GALLON free shipping!

 

This takes about two hours to dry

 

Here you can see the butterflies before I fussy cut them.

 

 

The next step requires fussy cutting the focal images.  The Modge Podge give the paper a vinyl feel and makes it very easy to cut.

After cutting the images I edge them with black marker.

 

Here is the card!! The glossy butterflies are hot glued on to the same image on the card layer.

 

 

Here is a side view to help you see the 3D effect.  This is so easy and works so well!

 

I hope you give this a try, it is well worth you time

 

Thanks you for Stopping By!

Ginny M

 

Here is a preview of the Nicecrane set