Dragonfly Pond by Bernardine Farmer

On light blue cardstock stamp Water Lily and Dragonfly Pond (Art Neko) with a VersaMark inkpad and emboss with gold embossing powder.
 

Add blue chalk to sky areas and use watercolor pencils on the dragonflies and lily pond - a lime green and dark green for the leaves, yellow for the flowers, and navy blue for the dragonflies.
 

Cut out all four sections. On back of second section add pop dots or fun foam to raise it up. Adhere all to navy blue cardstock 3-5/8” x 5-1/8”, leaving a 1/16” gap between each section. Mount this onto olive green cardstock 5-1/2” x 3-3/4”. Mount this at an angle on navy blue cardstock folded to 4-3/4” x 6-1/2”.
 

Re-stamp and emboss the second section of the lily pond two more times and color the same as before. Cut out two flowers and one leaf.  With pop dots fan both flowers and add them to the second section. With another pop dot, add the leaf slightly above where the original leaf is to add depth.
 

Stamp Just for Fun Dragonfly on vellum with VersaMark and emboss with gold embossing powder. On backside of dragonfly, color with purple and turquoise markers and trim. With a small pot dot under the head and double pop dots on the bottom wing, adhere dragonfly to top of card.

Birthday Bouquet by Becky Chabot

1. Stamp the butterfly image (TAC) with VersaMark ink onto black cardstock and emboss with gold powder and cut out.
2. Brush the wings with Pearl Ex Pigment Powder - teal to the outside edges then fill in with purple. Spray with a sealant.
3. Coil thin wire into a tight spiral and glue to the center as the body. Embellish the body and tips of wings with teal and dark blue Stickles. Let dry.
4. Use a spray adhesive to glue two pieces of Ivy patterned cardstock (Keepsake Designs) back to back. Cut a 10-inch circle of the double Ivy cardstock.
5. Glue a 10-inch paper lace doily to the center of the circle of cardstock. Place the project doily side down.
6. Score the circle to fold easier. Fold the bottom of the circle up about one inch, and then fold the sides in at an angle, overlapping slightly. Use a scoring mat with a measuring grid to help keep the angles balanced and straight.
7. Affix random fabric flowers to the top of the card with large brads and snaps. Add dots of brown and yellow permanent marker to the brads as desired.
8. Affix the butterfly to the center of a flower using dimensional tape in the center only, fold the wings up..
9. Place an eyelet on the left and right flap about one inch from the edge and tie a bow with blue ribbon.
10. Tie a round metal-rimmed tag to the bow and add a sentiment (Magic Scraps Birthday Flair Button).
11. Include a sentiment or note inside the card.

3-D Hummingbird Card by Viki Banaszak

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Take Flight Summer Butterfly Pin and Card by Linda Strawn

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Butterfly Postale by Karen Bourke

In the center of a non-stick craft sheet squeeze small amounts of alcohol inks, metallic mixative and blending solution.  Take a piece of glossy cardstock and place it face down onto the inks.  Turn the cardstock around and lift off.  You should have a nicely coloured background for your work.  With the remaining ink left on the craft sheet take another piece of glossy cardstock and repeat the action.  This piece will have lighter colours and should be used for this project.

Ink up your stamp  (www.themoonroseartstamps.com) with black StazOn and stamp onto your glossy cardstock.  Trim excess card from edges.  Mount onto black pearlized card and then onto an A6 card.

Ink only the butterfly portion of the stamp with black StazOn.  Cut four pieces of fantasy film to size and place over the butterfly; cover this with a piece of parchment paper and, using a craft iron, iron over the parchment paper (medium to high setting).  The heat will fuse the film together.  Cut around the butterfly; gently bend the wings upwards on each side of the body and use silicone adhesive to place it over the same image on your card.  Next stamp the butterfly twice on a single layer of fantasy film, cut out the wings and main body, bend the wings and using blobs of silicone place them over the main butterfly.  You will now have a dimensional butterfly on your card which will change colour depending upon the light and the colour of your background cardstock.
See picture for close up view of butterfly.

Create 6 feelers by snipping 6 small bits of black wire and twirling one end of each.

Lay one butterfly down, white side up, and cover the middle with double-stick tape. Attach the feelers and then lay gold ribbon across the middle, leaving enough for one tying end. Use more double-stick tape to cover the wings and then lay the facing butterfly on top. Trim edges if necessary. Repeat for the other 4 butterflies, making sure to leave another long end for tying.

Stamp "FLY" using Ransom alphabet stamps (Stampcraft) with Versacraft Black. Allow to dry and then tie together.
 

Butterflies by Cheryl Davidson, Reader Submission

On light blue cardstock, stamp a small decorative stamp (unknown) and Butterfly verse (Make an Impression) using VersaMark ink.

Cut 3 circles into the light blue cardstock. Make sure they are large enough to show the butterfly punch image.

On the decorative paper (Deja Views Fresh Prints,) punch 3 butterflies. Make sure to leave about 2" around the punched images.

Cut around each punched image and place them behind the open circles. While still holding the paper, flip the cardstock over and use double-sided take to tape the squares down. I placed the double-sided tape on top of the paper like you would do if you were using regular tape. The tacky tape will help to hold this layer to the background cardstock.

Once all of the punched images are positioned in the circles, attached the light blue cardstock to the navy blue cardstock. Layer this to a white card and it's done.