Butterfly Stained Glass

Hello there my crafty friends!  You saw a sneak peek of this one during the blog launch, but it is one of my favourites from the April release so it definitely needed it's day on the blog I think.  Don't you agree?  It is all about the paper piecing for this one.  I cut the Butterfly Stained Glass in coconut white card first, leaving a wide border around the edge.  I adhered it to a piece of sticky adhesive sheet and then started cutting all the colours that I needed one by one.  The method that I find easiest for this is to cut the die in the colour card that has the most pieces to be used first, then selectively poke out any of the fall away bits that won't be pieced with that colour until I have one the one colour left in the die.  I trim the card right up to the outside edge of the die, then carefully lay it on top of the original with the sticky exposed and gently poke out the sections that are remaining.  If you are lined up straight, they will go directly into the sections that they are filling and you just need to give them a push to make sure they are adhered well.  If you are off slightly, you can usually manoeuvre them into place.  Repeat the same process with all the colours you want to use until it is all filled it.  Occasionally a fall away piece will come out of the die, but it is easy enough to put those pieces in by hand.  I used seven colours and since the pieces are mostly large, it didn't really take too much time.  Lastly I created a frame for the scene by covering a piece of coconut white card with a sticky adhesive sheet the size of the frame that I wanted.  I used the die in the centre and drew around it with a pencil and used a craft knife to cut the shape.  I peeled the adhesive off and coated it with Diamond Sprinkles, then added mounting foam to raise it and attached it to the card.  I completed the card with white and black mats and layers. The finished dimensions are 6" x  7 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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