Here’s my Trick & Treat: a tutorial on cute little paper butterflies (great as an embellishment!) Paper Butterfly Tutorial (I saw this on Papercraftcentral) You’ll need: Patterned Paper (I used one sided regular weight paper) Scissors Bone folder Ribbon/ twine/ raffia Pen to trace template Step 1: create your template: you can use a compass if you want the circle part to be perfect or trace something round such as as a small glass or lid. You can make this in any size. I just did mine freehand. Step 2: next cut out your template and trace it onto your patterned paper. Cut the shape out of the patterned paper. Step 3: Fold the entire shape in little accordion folds. Use a bone folder to make the folds sharp. If you have one of those handy little paper crimpers, that would work really well here too. (I wish I still had mine!) Step 4: tie a piece of ribbon or rafia around the center of the shape, then pull all the edges out to create the butterfly! This is quick and easy and it’s a great way to use up scraps of paper!
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Neat idea.
Very creative! Nice little added touch to any project… I love these =)
I love this idea. TFS!
This is super cute! Thanks for the tutorial!
Super Cute!! I will have to try this! Thanks for sharing!!
such cute little butterflies! and easy too! tfs!
Very cute! TFS.
OMG!! These are just too sweet!! TFS!
Cute butterflies!
cute butterflies…glad to see you so scrappy again!!
wonderful butterflies – great idea
Great idea for using scraps – beautiful butterflies. 🙂
What a great way to use up scrap paper & create a great embellishment. Thanks for the tip.
So beautiful!
These are just beautiful!!! TFS!
Those butterflies are too adorable! TFS!
These are adorable and will make a great embillishment. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks for this tutorial! Love it!!
What a great tutorial – I will be playing with this butterfly soon.
Thanks bunches
What a great idea!! I would have never thought to make butterflies that way!
Adorable butterflies!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
Great little butterflies and so easy too.
Those butterflies are just too adorable!! love them! thanks for the tutorial!
Awesome tutorial Jess!! =)
I love it
tks for sharing
xx
Leila
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So cool! I would imagine a wreath filled with these! Thank you!
What a great tutorial – thanks!!
These are so cute! Thanks Jess!
Those are soooooo cute! Great for card embellishments!
So cool! Love these butterflies!
These are adorable! Thanks for sharing!
too cute! thanks for the idea!
So neat!! going to try with my kids in the morning.. Thanks
Simple yet very neat!! Love it! TFS!!
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that butterfly is really cool. i will have to give that a try
Fabulous Butterflies!! Too cute!!
Adorable project! Thanks for sharing!
Great use for small left overs! Nice little embellishment for any project.