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Butterfly Wicker Heart Home Decor

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By sparklingblackrose
Good morning everyone, hope you are well :-) I am here with my creation for my All Crafts Challenge, sorry its a little late! :-) As our sponsor this time is Crafty Individuals I used one of my favourite stamp sets of  theirs to make my own butterfly embellishments. You may not be able to see clearly in the photo but they are a labour of love! I started by stamping with Memento and colouring with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I then dipped and coated the butterfly wings in UTEE. Once I had done this I used craft wire to attach the two wings to each other (they are separated in the stamp without a body so I used this to my advantage). I then shaped the wire so that the wings looked at various stages of opening like a real butterfly. I got out this wicker heart I have had to alter for ages, its very pretty but I felt it needed something more. I used more wire and pliers to attach each butterfly to the heart-that was not easy trying to poke my pliers inside the gaps in the wicker to twist the wire so it was sturdy, very fiddly work! 
Lastly I changed the hanging thread from a boring messy looking jute to a ribbon from Crafty Ribbons which echoed the colours of my central butterfly.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes/Sights of Spring
Anything But a Card: Spring
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
Pile it On: Feminine
Sketchy Colours: Lime Green and Yellow
Sunday Stamper: Nature
Crafty Calendar: Things with Wings
So Artful: Signs of Spring
Thank you for looking and for all your lovely comments :-)

Comments

  1. Stephanie7 April 2014 at 14:44

    Beautiful Door decor.

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  2. Judith Taylor - Wright7 April 2014 at 14:52

    Afternoon Elaine hun gorgeous make hugs xxx

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  3. Hels Sheridan7 April 2014 at 15:09

    Gorgeousness, love those butterflies... Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  4. Electra7 April 2014 at 15:17

    Your wreath is lovely, Elaine, the butterflies positively sing SPRING! Thank you for being soartful with us this month!

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  5. Nicky Wilcox7 April 2014 at 15:31

    Beautiful xxx

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  6. Sandra H7 April 2014 at 15:58

    This is beautiful x

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  7. Kate M7 April 2014 at 16:39

    Absolutely beautiful - love the butterflies and the wicker heart is super!
    xx

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  8. ALI7 April 2014 at 16:41

    This is great. I have a heart lying about I may attempt a little altering.

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  9. Linda Simpson7 April 2014 at 17:08

    This is gorgeous and I love the shape and the butterflies.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  10. Jan Ltc7 April 2014 at 19:39

    This is gorgeous xx Jan

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  11. monica nilsen schancke7 April 2014 at 21:03

    Great decoration and beautiful butterflies. Thank you for participating in Sketchy Colors, good luck.
    hugs Monica

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  12. Sharon7 April 2014 at 22:50

    This is beautiful Elaine. Love the wicker heart and the butterflies are gorgeous.
    Have a lovely week.
    Hugs Sharon. x

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  13. Gwyneth8 April 2014 at 01:48

    Lovely decorated piece. The butterflies look great with you.

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  14. Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com8 April 2014 at 14:15

    Elaine this is beautiful love the butterflies. As you know I have changed the name of my blog and would love for you to continue to follow me and in order for you to do this you need to unfollow me and then follow me again, sorry for being a pain and apologies if I have already asked this of you. Love Alison xxx

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  15. Lisette Baker8 April 2014 at 19:09

    Fabulous project, love the butterflies. Thanks for joining in at Anything But A Card this time.

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  16. sheila 779 April 2014 at 19:23

    Oh, this is something quite different. I love your butterflies and very much enjoyed reading how you made it. Thanks very much for being with everybody at Soartful this month.

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  17. bluegiraffe (Sherry)11 April 2014 at 20:46

    This is soooo pretty! Very original too.

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  18. EmmiLu12 April 2014 at 20:47

    That is so gorgeous! I love your butterflies.

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  19. Lisa (aka CropDropNRoll)13 April 2014 at 03:34

    Great Spring door decor! Thanks for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create.

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  20. Jo22 April 2014 at 15:22

    Gorgeous make, those butterflies are so pretty! Thanks for joining our Things with Wings challenge over at Crafty Calendar this month, hope to see you again!
    hugs Jo x

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  21. Sandy26 April 2014 at 02:55

    Beautiful wall hanging, love the butterflies.
    Thanks for joining us over at Challenges 4 Everybody
    Sandy C4E DT

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  22. diane hasthorpe27 April 2014 at 14:22

    Great idea for the butterflies. They look very pretty sitting on your wicker heart. Thank you for joining in at Anything But A Card. Cheers, Di

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  23. Margaret3 May 2014 at 15:01

    Your butterflies are gorgeous and look wonderful on the heart! So glad you joined us at Anything But a Card!

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  24. butterfly18 May 2014 at 09:40

    The butterflies look so lovely perched on the heart - delightful!
    Alison x

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Thank you for your lovely comments, I really appreciate them all :-) Elaine-xxx-

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