Butterfly bunting for May MFT & Friends

Yay, it’s time for the monthly MFT & Friends feature, which means that the whole release is now available in the MFT Store! For today I created a butterfly bunting with the beautiful Brilliant Butterflies stamps and matching Die-namics dies.

Last Saturday, for Day 3 of the MFT May Release Countdown, I made THIS card with the same butterflies. I got so carried away experimenting with the inks, embossing and different color card stock, that I made over 20 butterflies!

A bunch of brilliant paper butterflies for bunting.

However, for my bunting, I ended up choosing the ones with the following Premium Dye Ink – Card Stock combinations:

For the delicate lace overlay, I chose platinum embossing (doesn’t it look elegant?), but white embossing or even regular black ink, looks just as great!

I didn’t do anything fancy to string my butterflies… I just added three small glue dots; one to the middle and one to the back of each wing. Once the waxed string was in place, I covered the glue dots with some clear tape.

Actually, instead of one long bunting, I made three shorter ones with six butterflies each… If needed, I can just peel off the tape on the back and put them together.

I love creating banners and buntings… they are great for party decor or to spruce up any room. My 12-year old asked to have one for her bedroom and I’ll use the other two to decorate my craft room.