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Monday, April 11, 2011

Butterfly Specimen art from Spunky Junky {{tutorial}}

Hello! Hello! Love Stitched stalkers readers!
My name is Halsey and I am so happy to be here today.  Don't you just love Brittany's blog? She totally cracks me up with her funny stories, her amazing tutorials, and I her keen eye for fashion!

When I am not chasing my Punk around or lovin' on my Hunk I run a lil' blog called Spunky Junky. I am a true believer that good taste doesn't need to cost a lot of money! So I have tried to make my house a home one piece of spunky junk at a time.
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Today I am going to show you how to make a butterfly specimen box on the cheap...as in super, uber cheap.
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For this project I used:
paint sample cards in coordinating colors from Lowe's-FREE
self-adhesive foam mount stickers
a butterfly punch
and a mounting board (aka the Costco cardboard insert so pictures can't bend) FREE

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I tried to pick out paint sample cards that coordinated with the colors in my home.
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Once I cut out the butterflies I used the adhesive foam stickers to stick the butterflies to the mounting board.
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Super cheap. Deceivingly cute.  

Thanks Brittany for so letting me crash your pad today! 
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Thanks for sharing Hasley! This is such simple way to add a pop to your home decor! You could easily buy ANY punch and change it up with this project!
Be sure to leave Hasley some comment love and thank her for her darling tutorial!!

17 comments:

  1. What a great tutorial. However, my eye was caught be the 'meet my peeps' print. HAHA, made me laugh!!

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  2. Super cute! And don't think I didn't notice that your bunny garland is also made from paint chips! I'm sure you got a few funny looks that day!

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  3. How clever is that?? Such a good idea to get it to coordinate with the colors in your home... smart smart SMART! I need to follow her blog now...

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  4. Halsey,

    You rock!! :) And yes I am your biggest fan since OMTWI ended! :)

    Angie

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  5. I love this! Definitely going to have to try it.

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  6. I am in love with this project! So simple, yet totally beautiful! LOVE!

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  7. SO cute!! I would have never thought of something like this!

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  8. soooooooo cute, i never would've thought of that, and it is so simple!! love this idea, i need more creativity in my home, for realzzzzzzz!!

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  9. I love that she used paint chips, so you know they will coordinate and match! So pretty:) Love your blog and your Etsy shop is absolutely adorable too!!
    www.karismaheartsavannah.blogspot.com

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  10. I love this idea!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  11. Wow! This is really a good idea! SO I guess you just walk in and take the sample cards you need? Kinda cool really!

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  12. Where did you get your butterfly punch?

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  13. Very cute! I would also like to know where you got the butterfly punch?

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  14. I saw this image and just HAD to find out who and how it was made ... SPECTACULAR!
    Thank you so much for sharing and have a GREAT day!

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