How To Tuesday

First things first, I have several winners to announce from last week's CHA reveals. Thank you all so much for your kind comments about our new releases.

The winner of the new addition to New Addition is:

The winner of Fresh Goods is:

The winner of Welcome Christmas is:

And last but not least, the winner of the Candy Dots, Rub-ons and Snapshot Stickers is:

Congratulations, winners! Please email your full name and mailing information (including your phone number for shipping purposes) to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot).com and put "CHA Reveal Winner" in the subject line.

Design team member Suzanne Sergi shares a fun technique today for creating custom butterfly embellishments!  Here's what Suzanne had to say ... "I love using premade embellishments on my pages, but sometimes it can be fun to create your own unique embellishments.  With a few crafting tools, and a few easy steps, you can create a paper butterfly using a scallop punch! With all the sizes available in a scallop punch, you can get creative by making scallop butterflies in a variety of fun sizes!  I love butterflies on my papercrafts, and this technique creates a butterfly with lots of  beautiful layers! My layout is of my sweet little girl with one of her best friends. I added lots of layers of tags, and embellished them with a scallop butterfly."

First, you will need a few papercrafting tools: scallop punches (assorted sizes), a small circle punch, fine tip scissors, and pop dots.

Next, using your scallop punch, punch two different sizes from patterned paper. Punch out a small circle out of a piece of vellum. Another idea, is to simply punch another scallop in a smaller size, and your butterfly will have three different layers of scallops.

Then curl in the outer edges of the scallops to give them added texture, and dimension. If I had used a solid paper, then I probably would have also ran them through an embossing folder for added detail.

Next, you are going to cut out a "heart" from the top, and bottom of the scallop.

Here are what the pieces will look like, when they are cut.

Next, cut a small slit onto the sides of the butterflies. You can sand off any edges that are not smooth. Next, the fun begins, layering both scallops together to create a fun embellishment for your papercrafts!

Once you have layered your scallops, you can now embellish the centers! The possibilities are endless! Here I  layered the butterfly with a  circle punched from vellum, and the rose brad from the Mr. & Mrs. Collection. The Pebbles buttons, candy dots, brads make perfect centers too!

The final detail is adding the Mr. & Mrs. stick pins for the scallop butterfly's antennae! I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and create your own unique scallop paper butterflies!

Pebbles supplies used:
Floral Lane Just Because (751116)
Floral Lane My Darling (751126)
Floral Lane Dimensional Stickers (732056)
Cats & Dogs Cat's Meow (751048)
Mr. & Mrs. Rose Brads (747089)
Mr. & Mrs. Straight Pins (747086)
Sun Yellow Ribbon (744033)

Other supplies used:
Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Vellum