Monday, June 24, 2013

Butterfly Wreath

While cleaning and reorganizing my craft supplies I came across a bunch of scrapbook paper scraps leftover from old projects.  I decided the time was now to either put those scraps to use or recycle them!


I also kept several cardboard circles that you find in frozen pizza boxes. The cardboard is ideal for crafts and makes the perfect base for wreaths.  Like this one!


So that's what I did!  After cutting a circular hole out of the center of the circle I used my butterfly craft punch along with the scrap paper to make a wreath.  I attached the paper to the cardboard using my hot glue gun.


I wanted the wreath to resemble a flower so I added a few paper leaves.



To add dimension to the wreath, I bent the butterfly cut outs in half.


Pretty cute, eh!  With the soft pink colors, this would be sweet addition to a little girls room.

46 comments:

  1. Beautiful! What did you attach the butterflies with?

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  2. I LOVE it Brandi! Very,very sweet and original. You could use this idea with different punches for so many different themes. Great idea and easy too. Thanks for sharing!

    Debbie

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  3. Oh yeah, totally cute! Love it and so does my daughter!

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  4. This is great! This would be a great baby shower gift too :)

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  5. Love it! And girlfriend, you must have the patience of a saint to glue all of those butterflies!!!

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  6. So adorable, what a great idea. Have a great week!

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  7. Yes, it reminds me of my room back when I had the canopy bed and strawberry shortcake set :)

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  8. Adorable! What a great idea, Brandi!

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  9. Brandi, this is so cute! *notes to self--get butterfly punch* I can see me doing this with my little girl. She loves butterflies, and she loves pink!

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  10. See, you're going to have me running to the craft store just to get a butterfly punch. It doesn't help that I already saw something I wanted to try - with the butterflies, and now you've added this cute project to my mental list. SMH (lol)

    Fabulousness. Perfect for a little girl!

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  11. Very cute! Curious as to how long it took to punch out all those butterflies. ;)

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  12. SOOOOO cute, Brandi!! What I love most is the texture. Layering all those butterflies with the raised wings is genius. Martha Stewart better watch out ;)

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  13. That is gorgeous Brandi, a really great and beautiful idea.

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  14. That's so cute! I love the texture the folded butterflies create

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  15. Brandi! It is so cute. Sweet!

    kisses

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  16. oh my goodness! The patience to do this fabulous wreath! It's very pretty! Thank You for sharing, I came over from Savvy Southern Style.
    Lizy

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  17. It is gorgeous and you make it all look so easy. It's so summery and light.

    I fear you may have inspired me to go and buy this stamp thingy. Don't worry I'll take photos of the gluey papery wreck that I create!

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  18. Lovely! I have that punch and love to use it! Since I also know the size you were working with, that was ALOT of butterflies!! Have a great day!

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  19. Cute! I love paper butterflies and I never thought to make a wreath out of them... awesome!

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  20. Oh lovely! Looks like I need to get a butterfly craft punch! :)

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  21. That is so so pretty Brandi. Thanks for popping over to my blog, it's nice to see and meet you! x

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  22. This looks awesome!!! We would love it if you would link up at our linky party:
    http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-link-up-22/
    Live every Wednesday to Sunday.
    Hosted by:
    http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/ Parrish @ Life with the Crust Cut Off
    http://thissillygirlslife.com/ Dana @ This Silly Girl's Life
    We hope to see you there!

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  23. Lovely! :)
    Great blog you have, full of inspiration and smart ideas!
    Thank your for the comment on my blog!
    Regards from Lisa

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  24. You're the queen of wreath making! Like Loi said, the texture is amazing! Love it!

    P.s. thanks for your lovely comment on my diy and the toys outside:-)

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  25. Love! So cute for a little girls room. I have 3, so I'd know! :)

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  26. I looove this idea, Brandi!
    Sooo lovely ;)
    Thanks for visiting me

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  27. Very cute. Looks like it took a ling time to glue all those butterflies. Very creative use if scrap paper! :)

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  28. Girl, you blow my minid with how creative you are! That is an incredibly adorable wreath. And as you already know that I creatively challenged, I am so glad that you made the butterflies out of that pretty lilac color. My daughter's room is light purple and she has accents of purple butterflies in there. I'm going to try my hand at recreating this wreath. Thank you for the idea! :)

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  29. SO CLEVER!!!!

    That looks awesome, what a brilliant idea you have there for little scraps.

    I sooooooooooo need to organize my craft area, my goodness it is like a hoarder's area, seriously.

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  30. This is sooooo cute Ms. Brandi! I love it! ^^

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  31. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! The butterfly wreath is so adorable! I will definitely try and make one as a gift for a little girl.

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  32. So delicate and pretty, Brandi! Such a cute idea! xo

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  33. I have a houseful of crafty girls...what a great project they can do themselves! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  34. It's so pretty!! And I love your tip about the cardboard from pizza boxes- never would have thought of that!

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  35. This is so beautiful! If you get a chance, please link this up to my linky party: http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/07/sunday-linky-16.html

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