Gabrielle Butterfly Mobile Tutorial

Hi everyone Carin here!  For my tutorial today to celebrate the fact that spring has finally arrived I decided to make a butterfly mobile to hang in my window in the beautiful spring sunshine (or for those of you who are heading into Autumn now it would work as something to cheer you up when those long winter days come!)  Of course for this I just had to use the stunningly beautiful Gabrielle range.

 

I started by cutting out a load of butterflies with my die cutting machine using Gabrielle Fairest, Romance and Stripe. I used a Cuttlebug die which is quite large but of course you can use any punch or die and size of butterfly. I chose to have a different length for each string starting with 1 butterfly on the first string and working up to seven so I used a total of 56 butterflies (28 back to back). I also chose various beads to add that would catch the light!

Start by cutting a 2cm x 55 cm strip of very strong cardboard (I used mount board) then staple the ends together a good few times so you have a ring to work with.

Cut two 60cm lengths of ribbon loop the ends over the ring and stitch together making a cross so that you have something to hang your mobile with, I also stapled them in place once I had them centred to keep them in the right place.

Cut some small flowers out of some coordinating card stock, I used Coral Dot Coordinating Double Dot and a small 5 petal punch and cut about 34 flowers out.

Use your paper piercer or something else thin to curl your petals.

Stick 2 flowers together back to back and pierce a hole through the middle.

Then it is time to start making your strands. I used a stretchy jewellery elastic, the longest piece for the seven butterflies was about 28 inches. I started with these gorgeous chandelier style beads which I tied on then added another bead and threaded the end through then put a spot of clear glue in the end of the bead and once that dried, cut the end of the cord off and added one of the flowers.

Start gluing your butterflies (after bending the wings out a bit) onto the string, using a hot glue gun or glossy accents using a thin line down the centre of the butterfly, putting the string through the centre and then adding your second butterfly on top.

Add more beads wherever you would like them along the string by tying a knot to hold them in place and threading some beads and a flower on (I added them after every second butterfly).

Once you have completed all your strands tie them along your cardboard ring that you made earlier and then cut off the excess.

I then took some of the Gabrielle Promenade paper and cut some of the circles out of that, cut them in half and inked the edges. I also had a piece of Gabrielle Stripe paper left over from my butterflies which I used an edge punch on and then cut two 1 and a half inch strips and inked the edges of those.

Use some double sided tape and stick the edged strips along the top of your cardboard ring.

Put some foam pads on the back of the semi circles to add some dimension and then stick to your cardboard ring overlapping them by about 2 and a half centimetres.

Use the Gabrielle stamp set to stamp some butterflies on some acetate with Stazon then cut them out and stick on the edges of the circles alternating with some of the Gabrielle bling.

You then have your finished mobile to hang somewhere to make you smile!

 I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and if you decide to make your own mobile we would love to see it so please share it with us on our Facebook page here.

Happy crafting!

H A L L O W E E N

This blog post is going to make you

want to BUST out the Halloween decor...

You may want to put a new ink cartridge in your printer, cuz all these ideas

are worth saving!

Trick or Treat Box

Designer: Robbie Herring

Designer Tip: To pierce the gumballs, push them gently onto bamboo skewers. The chipboard pieces that are in the arrangement of candy are attached to lollipop sticks. Use Florist's foam to push all the pieces into the arangement and to hold it steady.

Supplies Used: 

Whoo-ligans, Whoo-ligans Strip
Whooligans Chipboard, Double Dot Grape Dot

Double Dot Ribbon Orange Citrus

Double Dot Ribbon Grape Dot

Haunted Forest Door Hanger

Designer: Tara Orr

Supplies:

Whoo-ligans Rubons, Whoo-ligans Chipboard

Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Monster

Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Dot

Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Batty

Bo Bunny Grape Dot Cardstock

Misc: Bo Bunny ribbon, buttons, bling

Whoo-ligans Witch

Designer: Juliana Michaels

(Don't you just want her to come visit you?)

Supplies:

Whoo-ligans Dot, Madness, Monsters, Rahh and Stripe

Whoo-ligans Combo Sticker, Whoo-ligans iCandy Brads

Whoo-ligans iCandy Stickers, Whoo-ligans Wrap

No Treats Pillow Box

Designer: Becky Williams

Supplies:

Whoo-ligans collection: Spiders, Stripe patterned papers

Whoo-ligans collection Combo Stickers, chipboard, iCandy Stickers, Cut-Outs

Black double dot ribbon, Stickles glitter glue, ColorBox ink

Whoo-ligans Mobile

Designer: Michele Beck

Supplies used:

Whoo-ligans Madness Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans Stripe Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans Whoo-ligans Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans Rahh Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans iCandy Brads

Whoo-ligans iCandy Chipboard Layered Stickers

Whoo-ligans Wraps, Whoo-ligans Combo Stickers

Whoo-ligans Monsters on Paradise Stickers

Whoo-ligans Batty for Candy Stickers

Candy or Candle Jar

Designer: Patti Milazzo 

Tip: This festive candy jar is also a votive candle holder – it's decorative AND holds Halloween treats for your sweet tooth! You can find the canning jars and glass votive holders just about anywhere, including your local craft store. Fill the jar with candy corn or some other favorite sweet to just below where the glass votive holder will sit so as not to melt the candy when the candle is lit.

Supplies used:

Whoo-ligans Madness Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans Stripe Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans Whoo-ligans Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans Rahh Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans iCandy Brads, Whoo-ligans iCandy Chipboard Layered Stickers

Whoo-ligans Wraps, Whoo-ligans Combo Stickers

Whoo-ligans Monsters on Paradise Stickers 

Whooo-ligans Batty for Candy Stickers

Altered Gum Containers

Designer: Sandra Rupp

Supplies:

Various Whoo-ligans, Learning Curve and Olivia

papers and embellishments.

BOO-YAH Banner

Designer: Carin McDonough 

Supplies:

Whoo-ligans Monsters, Whoo-ligans Boo, Whooligans Dot

Whooligans Grrrr, Coordinating Double Dot Kiwi Dot, Ocean Dot and Licorice Dot

Whoo-ligans 12x12 Chipboard, Chunky chips Chipboard Alpha Licorice

Double Dot ribbon Concord and Aquamarine

Others:

EK Success Edger Punch - Deco Scallop, Bubbles

Black cotton

 Gone Batty Wall Hanging

Designer: Carole Jansen

If you are interested in more info on making this fun project, please e-mail us.

Supplies:

 Whoo-ligans Madness Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans Stripe Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans Boo Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans Bot Pattern Paper

Whoo-ligans Monsters Pattern Paper, Whoo-ligans 12x12 Chipboard

Buttons and Bling, 3/8" Licorice Ribbon, 5/8" Sugar Ribbon

Gift Giving Fun

Designer: Jolanda Meurs

(Jolanda lives in the Netherlands & they don't celebrate Halloween,

but the line is so much fun... she couldn't help herself but to play along)

Supplies:Whoo-ligans Dot, Whoo-ligans Boo, Whoo-ligans Cardstock stickers

Whoo-ligans Combo stickers, Whoo-ligans Chipboard

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They truely are a bunch of talented ladies.

Make sure to stop by facebook and chat and get to know this fantastic bunch of women!