489 Double Octagon Easel Card

I used 2 shades of lilac and pastel pink for this card. I embossed the top parts to the main card and the stopper using a swiss dots embossing folder and added using sticky pads.

I added 4 of the gorgeous butterflies from cutting file cup316227_596 Butterfly door card and layered them using sticky pads.

I added a tiny punched flower to each butterfly with a pearl in the centre. I added a die-cut flower to the stopper and that was it. This easel template will be used again and again in all sorts of different ways

I decided to make this card up in red and white, therefore I moved the layers I wanted in white off my working area in Silhouette Studio before I cut the main card and top layers, together with a butterfly from cup405475_596, out of red, linen textured, cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo.

I then moved the layers around again and cut out the other layers out a a white version of the same cardstock.

I used fingerlift tape to attach the white panels to the bottom half of the octagon easels, and then 1mm deep, double sided, foam tape to add the red octagon panels and the two layers of the stopper.

I'd gone round the top stopper layer with a red ProMarker and also used the same pen to write "Penblwydd Hapus", Welsh for "Happy Birthday" on it.

I made up some white roses and rose buds from ready die-cut white spirals and stuck these, and some white paper flowers from my crafting stash, onto the card using glue gel.

I also used glue gel to attach the butterfly.