by Penny Bearcroft
Metal work on your cards is very popular right now and these pretty cards really make you want to have a go. Metal sheets can be stamped on, run through a Cuttlebug machine, die cut, embossed, shaped and so much more. You’ll wonder how you ever made anything without it!
For details of the Cuttlebug Machine, Dies and Embossing Folders - please telephone The Stamp Bug Ltd on 01285 750308. Butterfly Spirit
 We used:
Step by step:
 - Cut a piece of cream card to fit inside the Cuttlebug folder and run it through the machine. Apply the Tea Dye and Walnut Stain ink pads directly to the embossed panel – don’t cover the card completely, leave some areas pale to add contrast.
- Trim to fit on the C6 card and stick it down. Add a few sticky gems around the outer edges.
- Stamp the Butterfly on to cream card using Tea Dye ink and cut out. Curl some wire for antennae and stick to the back of the butterfly with sticky foam pads.
 - Cut a set of the funky rectangles from the copper metal. Select one and add pieces of sticky foam to the back. Sponge some Tea Dye ink on to a piece of plain card and then stick the frame on to it. Trim the edges.
- Add this panel to the card as shown and stick the butterfly on to it. Add a little gold glitter glue to the butterfly.
 - Run a small piece of copper metal through the Cuttlebug in the D’vine Swirls folder. Mount the Spirit sticker on to it with sticky foam pads and trim, leaving a border. Add more sticky foam pads and stick on to the card.
Imagine
We used:
Step by Step:
- Tear a corner off the shorthand scrapbook paper and stick it on to the card.
- Cover the inside of the Script embossing folder with Spiced Marmalade ink. Place a piece of cream card inside and run it through the Cuttlebug. Cut a panel approximately 6.5 x 7.5cm and tear across the bottom.
 - Apply some of the Frayed Burlap ink to the embossed script and some Walnut Stain ink around the edges. Stick on to the card with sticky foam pads.
 - Emboss a small piece of copper metal, using the D’vine Swirls folder. Edge with gold embossing powder and stick on to the card as shown.
 - Stamp the two butterflies on to the shorthand paper with the Frayed Burlap ink. Heat set with clear embossing powder and cut out.
Bend some wire for antennae and stick to the back of each butterfly with sticky foam pads. - Add a strip of ribbon to the card as shown and put the Imagine sticker on to it. Add the two butterflies. Spread a little gold glitter glue on to each one, using your finger.
Metal Flowers
 We used:
Step by Step:
Yesterday A Butterfly Unmounted Plate - Artifacts UM008 Step by Step:
- Cut a piece of hammered card to fit inside the Cuttlebug folder.
 - Open the folder and swipe both sides with the Tea Dye ink pad. Place the card inside the folder and run it through the machine. This will emboss the card on both sides and leave a residue of ink on it, but each side will be different.
 - Choose the side you like best and cut a panel approximately 4.5 x 8.5cm. Dip the edges into embossing ink and then gold embossing powder and heat to melt.
 - Mount the panel on to a piece of the Laura Ashley card and add to the card.
 - Cut a four petal flower from each of the metal sheets and also two further flowers from the flock card.
 - Layer a metal and a card flower together, scrunch up a little of the Lametta and join it all together with a brad.
 - Stamp scraps of cream card several times with the words ‘Butterfly Kisses’, using Tea Dye ink. Cut into narrow strips.
 - Stick two strips of wording behind each flower with sticky foam pads. Curl up the ends round a pencil or similar, sponge the reverse with a little Tea Dye ink and then stick them on to the card as shown.
 The finished pieces
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Japanese Lace Paper Set
