Diy: Butterfly Badge

Guest postal service past times Denise Sharp of Studio d.Sharp

Some people nation that if a butterfly lands on y'all it agency skillful luck - this badge must grant the wearer much luck until their adjacent birthday.

For this project, I was inspired past times the graphic character of the butterfly wing patterns, as well as how they resemble a bloom when clustered together. Wanting to brand the badge actually dimensional, I chose to position the butterflies on a domed covered push as well as to score each every bit if fluttering their wings. Attached to the presentation card, the badge is an odd as well as engaging gift that tin last presented inwards somebody or sent along every bit a birthday wish.

Materials:
Butterfly images (download pdf here)
Presentation menu (download pdf here)
White crepe newspaper I bring used 2 types: a heavy, strong newspaper as well as a lighter crepe streamer
Ivory or white cardstock as well as text weight paper
Vintage mass pages
Half Ball encompass button, 1 7/8 inch
White fabric, anything non also thick.
Ribbon 1 ½ inch broad past times 12 inches long. H5N1 heavy grosgrain plant best.
Adhesive { spray or double stick tape}
Thread
Pin back

Tools:
Pencil amongst eraser
Scissors
Needle
Hot mucilage gun
Straight edge
Craft knife
Bone folder
Circle punch, 2 inch

Print out the butterfly pdf {enough for 2 badges}

I printed the butterfly ikon over vintage text paper, but printing onto patently cardstock would run every bit well. Using double stick adhesive or spray adhesive, mucilage sheets of vintage mass pages to text weight newspaper – impress or re-create butterfly ikon onto sheet, sizing butterflies no bigger than 1.25 inches. Adhere vintage mass pages to dorsum of butterfly sheets. With os folder as well as lead edge, score vertical job at middle of each butterfly. Cut out butterflies, y'all volition postulate approx. 20.

Print presentation card onto menu stock, laid upwards aside.

Cut out circle of fabric, using template from push package. On backside of metallic button, see stuff at superlative as well as bottom as well as on each side, using a pencil eraser to force the stuff into the metallic prongs. Continue approximately until the stuff is taught all of the way around. Press dorsum plate onto push back.

Glue the push encompass to the middle of the minor crepe newspaper circle. Trim approximately border amongst pair of scissors if needed to fifty-fifty out.

Cut out 2 circles of menu stock, amongst a punch or past times tracing as well as cutting past times hand. Glue ane circle to the dorsum of the large crepe newspaper circle.

Cut out three strips of menu stock, ½ inch broad as well as three ½ inches. Cut out notches on both ends of each. Overlap the strips inwards the center, gluing them onto the larger crepe newspaper circle. Glue push onto larger crepe circle.

Cut ribbon into 2 six inch lengths as well as cutting notches on ane goal of each. Overlap superlative of ribbons, fanning them out a bit. Secure them together amongst a petty hot mucilage as well as and then adhere them to the dorsum of the button. Glue remaining menu stock circle on the back, over the ribbon.

Now to decorate the badge! Fold each butterfly at the middle score line. You desire the butterflies to last a tight, compact arrangement, resembling a bloom amongst petals. For the butterflies to last dimensional rather than glued flat, role simply a tiny point of hot mucilage inwards the real middle as well as press amongst os folder every bit mucilage cools.

Start gluing butterflies onto middle of button, determining the best placement of each, orienting them inwards unlike directions. Their placement is a lot similar a puzzle. When 2 wings intersect, y'all tin cutting a minor slit inwards ane of the wings thus that they jibe together. Continue gluing butterflies, from the middle out toward the edges until complete.

Glue pivot dorsum to dorsum of badge as well as mucilage strip of menu stock over the base of operations to secure.

Cut out presentation card. With a arts and crafts knife, cutting out rectangle inwards center. From remaining menu stock, cutting out 1 inch strip the total length of the sheet. Place badge on menu amongst pivot aligned amongst opening. Fold ane inch strip of newspaper a discover of times to practice a thick rectangle, slide it nether the pivot on the dorsum of the menu to secure badge.