Good morning y’all! Beth from @creativelybeth back to share another fun tutorial! Earth Day is fast approaching on April 22nd and the Design Team is creating nature-inspired projects all week. My DIY Rainbow Butterfly Wreath features faux water coloring with my favorite Tombow Dual Brush Pens!
Here’s What You Need:
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens
- Tombow MONO Multi XL Liquid Glue
- Strathmore Watercolor Paper – 90lb.
- Grapevine Wreath – 12″
- Butterfly Die Cut and Die Cutting Machine
- Paintbrush and clean water
- Paper Trimmer
Step One:
Cut the 9″ by 12″ watercolor paper in half. To create the faux watercolor backgrounds, scribble 2-3 shades of Dual Brush Pen over the surface, add clean water using short strokes and making sure not to blend the colors too much. Set aside to dry.
Step Two:
Once the backgrounds are dry, die cut the butterfly shape. I used the Sizzix Big Shot and Sizzix Bigz Die, Easter Elements, but any cutting system would work.
Cut four butterflies from each 4 1/2″ by 6″ faux watercolor background and I saved the blanks to use for another project!
Step Three:
Crease the wings at the body to create dimensional butterflies. Attach butterflies in rainbow order to a grapevine wreath with MONO Multi Liquid Glue, which sets up quickly and dries clear. Apply 3-4 of each color of butterflies all flying in the same direction to the wreath and work in ROYGBIV order.
Here is a close-up of the wreath
Today, I used an assortment of rainbow colors, but a monochromatic color scheme would be lovely as well! Apply the butterflies to a canvas and you have a unique piece of home decor on a budget!
I hope that you have enjoyed my DIY Rainbow Butterfly Wreath and you will use my project as a jumping off point to showcase YOUR Tombow creativity! More rainbow inspiration can be found HERE with Smitha’s Rainbow Lettering post.
Thanks for stopping by!
This is beautiful, Beth!
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Beautiful wreath have to try this one. But do I find the butter fly’s or do we make out of color paper? thanks