Welcome to the Quietfire Design Butterfly Blog Flutter!

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to the new Butterfly Circles stamp set!  Here is my project using the new Butterfly Circles.

Just comment below and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   We will be giving away five grab bags in total and all the names will be drawn on Friday, January 20^th at midnight PST, one name from each blog, so you have lots of time to enter!  Tell your friends!

The Butterfly Circles rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Flutter!

Here is our schedule:

Sunday, January 15th: Yogi   

Monday, January 16th: Suzanne  (You are here!)

Tuesday, January 17th: Robyn  

Wednesday, January 18th: Monica  

Thursday, January 19th: Wanda  

 Each Design Team member will randomly choose a winner from their list of comments, so make sure you’ve commented on each blog.

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Saturday January 21^st. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen.  (Email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog) 

Happy Fluttering  and good luck!!

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A Butterfly Counts - Walnut Hollow Clock(if you're going to be at the CHA conference, you will see this clock at the Walnut Hollow booth!)

Supplies

Walnut Hollow Round Clock, Small  Item #53212

Walnut Hollow Quartz Clock Movement for 19mm (3.4”) Surfaces  Item #TQ700P
http://www.walnuthollow.com/

Quietfire Design Butterfly Circles Stamp Set

Quietfire Design Butterflies/Dragonflies Stamp Set
FabScraps High Tea Cardstock
White Cardstock
Spellbinders Nestabilities:  Butterflies Two,  Grand Circles
VersaMagic Purple Hydrangea Ink
Jacquard Textile Super White Acrylic Paint
Ranger Distress Crackle Clear Rock Candy Paint
Ink Blending Tool
Distress Inks: Tattered Rose, Brushed Corduroy, DustyConcord
Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Eggplant
Be Creative Double-sided tape
Hole punch

Instructions:

Preparing the wood:

Paint the Round Clock with Neopaque White paint.  Allow to dry and give second coat.  Sand surface if needed or desired.  Apply a fairly thick coat of Distress Crackle around the edges of the clock as well as a couple of inches in from the top edge on the surface and allow to dry naturally.

Use the blending tool to rub on Brushed Corduroy and Dusty Concord to highlight the crackle.  Rub off the excess with a paper towel.

Preparing the paper:

Cut High Tea and white cardstocks to fit clock using Spellbinders Grand Circles as shown.

Stamp Quietfire Design quotation using VersaMagic Purple Hydrangea.  When dry use blending tool to shade in some Tattered Rose colour.

Stamp small butterfly using Purple Hydrangea ink, then cut the image out.

Layer the circles using Be Creative double-sided tape.  Find the center of the layered circles and punch a hole the same diameter as the clock hole.  Attach the cardstock layers to the clock surface. 

Cut four tiny butterflies from the Nestabilities Butterflies Two.  Leave the diecut in the die and using the die as a stencil, color the exposed paper with Purple Hydrangea ink.

 Color the hands of the clock movement with a few drops of Eggplant Alcohol Ink.  Leave the second hand uncolored.  Allow to dry.

Following the instructions on the package, assemble the clock movement with the clock.  Make sure the hanger is oriented so the quotation on the front reads correctly.  Punch a hole in the butterfly cut-out and slide it over the shaft of the movement.  Do not glue or tape it down.  Curl the wings slightly.

Attach the four diecut butterflies at the noon, three, six and nine positions on the clock face.

Add a battery and hang to enjoy!