Designed by Maria Cole Graphic 45 Supplies: 1 sheet of Every Blooming Thing (4501472) 1 sheet of Plant Kingdom (4501474) 1 sheet of Seasonal Splendor (4501475) 1 sheet of Verdant Woodlands (4501479) 2 sheets of Monarch Majesty (4501481) 1 sheet of Beautiful World (4501482) 1 pack Nature Sketchbook Decorative Chipboard (4501489) 1 Square Tag & Pocket Album - Black Butterfly (4501285) Additional Supplies: 2 ½ feet green ribbon (May Arts - Moss Green shown) 2 each small metal brads Tools, Adhesive & Ink: Paper trimmer, corner rounder, ruler, scoring board, bone folder, scissors, craft knife, wet & dry adhesive, 3D foam adhesive and Graphic 45 Decades Ink - Photogenic (black) Notes: If you like, Ink paper edges with black ink before adhering. Dimensions are width x height unless noted otherwise. Optional Supplies: 1 pack G45 Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Brads (4500841) Stickles - Champagne (gold glitter glue) Directions: 1. Take all the tags out of your album and set aside. Then, locate one sheet of Monarch Majesty (b-side) and cut (4) 5 x 5 pieces. 2. Locate Verdant Woodlands (b-side) and also cut this paper into (4) 5 x 5 pieces. pg 1 of 7
3. Find Every Blooming Thing paper and cut (2) 5¼ x 12 pieces. Take each piece and cut (4) 5¼ x 3 pieces from each. 7. Take your other sheet of Monarch Majesty paper and fussy cut the butterflies per the photo. Try to cut around the other butterflies instead of through them. 4. Take Plant Kingdom (b-side) and cut (2) 5½ x 12 pieces. Take each piece and cut (6) 5½ x 2 pieces from each. 8. Pierce a 1 8 hole in the (2) large monarch butterflies and (2) small black butterflies. Attach the butterflies together using a small brad. Curl up the butterfly edges for added dimension. 5. Locate Beautiful World paper and cut out images per photo. 6. Find Seasonal Splendor paper and separate the borders and imagery per photo. 9. Optional: Use shabby chic brads! Carefully punch a hole in the butterflies using a ¼ standard hole punch. Gently twist the brads through the paper until the arms fit through the hole. Apply some gold-stickles to the left and right edges of each butterfly s wings. pg 2 of 7
10. Inside front cover: Adhere the top, left, and bottom sides of Beautiful World paper to the far left side to create a pocket. Insert tag. Optional: Add a shabby chic brad to each tag in your album. 14. Pocket 1 11. Page 1 (front): Adhere Monarch Majesty (b-side). Use your medium blue butterfly as a tab by adhering half of it to your page. Trim a 5 long piece from Bee Yourself border and adhere. 15. Page 2 (front): Trim a 5½ long piece from mushroom border and adhere. 12. Page 1 (back): Trim a 5½ long piece from butterfly border. For portrait photos, adhere borders vertically. For landscape photos, adhere borders horizontally. 16. Page 2 (back): Adhere a butterfly and chipboard to lower left corner. 13. Pocket 1 (front): Adhere Every Blooming Thing and Plant Kingdom paper per photo. Adhere chipboard to Plant Kingdom paper only, so that you can still add a photo behind it. 17. Page 3 (front): Adhere Verdant Woodland (b-side). Attach Beautiful World paper with foam adhesive. Adhere pg 3 of 7
18. Page 3 (back): Trim a 5½ long piece from floral lace border and adhere. 22. Page 4 (back): Repeat step 16. 23. Page 5 (front): Adhere Monarch Butterfly (b-side). Trim a 5 long piece from Butterfly Kisses border and adhere. Adhere the butterflies chipboard tab. 19. Pocket 2 step 13, using the reverse sides of the papers. 20. Pocket 2 (back): Adhere Plant Kingdom and Beautiful World paper to the pocket only. Insert tag. 24. Page 5 (back): Adhere Verdant Woodland. Trim a 5 long piece from Life is the flower border and attach with foam adhesive. 25. Pocket 3 (front): Adhere Plant Kingdom and Seasonal Splendor papers to pocket only. Insert tag. 21. Page 4 (front): Repeat step 18. pg 4 of 7
26. Pocket 3 30. Page 7 (back): Repeat step 12. 31. Pocket 4 step 13. 27. Page 6 (front): Repeat step 15. 28. Page 6 (back): Repeat step 11, but without adding a butterfly. 32. Pocket 4 (back) Repeat step 20. 33. Page 8 (front): Repeat step 16, but adhere to lower right corner. 29. Page 7 (front): Repeat step 16, but adhere to lower right corner. pg 5 of 7
34. Page 8 (back): Repeat step 16. 38. Pocket 5 39. Page 10 (front): Repeat step 15. 35. Page 9 (front): Repeat step 17. 36. Page 9 (back): Repeat step 18. 40. Page 10 (back): Repeat step 16. 41. Page 11 (front): Repeat step 23, but with the friends chipboard tab. 37. Pocket 5 step 19. pg 6 of 7
42. Page 11 (back): Repeat step 18. 46. Page 12 (back): Adhere Verdant Woodland (b-side). Trim a 5 long piece from Life is the flower border and attach with foam adhesive. 47. Inside back cover: Repeat step 10, only adhere the top, bottom, and right sides to the far right. 43. Pocket 6 step 25. 44. Pocket 6 45. Page 12 (front): Repeat step 15. 48. Front cover: Trim blue and black borders to 6 and adhere. Adhere Beautiful World paper, chipboard flag, and chipboard butterfly. Attach large chipboard with foam adhesive. Tie green ribbon around the cover and make a bow. Adhere black butterfly and attach monarch butterfly with foam adhesive. 49. Spine: Trim a piece from blue botanist border and fit into the label holder. Adhere dragonfly pg 7 of 7