Decoupaged Beetles
Hi! Welcome to a little bird crafts. Have you ever had a bug collection? This is my first.
I really wanted to add lots of dimension to the fun Beetles and Bugs Stamp & Die Set by Annette Green and Elizabeth Craft Designs. It took me awhile to decide how to do it, but it’s actually a fairly easy process by decoupaging.
Stamp bugs with black ink on white paper
Die cut the images
Color the legs
Use colored cardstock as your base color to add spray. I used a red, a brown, and a green.
Spray the cardstock with any combination of Mica, Spritz and/or Stain Sprays from the same color family as the cardstock.
Die-cut two of the same beetle/bug from the paper that you sprayed.
Stamp with pigment ink and heat emboss in black. (This is the only way that I could get the stamp to show up.)
Use black cardstock to stamp and die-cut one image of each bug.
-Assemble the bugs starting with the black & white base.
-Trim the black images along the head & body of the stamped line. Adhere to the white base.
-Cut the body from one of the sprayed & embossed bugs. Trim off along the stamped image. Use a black marker along the edge to accentuate the dimension. Add foam tape and adhere over the black.
-For the scarab and stag beetles, cut and trim a head image from the sprayed cardstock. Use black marker on the edge. Adhere.
-Trim and add more layers and foam tape as desired for dimension. Be sure to use that black marker along the edge.
-Label your bugs using small labels from Picture Frames & Mats.
-Cut and build the Shadow Box Frame.
What do you think? Would you do this? I plan to make a similar project using fun, bright, stenciled papers. Thanks so much for reading along.
Happy creating!
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- Supplies and links: US Europe
- Beetles & Bugs Stamp/Die Set CSD402 https://collabs.shop/nekevl https://collabs.shop/uenwvi
- Picture Frames & Mats 2236 https://collabs.shop/no46jy https://collabs.shop/nesuu0
- Shadow Box Frames 1958 https://collabs.shop/ggabny https://collabs.shop/nesuu0
- Fine Pointed Tweezer 817 https://collabs.shop/sn45ce. https://collabs.shop/gzxino
- Distress Mica, Spritz, and Stain Sprays
- Colored, black, and white cardstock
- foam tape
- Thick Black marker
a little birdie told me.... 
what a great idea!
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Thank you!
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