Figuring It Out

There's really not a difficult thing unless you decide it's a difficult thing. Otherwise it's just the next thing you're figuring out. Flying Edna

Using an idea I've seen here and there I forged into this accordion project for a birthday card without searching for basic directions. Next time I'll do things a little differently because I like the concept. It's just another thing to figure out.

I cut out a butterfly from a book I found at a thrift store...and used some of my greeting card strips for the cover.

I cut out another butterfly and traced it on two different kinds of paper and glued them onto an accordion folded piece of heavy paper. The last butterfly is a colorful landscape scene. 

My accordion folds are WAY too big. Smaller and shorter folds would have allowed for more folds...and more butterflies making it much more impactful. 

It's impossible to cut around the antenna....so I came up with an idea of how to add them back in after. I dissolved a few small scraps of water soluble fabric to create a slurry and soaked some black thread. 

It was stiff when it dried so worked well for the antenna. 

 

(I don't like that I can see the fold above the butterflies...smaller folds next time!)