Butterfly Specimen case

I was browsing on some blogs when I came upon this post on homemade by jill on paper punch art with butterflies.  I loved it and just had to make it.  So I went to the local MCC thrift shop and found a really cheap picture frame that had glass in it for $6.00.  It was not pretty so I needed to spruce it up so I sanded it down a bit and spray painted it.

Front of Frame

Back of frame (Weird)

Taken apart ready to paint

When the frame was all painted I was ready to put the glass back inside.  However, I broke the glass that came with the frame which was so frustrating.  So I had to go back to the store and buy another frame with glass, another $8.00, which was cheaper then buying just the glass at a craft store.

The spray paint I used and the glazier points used to keep the glass in place

 After I had the glass in place I needed to start on the picture.  I bought the Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch and started punching out butterflies from old magazines.  I tried to find different patterns to punch out so each butterfly would be different.  In total I had to punch out 378 butterflies!  It was now time to lay them out.  I bought a sheet of mat paper and used that as the background.  To give the butterflies some depth I used foam circles to give them some height.  I used the samster Mommy blog for instructions on how to lay out the butterflies.

When all the butterflies were attached I was ready to attach the picture to the frame.  I just used masking tape and some thumb tacks.  Then I re- attached the hanger and it was ready to hang!

Back of picture

I absolutely love the final picture.  It turned out just like I wanted it to!!!!

The final picture