Butterflies and cake

John Keats knew exactly what to say about summertime love, which is our theme this month at Art Journal Journey. 

I cut the butterflies from a punch and created a valley fold at their bodies.  I was able to glue just a portion of the body to the page so it appeared they were flying around, enjoying their three glorious summer days.

I used various colorful scrapbook papers to create the butterflies.

For this page, I started with a used file folder that I spritzed with handmade shimmering mists.  I printed and matted the quote, then added it to the spread. Next, I added the butterflies that weren't really as random as I had hoped.

Bleubeard and I are delighted you took time to visit today, as we created this page where butterflies were free and enjoyed their three days of summertime love and bliss.  As I'm sure you know by now, we're hosting Art Journal Journey this month. 




As an aside, I've been designing the cover of my 3-ring binder I'll be keeping all these pages in I've made this month.  I had one 3-D piece from a package of embellishments that didn't fit in anywhere.  Not the right size, style, color, etc.  I'm sure you've had a few leftovers, too at times.

That's when I saw it as a cake topper.   Now you will have to agree, I can't draw anything, and I am even worse at decorating cakes.  Further, I don't make very good or even interesting tags.

However, to honor Wilma's cake theme at Tag Tuesday, I decided to put this "cake topper" to good use.  Laugh and laugh if you're amused.  I know I did after I photographed it.  But, please help yourself to a piece of Island Cake.

Please also join Bleubeard and me for Wilma's cake at Tag Tuesday.  And thanks for dropping by my blog today, too.