I've been terribly down due to an illness & the current state of the world. Thinking crafting videos might lift my spirits & provide a distraction, I pulled up my "Favorite Creators" playlist. Well, I had forgotten how lovely it is to hear Nina's voice & watch her create! It was similar to reconnecting with a charming friend. An hour & several videos later, & my mood is *much* improved. I'm off to my crafting corner now. A million thanks to all you lovely creative souls who live in my phone! May we all stay safe, healthy, & hopeful. With gratitude, Rebecca in Alabama Apologies if this post is overly personal & mushy. I'm a southern belle...its kind of "our thing." 😉
Thank you so much for your kind words Rebecca. It’s been a very depressing year in so many ways hasn’t it and I’m sorry you’ve been unwell on top of it all. It’s good to hear that you’ve found some enjoyment from the crafting community. I think it’s keeping a lot of us going during these difficult times. Stay safe and Happy Crafting 💕
Oh my! How did I overlook this video until now??? I would never have dreamed that the wall stickers would turn out so beautifully with just a few enhancements. And the printables were absolutely gorgeous! And then it happened... I paused the video at the end before commenting, so I could click the link for the Graphics Fairy. Yes, I went down that rabbit hole! Almost 2 hours later, I am finally returning to leave a comment on this video. 😊 Nina, this was a very lovely project and I thank you for tips, expertise, enjoyment and the link to the GF website! Janet ❤🦋💕
Thank you so much Nina, I really really enjoyed watching you create these gorgeous and stunning butterflies 🦋 and I’ve watched it again, and enjoyed watching it again. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
There is something about watching fussy cutting is very calming. I have no idea why. When I was working a very high stress job, I used to cut out paperdolls, and found that to be very relaxing, also. Really like your videos, they are fun. You have excellent ideas.
I had been wanting to add a vintage moth to the birthday card that I am making and you sent me to the right place to find one that will be perfect for the card!!
I’m so pleased I finally dug them out as I had no idea they were this gorgeous. They don’t look very exciting in the bottles. I’ll be bringing them out again for certain 💕🦋
Your butterflies look stunning and expensive! What a difference your little additions have made to the originals. Will be hunting out the Docraft ones I have stashed somewhere in the room of craftyness :)
I love your butterflies. Lumiere paint has been my absolute favorite paint for over 15 years. I've got some colors in bigger pots, and even after 11 year of not using any of my art supplies they were still good, and you can guess which was one of the first things I bought when I felt doing creative stuff again: more colors of lumiere paint. Thanks for some new ideas to make more butterflies. Hugs from the Netherlands, keep safe and healthy.
Thanks so much Tonia, I can’t believe I had this beautiful paint hidden away for so long! When I first purchased it I thought I was buying the Piñata alcohol inks, which I now also own and are wonderful too. Will definitely be using these more ❤️
Lovely! Butterfly embellishments are one of my favorites; these turned out so pretty, I love them! I need to shop at home and see what I can do with images I already have, though I do love those butterfly pages from the Graphics Fairy! Thanks for sharing another inspiring video, take care!
These beautiful butterflies will be fun embellishments to play with. BTW, boys and bugs go together, don’t they. I have to admit, I probably threw a beetle or two at my sister, when I was a young one. Just returned home after a long haul. Once I recover, you’ll be hearing from me. Thanks, Nina.
Don’t they just! Alex found it hysterically funny seeing me freaking out. I’m shuddering at the thought of it! Glad you arrived home safely and have a wonderful week 💕
Oh so pretty. I have watched your earlier videos on butterflies. I love this one. Vintage looks have such a soothing feeling. They really do look so pretty. I have a feeling that I am going to make a lot of these. Thank you for the ideas and inspiration. Wish you good health and all the best.
These are absolutley gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing with us and giving a wonderful step by step video on how to make them. Have a blessed weekend and stay safe. 😊❤
Thank for this great idea for embellishments!! We're all savaging around looking for the right one for our projects!! I will use this idea for my albums. And I've subscribed. And I love your accent!! ❤ Cheerio!
How funny! I have just found some of the same butterflies in my stash (the Anita's ones). I was experimenting with the Tim Holtz collage medium to see if it would knock back some of the shine. It does work. ❤
These are gorgeous! I have only a handful of the butterflies I made from a video you did a while back and thought recently - - I need to make more. I don’t have a printer or I’d be printing out some butterflies from the graphic fairy for sure! TFS. I did. God bless and stay safe safe!!!!🧚♂️
I've just had a weird experience given what you said about the dead beetle and what you've been making. The video had just finished playing when I saw something at the periphary of my vision. It was a butterfly inside the window! Fortunately alive and fluttering. I was doing something with a 12 x 12 piece of paper so I was able to assist it outside. Anyway fantastic video. TFS.
Just a suggestion: when I have some paper embellishments that I will want more in the future, I take and copy a few sheets from my printer. That way I don’t need to buy more....👍🤗
Absolutely beautiful, Nina. I love them. Butterflies are so useful for all sorts of projects so thank you for a really interesting and informative video as ever!
Hi, Nina! I'm not much of a butterfly girl, but at about 6 minutes into the video you have all those vintage ones in a big pile on a white background. That would be a fabulous shadowbox. Thanks for another fun idea. Have a great week.
Nina, your butterflies came out beautifully. I love both types. I am wondering why you did not sandwich the antenna between the double butterflies, there must be a reason? I finally got to see my mother in assisted living and she did not know who I was for the first half of the visit and now does not remember me being there. But she does remember her daughter Debbie makes and brings here all kinds of pretty cards and art for her walls. So I will make her a swarm of butterflies. Thanks Nina, have a great week.
Good morning Debbie. I was initially intending to sandwich the antennae between the two layers, but the abdomen wouldn’t have laid completely flat and that would have bugged me, so I decided to glue them on the under side instead as you won’t see once they are glued to a project. It’s such a shame to hear about your mother, but I’m glad she remembers Debbie who makes pretty things. I think a swarm of butterflies is a wonderful idea 🦋🦋🦋💕
I bought a set of the Tim Holts butterflies and flowers that are rather thick card stock. I’m going to scan them and reprint them on regular paper. I want to try this technique after I reprint them. I’ll also try to find some online that aren’t quite so colorful as the Tim Holt ones are.
Thanks Christie, we can never have too many butterflies can we. I’m so glad to hear you made your own gelli plate. You will have loads of fun with that. Happy Creating 💕 x
Good morning nina, we all love butterflies. ..they are delicate, colourful, bring lightness, are symbolic and are almost always in place in lots of projects. Loved how you worked on them. They look so pretty. Almost as if they could fly away any minute..loved the vintage ones, going to look them up. Do you know the work of a youtuber called berber van gorp, a dutch girl, she incorperates butterflies in almost every thing she creates, I find her work so interesting. Dear nina, have a good week, stay safe and butterfly through the days...love lena xxx
Good morning Lena. I love using butterflies in my projects and it’s so nice to make your own. Glad you enjoyed watching the process. I have not heard of Berber Van Gorp, so will go and check her out. Have a wonderful week. Stay safe ❤️🦋💕 xxx
I've been terribly down due to an illness & the current state of the world. Thinking crafting videos might lift my spirits & provide a distraction, I pulled up my "Favorite Creators" playlist. Well, I had forgotten how lovely it is to hear Nina's voice & watch her create! It was similar to reconnecting with a charming friend. An hour & several videos later, & my mood is *much* improved. I'm off to my crafting corner now. A million thanks to all you lovely creative souls who live in my phone! May we all stay safe, healthy, & hopeful.
With gratitude,
Rebecca in Alabama
Apologies if this post is overly personal & mushy. I'm a southern belle...its kind of "our thing." 😉
Thank you so much for your kind words Rebecca. It’s been a very depressing year in so many ways hasn’t it and I’m sorry you’ve been unwell on top of it all. It’s good to hear that you’ve found some enjoyment from the crafting community. I think it’s keeping a lot of us going during these difficult times. Stay safe and Happy Crafting 💕
Oh my! How did I overlook this video until now??? I would never have dreamed that the wall stickers would turn out so beautifully with just a few enhancements. And the printables were absolutely gorgeous! And then it happened... I paused the video at the end before commenting, so I could click the link for the Graphics Fairy. Yes, I went down that rabbit hole! Almost 2 hours later, I am finally returning to leave a comment on this video. 😊 Nina, this was a very lovely project and I thank you for tips, expertise, enjoyment and the link to the GF website! Janet ❤🦋💕
thank you , your butter flies are beautiful!
Thanks Joanne, glad you like them 🦋
Thank you so much Nina, I really really enjoyed watching you create these gorgeous and stunning butterflies 🦋 and I’ve watched it again, and enjoyed watching it again. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Thanks for watching this again Mags and glad you enjoyed it second time around 💕 xxxxx
There is something about watching fussy cutting is very calming. I have no idea why. When I was working a very high stress job, I used to cut out paperdolls, and found that to be very relaxing, also. Really like your videos, they are fun. You have excellent ideas.
I think it’s therapeutic too 💕
Every time I see someone cutting paper I'M so happy we have opposable thumbs and manual dexterity :)
Yes, it certainly makes cutting a breeze 💕
I absolutely love these butterflies! You can never go wrong with butterflies. Such beautiful details... thank you so much for sharing!!! 🦋🦋🦋
Thanks Laura. Glad you like them 🦋🦋🦋
Oh these butterflies are just fabulous!! So glad your channel was recommended as I have been enjoying seeing all your creative creations!!
Thank you so much for the kind comments you’ve been leaving, they are very much appreciated. Glad you are enjoying the projects 💕
Wow! What a difference little ink splatters and antennas made...simply beautiful! Thanks Nina! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much Kathryn 🦋🦋💕
Hello Nina, I love the butterflies. Especially the purple ones. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Laura. I think I have butterflies on the brain at the moment. What have you started 😂💕
Beautiful butterfly embellishments! What a fun idea. Thanks for sharing this idea.💕
Thanks Sherry 🦋
These butterflies are so pretty and will be a great addition to your stash. I love the Graphics Fairy! I have used her images for 20 years or so.
Thanks Marsha, she has some wonderful images and so many of them are free. It’s a great resource 💕
Gorgeous! Why do we hoard our beautiful supplies?! Love the paint splatters.
Gorgeous, you can’t go wrong with butterflies. Thank you for sharing. Sue💜🦋
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I had been wanting to add a vintage moth to the birthday card that I am making and you sent me to the right place to find one that will be perfect for the card!!
That’s lovely to hear 🦋
What great ideas for adding dimension to your butterfly cut outs. They turned out beautifully. Thank you for sharing ❤️. Most appreciative.
Thank you so much 🦋🦋🦋
Love the Luminier Paints! I use them on canvases. They are beautiful. Your butterflies are gorgeous!
I’m so pleased I finally dug them out as I had no idea they were this gorgeous. They don’t look very exciting in the bottles. I’ll be bringing them out again for certain 💕🦋
Your butterflies look stunning and expensive! What a difference your little additions have made to the originals. Will be hunting out the Docraft ones I have stashed somewhere in the room of craftyness :)
I’m glad you’ve got some Jackie as I love how these turned out. Knew I bought them for a reason 😘
You can never have too many butterflies. I made some using your old video last week. Definitely going to have a go at these too. Thanks for sharing 💕
Thanks Steph. I really love the vintage images from the Graphics Fairy and might reduce the images and make some smaller ones too. Happy Creating 💕🦋
Absolutely gorgeous Nina. I love the sparkle of the gold splatters and the gold wire. Thank you for sharing.
Great ideas. Thank you. If you coffee stain the paper after you print it out, it will make the paper stronger.
Beautiful. My favourites are butterflies. Anything with butterflies. Thanks for sharing. X
I love your butterflies. Lumiere paint has been my absolute favorite paint for over 15 years. I've got some colors in bigger pots, and even after 11 year of not using any of my art supplies they were still good, and you can guess which was one of the first things I bought when I felt doing creative stuff again: more colors of lumiere paint. Thanks for some new ideas to make more butterflies. Hugs from the Netherlands, keep safe and healthy.
Thanks so much Tonia, I can’t believe I had this beautiful paint hidden away for so long! When I first purchased it I thought I was buying the Piñata alcohol inks, which I now also own and are wonderful too. Will definitely be using these more ❤️
so lovely!! Love seeing how you made the antenna. They look like ones you would buy for quite a pretty penny.
Thank you 💕🦋
Your butterflies are gorgeous ! It is amazing how when you print using different papers how the colors are so different! Love your butterflies!!!
Thank you. It gives you so many more options doesn’t it 🦋
Lovely! Butterfly embellishments are one of my favorites; these turned out so pretty, I love them! I need to shop at home and see what I can do with images I already have, though I do love those butterfly pages from the Graphics Fairy! Thanks for sharing another inspiring video, take care!
Exquisite beauties! I can’t wait to make them. I think I’ll use a butterfly stamp for my base.
Happy Creating 🦋🦋🦋
Pretty!
Perhaps add the antenna between the layered butterflies....
You can of course add the antennae between layers if you wish to, but I find it buckles and looks untidy.
This was fun to watch again to refresh my memory!
Thanks Susan. Happy Creating 💕
They look amazing Nina, so realistic xx
Gorgeous butterflies!
These are gorgeous 💞😊thank you !
These beautiful butterflies will be fun embellishments to play with. BTW, boys and bugs go together, don’t they. I have to admit, I probably threw a beetle or two at my sister, when I was a young one. Just returned home after a long haul. Once I recover, you’ll be hearing from me. Thanks, Nina.
Don’t they just! Alex found it hysterically funny seeing me freaking out. I’m shuddering at the thought of it! Glad you arrived home safely and have a wonderful week 💕
Oh so pretty. I have watched your earlier videos on butterflies.
I love this one. Vintage looks have such a soothing feeling. They really do look so pretty.
I have a feeling that I am going to make a lot of these.
Thank you for the ideas and inspiration.
Wish you good health and all the best.
Thanks so much Lorraine. I’m glad you like these vintage inspired butterflies and hope you will enjoy making some. Happy Creating 🦋💕
These are wonderful! Butterflies are my favorite!😻
Amazing 👏 love butterfly thank you so much Nina💐
You are so welcome 🦋
Thank you for sharing ground-level ideas. Many of us cannot or will not spend a lot on such things.
Thanks for your kind comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🦋
They look beautiful Nina, I have loads of fussy cut butterflies I might try this thanks for another wonderful video xxx💕
Thanks Susie. We can never have too many 💕🦋🦋🦋
Gorgeous!! I love butterflies!💜💜
Thanks Theresa. I hope you’ll make some 💕
I am going to try them for sure!😂🦋
Beautiful butterfly embellishments. 💖🦋
Thank you 💕🦋
These are lovely. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much Pat 🦋
These are absolutley gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing with us and giving a wonderful step by step video on how to make them. Have a blessed weekend and stay safe. 😊❤
Thanks so much Linda, glad you enjoyed it 🦋
Thank for this great idea for embellishments!! We're all savaging around looking for the right one for our projects!! I will use this idea for my albums. And I've subscribed. And I love your accent!! ❤ Cheerio!
So pretty! Love the splatters. And the antennae are brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Kim, glad you like them 🦋
What a wonderful way to have beautiful butterflies ready to use. TFS
They’re pretty aren’ they 🦋☺️
@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia Yes they are very pretty.
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
So beautiful, thank you for reigniting my passion to go through my old stash. ♥️♥️♥️
Very nice nice. It lovely to see the way you did these. 😀
Thanks Jane, they look so pretty as embellishments 💕
Absolutely fabulous ideas thank you for sharing xx
Thank you so much 🦋
Wow. What a difference. Great ideas. Tyfs
Thank you so much 💕
They just seem REAL!
Thank you 🦋
Gorgeous butterflies Nina .. love the splatter effect on them . ! Thank you . xx
Thanks Kay, glad you like them 💕🦋 xx
These are gorgeous! Thank you for showing us how it’s done!
How funny! I have just found some of the same butterflies in my stash (the Anita's ones). I was experimenting with the Tim Holtz collage medium to see if it would knock back some of the shine. It does work. ❤
These are lovely.
All the butterflies 🦋 so pretty 💫💕
Thank you 🥰🦋💕
Beautiful!thank you blessings!🤗😍🤩🥰🙋♀️🙏👏👏👏
These are gorgeous! I have only a handful of the butterflies I made from a video you did a while back and thought recently - - I need to make more. I don’t have a printer or I’d be printing out some butterflies from the graphic fairy for sure! TFS. I did. God bless and stay safe safe!!!!🧚♂️
I used stamps for my last batch and they would look lovely coloured in autumnal colours, have a wonderful week and thanks as always for sharing 💕🦋🦋🦋
So pretty!
These butterflies 🦋 are gorgeous! Tfs, Laura x
Thanks Laura 🦋 x
These are absolutely gorgeous Nina, really pretty ,,,,xxxx 👏😊💕
Thanks so much Annie 💕❤️🦋 xxxx
I've just had a weird experience given what you said about the dead beetle and what you've been making. The video had just finished playing when I saw something at the periphary of my vision. It was a butterfly inside the window! Fortunately alive and fluttering. I was doing something with a 12 x 12 piece of paper so I was able to assist it outside.
Anyway fantastic video. TFS.
Wow! Butterflies are a symbol of change, hope & endurance so that’s wonderful and certainly not as horrifying as an enormous dead beetle 😳💕🦋🦋🦋
Another winner Nina! These are just gorgeous! Love how 3-d they look.
It’s a shame the shimmer doesn’t show up so well on camera. They really are gorgeous 🦋🦋🦋
Just a suggestion: when I have some paper embellishments that I will want more in the future, I take and copy a few sheets from my printer. That way I don’t need to buy more....👍🤗
Hi Nina, those butterflies are real beauties.
Thanks so much Carina 💕
Absolutely beautiful, Nina. I love them. Butterflies are so useful for all sorts of projects so thank you for a really interesting and informative video as ever!
Thanks Edna. We can never have too many can we 🦋
When I first started watching you Nina you made some butterflies which I loved. I think they were made with alcohol inks. These are gorgeous.
I think it was with Pebeo Prisme paints. Good memory as I forgot about those 💕
Absolutely gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing. 💜💜
Just beautiful ❤️
Hi, Nina! I'm not much of a butterfly girl, but at about 6 minutes into the video you have all those vintage ones in a big pile on a white background. That would be a fabulous shadowbox. Thanks for another fun idea. Have a great week.
There are so many different ways to use them and they would look fabulous in a shadow box. I hope you have a great week too 🦋
Beautiful, also like wire antenna idea
Thanks Devann 💕
They all came out so beautiful! Tyfs!
Fabulous idea. I love how they turned out. Thank you
Thanks Corinne 🦋
Oh simply lovely
I love Monarchs! 🦋
Beautiful!
Nina, your butterflies came out beautifully. I love both types. I am wondering why you did not sandwich the antenna between the double butterflies, there must be a reason? I finally got to see my mother in assisted living and she did not know who I was for the first half of the visit and now does not remember me being there. But she does remember her daughter Debbie makes and brings here all kinds of pretty cards and art for her walls. So I will make her a swarm of butterflies. Thanks Nina, have a great week.
Good morning Debbie. I was initially intending to sandwich the antennae between the two layers, but the abdomen wouldn’t have laid completely flat and that would have bugged me, so I decided to glue them on the under side instead as you won’t see once they are glued to a project. It’s such a shame to hear about your mother, but I’m glad she remembers Debbie who makes pretty things. I think a swarm of butterflies is a wonderful idea 🦋🦋🦋💕
@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia See I knew there was a reason. That makes sense too, now I won't make that mistake while making my swarm. Thanks Nina.
they look lovely- great inspiration! Thanks;)
Thanks so much Katharina 🦋
Very Beautiful Butterflys 💜
Thank you 🦋
Really beautiful!
Thanks so much Becky 🦋
Gorgeous!
Thanks Jennifer 🦋
Such a Lovely Butterflies!!!
Thanks Yvonne. We can never have too many butterflies 🦋🦋🦋
Love these butterflies.
Thanks Mary 🦋
I love the gold splatter and gold wire antennas! I could create a bunch of these all at once! Children! Chasing you with a beetle. So silly.
These are perfect for creating in batches to have on hand for future projects. Happy Creating ❤️🦋
Stunning.
Thank you. These are such a useful embellishment to have in your stash 🦋
Oooh these are lovely! Thanks Nina! Xx
Thanks so much Cheryl 🦋 xx
I bought a set of the Tim Holts butterflies and flowers that are rather thick card stock. I’m going to scan them and reprint them on regular paper. I want to try this technique after I reprint them. I’ll also try to find some online that aren’t quite so colorful as the Tim Holt ones are.
Oooh!… lots of pretties 😁.Love them all.X
Thanks Lynda, I got a bit carried away I think 🤣🦋💕 x
This is wonderful! Thank you so much for the tips!
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Gorgeous 💗 Thanks Nina!
Thanks Charmaine, glad you like them 🦋🦋🦋
Gorgeous. Thank you for the great inspiration.
Hi Nina Butterflies are my favourite, my daughter's name Vanessa is Greek for butterfly. I made a gelli plate it came out great. Have a lovely week.
Thanks Christie, we can never have too many butterflies can we. I’m so glad to hear you made your own gelli plate. You will have loads of fun with that. Happy Creating 💕 x
You had me at butterflies 😊💙
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Wow gorgeous!! 🦋🦋🦋
Thanks Martha 🦋
Good morning nina, we all love butterflies. ..they are delicate, colourful, bring lightness, are symbolic and are almost always in place in lots of projects. Loved how you worked on them. They look so pretty. Almost as if they could fly away any minute..loved the vintage ones, going to look them up. Do you know the work of a youtuber called berber van gorp, a dutch girl, she incorperates butterflies in almost every thing she creates, I find her work so interesting. Dear nina, have a good week, stay safe and butterfly through the days...love lena xxx
Good morning Lena. I love using butterflies in my projects and it’s so nice to make your own. Glad you enjoyed watching the process. I have not heard of Berber Van Gorp, so will go and check her out. Have a wonderful week. Stay safe ❤️🦋💕 xxx
Wow, I love these! Definitely going to have a go. Tfs😚
Thank you and a happy Creating 🦋
Very nice!!!❤
Oh they are so lovely, I love the purpley die cut ones doubled up... 💜💜 They all look nice and shimmery, fabulous 😁😁❤️🦋🦋
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Gorgeous
Thank you so much 💕
Beautiful butterflies you know I’ll be making some lol
Well, we can never have too many butterflies. Happy Creating 🦋🦋🦋