Tri-fold Stencil Edge Butterfly Card

This was from homework that was assigned on the Make-the-Cut forum a while back and I am just getting around to doing it!  I know, I am slow!  However, the assignment was to make a stencil edge card.  I put a little bit of a different twist on it and made a tri-fold card also.  Since it is near the Fourth of July, I decided to make it red, white and blue.  What butterflies have to do with the Fourth of July, I do not know!  I just thought it was a neat idea!  LOL!

I found the butterfly stencils by doing a Google search for......you got it, butterfly stencils!  :)  I chose three that I liked, brought them into MTC and traced them.  Then I followed a wonderful tutorial by Julie from the MTC Forum and found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MTC_Tuts/files/03_Intermediate_Lessons/.  You have to be a member to view this tutorial, but it is free to join.  She is an amazing lady that teaches us so many wonderful things!  Next, I made my file with the MTC program and cut it all out with the help of Shadow, my Black Cat Lynx.  What I would do without her I do not know!  She makes my crafting life SO MUCH easier and I just have so much fun!

It was a lot of fun learning how to do the stencil cards and I think I will be making many more of these as they can be funny or they can be stunning!  They can be used for any occasion and will be a hit no matter what you put on them!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!