Today’s JO-Tips video is how to colour the paper butterfly accents! You won’t believe how quickly you can take them from boring old white, to gorgeous tinted to match your creations!

I shared how to do this in a recent Facebook live card making class. (You can check out the edited video for this fracture card here.)

Everyone loves butterflies, don’t they?

And when you add them to your handmade cards, they’re sure to make your card recipient smile!

In fact, what yummy embellishments to add a touch of elegance to your cards!

How to Colour the Butterfly Accents

What are the Butterfly Accents?

If you haven’t seen these pretty embellishments in the 2024 Spring Mini Catalogue, you’ve been missing out!

You can find them on page 23 or by clicking right here.

How gorgeous are these?

In each package, for only $11 Canadian, you’ll get 40 butterflies, 8 of 5 different sizes so they’re not only economical, they’ll last you a little while.

And while they only come in white, this is where the magic happens!

You can add whatever colour you want to them!

Here’s a card created by the Concept Artists at Stampin’ Up! showing just a hint of colour on the edges of the white butterfly.

Talk about versatility!

Once you see how easy it is to colour them up, add them onto all your own designs, tailoring them to whatever theme and design you’re crafting with!

How to Colour the Butterfly Accents

A quick click on the triangle will show you really quickly how you can add colour to these wonderful accents!

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Now the thing about this particular tip? It will work for more than just the butterfly accents! Cut your own dies from Basic White cardstock and colour them exactly the same way now you know how to colour the paper butterfly accents!