Wispy Willow Designs: Unleashing Creativity with Butterfly Projects

Crafting Creativity - Artist Spotlight - Wispy Willow Designs

In this edition of Crafting Creativity I’ll be sharing the projects I created through the month with the butterfly file from Wispy Willow Designs. A great big thank you to Hannah from Wispy Willow Designs for providing the free file for the Silhouette Secrets+ May newsletter!

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Wispy Willow Designs is another one of my favorite designers that I’ve grown to collecting over the years. It was great to meet Hannah at the Silhouette Summit in September 2023 and put a face with the name in person.

Silhouette Summit Wispy Willow Designs and EllyMae at Silhouette Secrets+ — Silhouette Summit 2023 Demo Room with Wispy Willow Designs

Wispy Willow Design Butterfly File

This past month I worked with Butterfly design – Design #345188

My goal each month that there is a featured designer in the newsletter is to show how you can take 1 file and create several projects with it. I want to help you start thinking about different ways you can make your designs go farther!

Project #1 – Adhesive vinyl cut and layered

Flower Wreath Wood Sign designed with Silhouette

I created this flower wreath design in Silhouette Studio for a class I taught at Bella Con 2024. It sat for a couple weeks until I settled on a design for the center. The butterfly design is cut from black Oracal 651 and then orange glitter adhesive vinyl is layered on top.

Flower wreath wood sign created in Silhouette

It was perfect for the finishing touches on this wood sign creation!

And look how small and detailed those cuts are! I cut this using the Silhouette Cameo 5 and the Silhouette Autoblade. It took a few exact moments to weed the design to make sure all the pieces stayed in one place, but it was totally worth it!

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Project #2 – Card Embellishment with Holographic Cardstock

Silhouette Cardstock Butterfly with Holographic Cardstock

I’ve been wanting to use this holographic cardstock that I had purchased for awhile and this added that special sparkle to the card. I added some foam tape to the backside and popped it off the card.

The card base was one I had made previously for the Silhouette Cameo 5 & Curio 2 – Type C Pen Holder video where I showed sketching with the new pen holder. The sentiment was sketched and the card was just waiting for something more.

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Project #3 – Holographic Butterfly Stickers

Silhouette Print and Cut with Holographic Stickers

I used the pattern fill option in Silhouette Studio to add a different fill to each of the butterflies and make them all unique.

Glossy or holographic materials can sometimes be problematic for users to get an accurate print and cut on. Check out the video on the Silhouette Secrets+ YouTube channel where I shared the creation and tips too!

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Project #4 – Acrylic Etched with the Silhouette Curio 2

Acrylic Etching with the Silhouette Curio 2 and Power Engraver

Here is a look at the acrylic etchings that I tested. I had not intended to do more than 1, but then I messed up and didn’t decrease the spacing on the first one I did (middle), so I ended up going down the rabbit hole and etched 3 more with different etch fills and spacing.

And then I started playing around with some alcohol markers. The alcohol ink sort of spreads into the etching and can be fun to play with. Normally I do not fill my etchings in because I don’t have complete control and nothing is permanent when you color an etch in.

Acrylic Etching with the Curio 2 colored with Alcohol Makers

My favorite has to be the one on the far right, but I also like the look of the first one I etching with the larger fill pattern too. With each one I played with different techniques but they are all growing on me.

Acrylic Etching with the Curio 2 filled with color using alcohol markers

While I do not like the look of the Silhouette Power Engrave tool marks that show as a spiral on the single line outline (1st photo, top left), it does give a neat look once filled with the alcohol markers.

New video out on the Silhouette Secrets+ YouTube channel sharing a quick look at the process of etching these acrylics and testing the fills with the alcohol markers – check it out HERE.

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All of these projects were completed using just 1 file from Wispy Willow Designs! Find more amazing designs by Wispy Willow at:

Silhouette Design Store
Wispy Willow Design website
Design Bundles
Creative Fabrica
and MORE! – Etsy, Glowforge, Cricut, So Fontsy, Pro World, Hungry JPEG – click HERE for the full list

Follow along with Wispy Willow Designs on their website, Facebook, and Instagram too!

A great big thank you to Hannah at Wispy Willow Designs for contributing the free file for the Silhouette Secrets+ newsletter for the month of May! If you missed grabbing the free flower file in May, it is available in the Silhouette Design Store HERE.

This year I started offering a free file each month for Silhouette Secrets+ newsletter subscribers. I love designing in the Silhouette Studio software and have shared some of my creations as well as look forward to collaborating with more artists in the future too!

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I hope this has given you some ideas on how one file can lead to many different projects!

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Silhouette Projects with Wispy Willow Designs - Wood sign, Adhesive vinyl, Intricate cuts, Holographic Cardstock, Stickers with laminate overlay, Curio 2 Acrylic Etching

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