I also have a circle shaped one here and a scalloped frame one here.
I went through numerous butterfly body designs before settling on this one.
Here is an earlier one. I didn't like the antennae, and the head was too big. Good color combination, though.
How to make the Butterfly Accordion Flip Card
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Determine the number of panels you wish to use. Cut required panel pieces.
For 2 panels use: piece C.
For 3 panels: pieces A and B.
For 4 panels: pieces A and C.
For 5 panels: 2 of piece A and 1 of piece B.
For 6 panels: 2 of piece A and 1 of piece C.
For 7 panels: 3 of piece A and 1 of piece B.
For 8 panels: 3 of piece A and 1 of piece C.
etc.
Cut panel liners if desired.
Cut butterflies. If you wish to underlay your butterfly with a different paper, use butterfly liner pieces.
Note: I cut my blue textured card with the texture side face down, and did not mirror the pattern pieces (it's not necessary--they work either way), so depending which side of your card is your "good" side, everything may look horizontally mirrored as you assemble your card.
Crease pivots (fold lines at tops and bottom of butterflies on panels), butterfly tabs, and panel tabs.
Adhere butterflies to card. IMPORTANT!! the butterfly head and tail are only glued to the shaped, rotating half of the head and tail hinge NOT the stationary part of the hinge.
Adhere panel sets together with long side tabs. Adhere panel liners if you are using them.
Decorate the back of the card if you wish. I used butterfly liner pieces.
Fold the card so panel A butterflies come forward and panel A creases to the back. Zig-zag fold the remaining panels.
Adhere butterfly wing tips using tabs.
The picture below shows the tabs adhered to the back, although I had the butterflies flipped the wrong way when I took this picture--whoops.
Collapse card, maintaining the pivot on the butterflies. You should see the front of the butterfly when the card is closed.
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