One of my partners for the brooch swap said she liked moths. I had the idea to attempt to make a moth using crepe paper. I researched different moth types and finally chose the cinnabar moth for its striking colors and pattern.
The entire project was an experiment. I don’t have process photos but I will describe what I did.
First I cut the wing shapes from the crepe paper. I can’t remember for sure whether I dampened them with just plain water or with diluted PVA. I put the pieces on a bit of parchment paper and microwaved for a few seconds to dry them out. I had intended to remove the crepe paper from the parchment after microwaving, but I decided to keep them together to give the brooch a little more structure and durability.
Then I glued the wings together and began coloring them. I used some new pens that I thought were waterproof for the red. I found out later that they weren’t 
. And I used a waterproof black pen. I tried many markers and pens on scrap crepe paper until I found the ones that gave me the colors I wanted.
Then I made the head and body piece from a bit of regular copy paper colored with the same black pen used for the wings.
Most of the parts required several coats of ink.
I made the antennae from the same copy paper, colored black with the pen, cut out and glued to the head. I tried using quilling paper but it wasn’t sturdy enough.
I sealed it with clear acrylic varnish. This is when I discovered which ink was and which was not waterproof . It worked to my advantage, though, because the red evened out a bit.
I did various touch-ups and more varnish.
I glued some gold vellum to the back and then added the pin.
Here’s the photo of the moth I used as the model:
