Happy birthday dragonfly with flower white DL card - Day 82 of my 366 day challenge

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Happy birthday dragonfly with flower white DL card - 
Day 82 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

I am carrying on the "monochrome" theme and have just made this birthday DL card which has turned out better than I thought it would!

Happy birthday dragonfly with flower white DL card
I first of all chose the topper which is a really pretty dragonfly and lotus flower design from Hunkydory and thought that it would fit inside a white DL window aperture card.

I wanted it to have some texture so embossed the front of the card using a scoring board at 1/2" intervals. To make sure the topper was in the right place I closed the card and stuck it to the inside flap through the aperture.

I used Collall All purpose glue as it allows you some time to correct any mistakes!

Once I was happy with where it was, I then glued the panel to the front so that it now just looked like a normal DL card. I had previously cut out the "Waterfall frame" in white and thought it would look like a window so glued it to an piece of card which had the same size aperture as the card, I coloured some parts of it in co-ordinating colours and attached it to the front of the card using Stix2 thin foam pad strips.

I felt that it needed something else, so used the "Happy Birthday" topper (in white with silver foil) and edged it with pink alcohol marker.

Happy birthday dragonfly with flower white DL card insert
For the insert, I used one from Hunkydory and cut it to fit and glued it so that the "join" was hidden.

I am really pleased how this card turned out and you can buy this card on my website here

AND don't forget - f you order something before June 1st, you will receive a 10% discount on orders over £25.00 - visit  www.thehandmadecraftsshop.co.uk  


Products and items you may need to make these projects

  • Tall DL white Window aperture blank card (300gsm) by DoCraft Papermania
  • Dragonfly and lotus flower topper from Hunkydory
  • Waterfall frame die from Ultimate Crafts
  • Distress Inks from Tim Holtz
  • White cardstock
  • Pink, Green and purple Spectrum Noir alcohol markers
  • Happy birthday white and silver foil topper from Craftwork Cards
  • Stix2 strip foam pads
  • Collall All purpose glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue

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