Sending Lots of love... dragonfly on wood effect background A6 card

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Sending Lots of love... dragonfly on wood effect background 
A6 card

 Hi Craft addicts!

 Today's handmade card is one I made using a background coloured using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, a Paper Boutique Dragonfly die and some backing papers from Hunkydory..


How I made this card:-

  • I had painted a background using Kuretake's Gansai Tambi Pearl Colours paints along with some Creative Expressions Iridescent Shimmering Watercolour (Perfect Pearls) paints.
  • Once it was dry, I cut out the Dragonfly wings and body (from The Paper Boutique's Dragonflies and a Bee set) and then the body out from some black self adhesive paper and attached the latter to the former (if that makes sense).
  • I had also coloured a background out on some white Yupo paper using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons and I cut out a circle from it using a Tattered Lace Die.
  • I then used the Wood Grain effect stamp from the For The Love of Stamps range by Hunkydory to stamp over it (using Gina K Black Amalgam ink) and stuck the dragongfly to it, leaving the wings unglued.
  • Using a strip of brown paper (from Hunkydory's 8" paper Colour Families pad) I stuck it to the centre of the card and trimmed it on either side to fit.
  • I then stuck the main topper in the middle of that using a PVA glue (i must admit I alternate between Cosmic Shimmer and Pinflair's Glue-it Glue).
  • I stamped the Sending Lots of Love sentiment on the top left and bottom right hand corners again using Gina K's Black Amalgam ink.
  • Finally, I used some alcohol markers to colour in 6 self adhesive gems (bright blue and yellow) and added three each to the top right hand and bottom left hand corners.
Products used for these projects:-
  • A6 white card with white envelope (from Paper Boutique or Hunkydory)
  • Dragonflies and a Bee die set from the Paper Boutique range (from Creative Crafting World)
  • Stitched Circle die (approx 2.5") - Tattered Lace and many other companies produce these
  • Sending Lots of Love sentiment stamps
  • Woodgrain effect stamp from For The Love of Stamps by Hunkydory
  • White card
  • Brown paper from Browns Family 8" paper pad from Hunkydory
  • Black self adhesive paper from Creativ International
  • Tim Holtz Distress Crayons
  • Creative Expressions Iridescent Shimmering Watercolour paints (Perfect pastels)
  • Gansai Tambi (Kuretake) Pearl Colours
  • Blue and yellow alcohol markers
  • Self adhesive gems
  • Black Gina K Amalgam ink pad
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Foam pads
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