Enjoy every moment... dragonfly and flowers shaped card - 365 day challenge

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 Hi Craft addicts!     

Today's latest handmade card is one I made when playing with a non scored piece of card which measures 30cm.


  • I first of all scored the piece of card (30cm x 15cm) at the 10cm mark using my Adorable Scoreboard by Hunkydory and folded it to form a card shape and rounded the corners with the Prism Punch (again from Hunkydory).
  • I then used Gina K Obsidian Black ink to stamp out the Dragonfly Delight image directly on to the front of the card.
  • I then stamped it and the sentiment Enjoy Every Moment out on to some white card as I wanted to decoupage the dragonfly on to the plain image.
  • I coloured the dragonfly with some Prism Watercolour pencils and let it dry.
  • I also used the pencils to colour in just the leaves of the main image and also let that dry.
  • Once the dragonfly was dry I cut around it and stuck it on to the card using a tape pen on just the body so that the wings were free and then shaped them a bit.
  • I then cut around the sentiment giving it a wavy edge and stuck it to the middle of the inside of the card.
  • I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Dusty Concord) to add some colour to the inside of the card (only where it shows allowing you to have some place to write a message next to the sentiment).
  • Finally, I took some Aubergine Watercolour ink (from Sheena Douglass) and put a few drops on a glass sheet, added some water to it and spattered it on to the card with a paintbrush.

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