Dragonflies

Good Morning everyone

Today is a set of cards using up offcuts of white pearl card i had after making  batch of Christmas cards.  I decided to cut them into small hexagons and dug out my much neglected embossing folders.

After die cutting and embossing lots of little hexagons I dug out lots of other little snippets to build up the 3 layers of the dragonfly, then found some papers to match.  I then die cut more pearl card into my shaped base card and layered on the paper and stamped the greeting. I lightly inked the embossing with black soot distress ink to help it stand out a little and added them to the batch with foam tape.

My dragonfly doesn't show up well in the photo but the base layer in black card, then pink/purple and the top layer is some of my green alcohol inked mirror card so it catches the light nicely. 

Gems to finish.

Version 2, my dragonfly is green base layer, then orange brusho card and then the green inked mirror card on top

and version 3.  This card is smaller and using smaller hexagon, i used a offcut of pink/purple backing paper and layered the hexagons on top, trimming any overhang.  My dragonfly has black glitter base layer, then green inked mirror card and the top layer is brusho ink card. Die cut sentiment and gems to finish.

Items Used:

Sue Wilson triple layer die - dragonfly

Stitched hexagon dies

Various embossing folders

Katzelkraft stamps - everyday quotes KTZ206

 

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a good day.  Hugs Emmaxxx

Id love to enter the first card in the following:

http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2021/10/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-415.html  - snippets used for all the hexagons and each dragonfly layer

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https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2021/10/22-males-go-feminin.html

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http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge-427-anything-goes.html

Blue Dragonfly

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are having a good week and keeping cool. 

When i saw the Sue Wilson triple layer dragonfly die it flew straight into my basket😀.  This is its first outing.  Id made the dragonfly up from little snippets of paper and card to make sure the dies cut ok and he was sat on the side for many weeks.  I then joined in a sketch challenge with friends and decided it was time he got a new home.

5x7" Ivory cardbase. I finally found some patterned papers that toned in with the blue/green of my dragonfly.  I layered the papers up onto navy cardstock. On all the panels i rounded all the corners except the top left one - just for interest.  I stamped the sentiment onto ivory paper and die cut into a circle.  I cut the fishtail banner from a piece of the inked card i used for the dragonfly.  Blue gems to finish.

A close up on the dragonfly, the bottom layer i cut from blue glitter card, the middle layer from navy blue pearl card and the top layer from some card i had previously inked with distress oxide inks in salty ocean, evergreen bough & lucky clover. 

Items Used:

Sue Wilson triple layer dragonfly die set

Simon says sentiment stamp

MFT fishtail banner die set

Spellbinders circle dies

WRMK corner chomper punch

Poundland paper pad - 

B&M glitter card

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks

Blue self adhesive gems

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week and have a great weekend.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-503-much-ado-about-nothing.html

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