Card with dragonfly

Hello crafty friends, today I would like to show you my card that I made for my mum's name-day. Her name is Zsuzsanna (Susan, Susanne) and we celebrate her name-day on 19 February. 

And if you need a tutorial, here it is.

I took a rectangle panel and I painted blue with the Uncharted Mariner Distress paint.

When it was totally dry, I stamped the rose background stamp on it with an embossing ink. Then I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

I cut off the parts where was no embossing. 

I took another piece of paper and drew the outline of the rose panel on it. I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum along the lines. So this became the layer under the rose panel.

I cut out the dragonfly and coloured with the mixture of these paints: Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Salvaged Patina.

Then with an embossing pen I went through the dry embossed lines. I also put embossing ink on the legs. Then I heat embossed with Liquid Platinum. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo and Prize Ribbon Archival inks.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz die/textured fades, Layered Dragonfly (659579)

Stampers Anonymous, Vines and Roses (CMS298)

Ranger Distress Archival inks (Vintage Photo, Prize Ribbon)

Ranger Distress paint (Uncharted Mariner, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Salvaged Patina)

Ranger Distress embossing powder (Liquid Platinum)

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Mixed media journal cover with dragonfly

This is my second project for our August challenge, Texture. As for the first time, again, I have made a mixed media journal cover. The process - how I altered my IKEA notebook, how I wrinkled and glued the tissue paper onto the surface -was the same. So if you want to see that, please click here.

When the tissue paper was dry, I painted the cover with Schminke Indigo blue acrylic paint. 

Then, with a sponge, I smudged the surface with diluted Whispering Turquoise paint.

Then I spattered with DecoArt Americana Glorious Gold paint.

Then I glued the cutouts which were painted with gold paint.

I used the following Sizzix Thinlits die sets: Geo Insects, Script Friendship Words.

I hope you like it! And if you have a project with some interesting texture, please don't hesitate to join our August challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

Card with dragonfly

Here is my second project for our June challenge at the Country View Challenges: It's a bug's life. This time I chose a dragonfly as a focal point of my card.

I started my project of creating a blue background. For this, I took a 300gsm watercolour paper, painted blue with DecoArt Spa Blue paint, then with a toothbrush I adhered diluted white paint to the surface.

Then I stamped circles with white paint, using one of the stamps from the PaperArtsy EEG24 stamp set. When it was dry, I stencilled white dots using Tim Holtz Bubble stencil and Ranger Opaque Matte Texture Paste.

I also spattered the surface with diluted DecoArt Burnt Umber paint.

For my blue background, I made a frame. For this, I cut out a frame, using two rectangle dies of different sizes.

I embossed it with Tim Holtz Lumber embossing folder, painted brown, then I blotted with Frayed Burlap Distress crayon.

I'm sorry but when I made the dragonfly I forgot to take pictures and I forgot what I used exactly. But I'm sure that I used some blue and turquoise acrylic paint, then a tiny silver or pearl metallic paint, then some brown ink. In the end, I cut out another dragonfly from transparent plastic and when I embossed it, I attached it with tiny fasteners to the first dragonfly.

The text is from the Stampers Anonymous, Nature's Wonder set (CMS343).

If you have a project with a bug or more, please don't hesitate to join our June challenge where you can win a £20 voucher.

PaperArtsy ATC - affirmation card

The ATC is a quite small thing :-) But we know that "Small is Beautiful" (from E.F. Schumacher) and I really wanted to join the ATC challenge of the PaperArtsy so I used the dimensions of the ATC to make the best I can do. 

For having the exact size I cut out my ATC shape from chipboard with Tim Holtz ATC die.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, ATC&Corners by Tim Holtz (657184)

PaperArtsy stamp set, Eclectica by Emma Godfrey EEG24 (FLY)

PaperArtsy stamp set, Eclectica by Emma Godfrey EEG18 (DREAM)

sheet music

Copic Sketch markers (for the dragonfly)

DecoArt crackle paste

gesso

white, blue acrylic paint

Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink 

Ranger clear embossing powder

I use this ATC as an affirmation card, so I stamped another positive affirmation from the Fly set on the back with some butterflies.

I punched a hole in the left top corner so I can bind it with other affirmation cards using a cord or a binder ring. (I have seen this idea among the PaperArtsy inspirations by Stephenie Ackerman).

With my ATC I would like to also join the following challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Winter Blues

- That's Crafty: Feeling Blue

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PaperArtsy dragonflies by Emma Godfrey

I have made this tag as a second inspirational piece for our August challenge. The theme of this challenge: Blues and greens and my lovely teamie Corrie is the hostess.

I have chosen one of the stamp sets of PaperArtsy, Eclectica EEG24 by Emma Godfrey.

But first of all, I gessoed a chipboard tag. Then I adhered some pieces of sheet music with Distress Collage Medium (matte) and put a layer of white acrylic paint.

After I painted green with a DecoArt Americana paint (I think  Peackock Teal). And toned back with some white acrylic paint that I tapped with a sponge onto the surface.

After drying I stamped the circles and embossed with  Wow! Vanilla Sparkle embossing powder.

For stamping the text I used my Misti platform but if you have Tim's stamping platform that great too. I also heat embossed the text.

The dragonflies were heat embossed too, then I inked with Ranger Distress inks and put a tiny bit of  Perfect Pearls onto the wings.

I added some sequins and a ribbon and that's it!

I hope you like it! And don't forget to join our August challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

Decoupage box with dragonflies

Now - because I handed it to her new owner - I can show you my decoupage box with dragonflies.

For this box I used Caspari paper napkin. This brand is very good quality to decoupage.