Hi everyone, I was delighted when my bloggy friend Ellie picked my May calendar page as a top pick for her Ellibelle’s Garden Party challenge, and asked me to be a guest designer this month. Of course I said yes!
The challenge is always
*** Anything In or From a Garden ***
Plenty of choices there, so there’s really no excuse not to join in! Please do visit Ellie’s blog to see more fabulous inspiration, and to link up your entries here.
Here’s my card for the challenge. I decided to go with a dragonfly, and my choice of this particular image was heavily influenced by the fact that I thought it went well with my new grungy frame dies, which I was absolutely desperate to play with!
I cut the grungy frame (AALL & Create Film Drip) - outer frame from black cardstock and inner panel from white stamping card. I then created a smooshed background on the white panel using Distress Oxide inks. I stamped and heat embossed the focal image, then stamped and heat embossed again onto a separate snippet of card. I coloured the dragonfly wings with metallic watercolour paints to give an iridescent sheen then fussy cut out. I added some faint deep blue stencilling around the edges of the image, then attached the painted dragonfly on top of the original image. I added a Tim Holtz sticker sentiment then attached the finished panel to the black frame and a 6” x 4” card blank (one of the few I had as I don’t normally make cards this size!) I finished off with some faux white spatters.
The background actually has a bit more colour than the photos suggest, but it is very dark here today so not the best for photography. Here’s an angled picture to show the iridescent sheen on the dragonfly wings.
I used several card snippets on this project, and unusually for me I even remembered to take a photo of them!
Stamps: Visible Image Dragonfly Dreams;
Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Twilight); Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paints (Jade Mint, Sapphire Sparkle); Luminarte watercolour paints (Bolivian Blue); Posca pen (white);
Tools: AALL & Create Film Drip dies; Visible Image stencil - Off the Grid;
Other: Tim Holtz Ideaology ‘Small Talk’ word stickers.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Colourful Options (June) - Tiffany Blue
(Aqua, teal, turquoise, blue/green)
Creative Artiste #127 - Anything Mixed Media Goes
Die Cut Divas (June) - Anything Goes with a Die Cut
{PIN}spirational # 338 - Blue and Green
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Add a Sentiment
Snippets Playground #534 - Use Snippets
Word Art Wednesday #756/757 - Anything Goes
The Garden Party will end on Monday July 6th, 11:59pm US Central Time …. We look forward to seeing your entries!
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
20 comments:
This is fabulous and looks really good with the grungy die cut frame - great colours too. Congratulations on the Guest Designer spot.
Pauline, I absolutely love the look of this card! The dragonfly really stands out, even though there are so many different elements in the background. Great job all around! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We appreciate your participation!
Absolutely stunning Pauline, you chose the most perfect colors for the dragonfly and background, and I do believe the grungy border die was the perfect die to use it with. Really loving how this turned out! So glad to have you as a special party guest this time at my Garden Party!
Wow! Love all the grunge and great dragonfly image-thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!
Congrats on your GDT spot-love the fabulous Dragonfly, grungy die-cut frame and great background.
Carol x
Congratulations on your GD spot, Pauline. What a fabulous creation! Great design and the colours are beautiful.
Liz xx
I bet that dragonfly looks even better in real life with all that shimmer. The background is stunning too. I am sorry that I haven't visited in a while. I ahve been trying hard to get myself straight. Thanks for your visit and lovely comment earlier xx
Loving the grungy frame for your beautiful inked background and dragonfly. Fabulous.
Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you in the treehouse later. xxx
Loving this very much - especially the dragonfly with its shimmering wings. Great take on the colour inspiration picture.
Well done on your guest DT spot too.
Love and hugs
Jules xoxo
This is so gorgeous. I love the bluey greens. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Love Dawn x
Absolutely fabulous Pauline! Love the grungy frame, colours - and the dragonfly is stunning.
Hugs
Di xx
Oh wow!! This is so pretty!!! Thanks so much for participating in our PINSPIRATIONAL challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
A great design with your new grunge frame which really suits the inky background, the dragonfly looks stunning and I can imagine its sparkle.
Thanks for sharing at Try it on Tuesday. Avril xx
Awesome take for our Things that Fly challenge at TIOT Pauline. A great make! Thanks for sharing with us
This is so beautiful Pauline! I do love seeing Dragonflies! Thanks so much for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, hugs, Chrisx
Lovely card Pauline - I do like that die cut background. Your colours are so vibrant and even I who don't like insects like that dragonfly. Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Artiste Mixed Media
Wonderful dragonfly make
This is FABulous, Pauline. The textures, the colors, the images, and just really everything about it. LOVE this. Thank you enough for sharing your art in our challenges at Word Art Wednesday. I appreciate it and hope that you enjoy your creative time as much as I enjoy the outcome. SO super cool.
Gorgeous card. WOW. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for a Anything goes theme using die cuts or dry embossing.
Well done on that GD spot Pauline, this is a marvellous work of art. The layered Dragonfly is frame so beautifully with the drip film die cut, a very pretty creation.. Thanks for sharing @ Creative Artiste best wishes in the June challenge. Tracey (DT)
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