Freedom Dragonfly

 

Freedom Dragonfly 

By DT Ann 

I decided to recreate a card posted a couple of weeks ago as I’ve been asked how I made it. Using these background stamps as a main image is something I love to do. 

Bev also did a version of this card on Try It Out Tuesday, here’s the link: https://fb.watch/ixbqqBwg5R/

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Stamps : Birds & Butterflies XL / Art Backgrounds 2 / Ticker Tape 4

Dies: Birds & Butterflies XL

Ecoline Brush Pens 311 & 522

Versafine Clair Nocturne 

Distress Oxide Inks: Barn Door & Broken China

Black Micron Pen

White Gelly Roll Pen 

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Cut a piece of watercolour card 11.5cm x 16.5cm. 

With an Ecoline pen, scribble a couple of lines across a piece of acetate (use a clear one that comes with a set of stamps). Spritz with a fine mist of water & place ‘landscape’ across the watercolour card… 

Lift the acetate & there should be a few small spots of colour left on it, add these to the edges.

Dry the ink, the repeat the process with a contrasting colour, I chose blue & orange this time. 

There’s a sample at the end with pink & yellow… 

Whilst your background dries, cut three circles out of card 8cm, 4cm (approx) & 1cm…

Colour the circles with Distress Oxide Inks, I chose Barn Door & Broken China as they coordinated with the Ecoline colours. The two larger circles blended in the same colour & the smaller in the opposing colour… 

Using Versafine Clair Nocturne stamp the bottom left ‘scribble’ stamp, from the Backgrounds 2 set, across (landscape) the card… 

Place a circle over to one side of the inked background, line up the stamp with the previous stamped image & stamp. Don’t worry if it doesn’t quite match you can fill in with a black Micron pen after. 

Repeat on the other side & with the small circle… 

Glue the circles down & cut off any overhang. Draw around the circle edge, this creates definition & depth… 

Stamp the large dragonfly in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink onto a separate piece of card & die cut… 

Colour the body of the dragonfly with an Ecoline … 

Chose a sentiment (mine was from Ticker Tape set 4) stamp & cut out… 

You can add a few dots with a black Micron pen & a white Gelly Roll pen… 

Glue all the elements onto your background,  mat & layer on to black card & a 5”x7” card blank… 

Here’s the card in a different colour way… 

Thank you for stopping by… Ann xxx