The Accidental Dragonfly

As promised I am back to share what I made with Tim Holtz’ Layered Dragonfly die and embossing folder set. Remember from yesterday I was in need of cards. Way behind am I in sending out birthday cards.

 

A while ago I made some spray inks with distress re-inkers and just test sprayed them on a sheet of paper. This caught my eye so I used it as my background designer paper. My own paper!!! how cool is that.

The verse is me trying to embrace my own handwriting (that “d” in penmanship still haunts me). The stripe of numbers is also an accident it was left over from a journal page..I slapped that on too. And my final layer is the dragonfly cut from the packaging it came in. It was a bit to clear for my taste and that lead to the last happy accident a whole journal page.

 

I want to add some Prima Color Bloom spray in Storm Cloud to the plastic dragonfly die cut. And being the 10/dollar girl that I am; I did not want to waste the overspray. I laid it onto a gessoed page in my journal and sprayed away! And this is what happened The sprayed looked heart shaped so I enhanced it with a charcoal pencil and blending stump.

BONUS journal page for today done! Oh by the way I love the Prima Color Bloom sprays!

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IN HIS HANDS,

QP

Losses

A couple of Friends suffered the loss of a parent. Another friend has decided not to attend our crafting nights anymore. It just seems to be a season of loss. So I made some cards for my friends.

First up the sympathy cards. I was playing with a technique I learned while visiting home from Rena (Hi Rena)! The stamps, ink and paper are all from Paper Trey Ink.



The paper on this one is kraft from Paper Trey Ink and colored with Prismacolors.
The ink was Archival. Stamps by Hero Arts except for the sentiment it is from
Cornish Heritage Farms. Someone so wonderful… can never be forgotten is what the full stamp says. I stamped a portion on the front and the rest inside. Added a few pearls to finish it off.



These three cards were inspired by a die set I bought from Paper Trey Ink.
there are 3 dies in the set as seen below. The stamps are from their Counting Your Blessings stamp set. I had this floral ribbon that covers the seam between where the embossing folder ends. I think it is a hello kitty set from Sizzix.






Even though this seems to be a season of loss; I am blessed and grateful, thankful for what I have.
In The Hand of the Creator,

The Ladies

I am hosting a just ended swap over on Scraps of Color. You were to create 4 dress forms using Tim Holtz’ large Dress form from the sewing room die. I created one for each participant. And here are my ladies.

1 and 2

3 and 4

#5  I applied all those tiny flowers cut from a Memory Box die:

#6

#7 I think this on is my favorite:

I hand crafted the flowers from punches and die cuts

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

 

I’ll show you all the entries I received after everyone has received them. This was so much fun. I will probably host another! Do you have a favorite leave me a comment and tell which one you like best.

 

In the Hand of Creator,

Stamp The Nite Away Invites

 

I'm having the Sistahs crew in following Stampaway next Saturday to Stamp The Nite Away and this is the invite I sent. The outside says A girl can never have too many (used to say shoes but I only inked a portion of the stamp). The inside had a check list; Stamps, Purses, Shoes, Friends. I checked them all and then gave the invite info. I mailed these last week. I told you I was hyped for Convention. The purse die is a cute one by Sizzix and the flourishes are on one die by QuikCuts. I cut the purse out of some quilting fat quarters I had and some black glossy. I cut the handle off the fabric diecut and glued it to the full black glossy paper diecut to give it body. I added some gold paint on the clasp.

 

QP

Something I did

I got one of the dies from the new Sizzix Movers and Shapers set. I did not spend the $30plus on the whole system but just bought one of the interchangeable dies. I made it work in my Cuttlebug and have ordered some more. The big background stamp is by Hero Arts. Below I turned the die cut into a frame. I cut the card into the shape of a house and sent it to a friend who just moved.

 

QP