Dragonfly Dreams-Fab Friday

   What fun I have had this week.  I checked out a number of Challenge blogs and decided to go along with the Fab Friday challenge.







I liked the color combinations and thought they would work well with my Dragonfly Dreams week. Here are the steps I took to make this card.




1. I made my 3 layers coordinate with the 3 colors of the challenge.

2. I embossed the Sugarplum layer with the new Falling Petals embossing folder.

3. I scribbled Soft Sky and Sweet Sugarplum markers onto the back of an acrylic block, spritzed the block with water, then stamped it on some water color paper.

4. Next, I took an Aqua Painter and used some Sugarplum ink, tapped the painter on my finger and made some dots of color on the water color paper.

4. Finally, I cut out the dragonfly out of Very Vanilla and Soft Sky cardstock, applied it to the card, then glitzed it up with Clear Wink of Stella.

5. The saying is from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set.

This might be my favorite card from this Dragonfly Dreams week.  Come back next week for Scrapbook Layout week.    

Dragonfly Dreams-Template Thursday

  Today I will be using on each card sample

    Inside the Lines designer paper
    Dragonfly Dreams bundle

This first card also uses
    Tags and Labels framelits 
    The saying from the stamp set called Bunch of Blossoms

Even though this designer paper can be colored in, it also looks great uncolored as the background for a bold thinlit, like the dragonfly.

For this card I added
 Stitched Shapes framelits 
 Layered Circles framelits 
 The saying is from the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.

I love how the stitched shapes framelits and the layered circles framelits work so well together.

For this card I added

New watercolor pencils from the Occasions catalog

Aqua Painter

Vellum

Black embossing powder 

Saying from Watercolor Words

For the final card I colored in parts of the designer paper using our new colored pencils.  You do not have to color a solid image when you use them.  Just color and then use an Aqua Painter to blend the coloring marks.

After I finished my coloring I cut the paper into thirds and attached it to the card base.

Since my dragonfly was so big and bold, I needed a simple bold saying to complete the card.  Watercolor Words fit the bill.

Don't forget you too can have this great designer paper by spending $50 on any items you wish.  Then the designer paper is yours for free.  Can't make it to one of my classes.  Feel free to order online any time.  Just go to www.sushi.stampinup.net to my website.  There is a direct link to my store at the top of this page.

Come back tomorrow to see anothe Fab Friday card.

OnStage 2016 swap

 Did you go WOW when you saw this card like I did?  The stamper that created this card for the shoe box swap was not feeling well, so I did not get to meet her, but wow she created an awesome card.

1. She used Watercolor paper, and probably an aqua painter and painted the leaves.  These were precut for us when we were going to make the card.

2. Once again the Cable Knit embossing folder was used.  She also spritzed all over the white embossed paper with Garden Green ink.  It has a awesome splotchy look.

3. The saying just pulls this entire card together.  I loved looking at it and making it.

  Come back tomorrow to see a card made by one of my roommates who has just joined Stampin'Up! a few months ago.  

Aqua Painter shading

     What was the first stamp set that caught your eye when you opened the new catalog?  Well, the Wetlands stamp set was one of the ones I was immediately drawn to.  We made this card at the Jubilant Butterflies meeting last week.  There are a few things that were surprises to me when I made the card.

1.  We shaded the inside of the Canada Goose image with an Aqua Painter filled with water and reinker.

2. The tab at the top of the tag was made with the ticket punch, folded in half.

3. The corners of the tag were made with one side of the hexagon punch.

   Let me know what your favorite stamp set was and I will feature some more of my favorites in future blogs.