Stampin' Up "Dragonfly Dreams" Birthday Card

Time for a birthday card, I made this about a week ago, but don't share the posts till later on the day of the birthday.  I don't like feeling pressured to create anything.  For me, it takes the joy away from crafting.

Starting with a white piece of card, I used Versafine Clair "Verdant", a lime green coloured ink to stamp the dots around the edge of the card.  The dots are part of a Stampin' Up stamp set called "Dragonfly Dreams".  I then used the same ink with a blending brush to colour the edges of the card.

I used "Sky Blue" Ranger Archival Ink with a blending brush to colour the central area of the card.  Then using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink and a cotton but, I stamped dots and edged the card in the same ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight", a dark blue ink to stamp the dragonfly, which is also part of the "Dragonfly Dreams" stamp set.  I used the same ink to stamp the sentiment, which is party of a 7 piece stamp set, by Chloes Creative Cards, which came free with Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine, Issue 283.I then used three gel glitter pens, a silver, a green colour and blue colour to add sparkle and shimmer to the card surface.

70th Birthday Card

My crafting friend will be 70 this month, so I needed to make her a card that was a bit different.

I started by applying Distress Oxides (in shades of Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistashio) to a card.  I then sprited and dried it.

I then used a die to create the cut out detail at the base of the card (sorry, I don't recall where the die came from).  I needed to die cut it in two directions to get the area I required.

I then used a Stampin' up set called "Dragonfly Dreams" for the sentiment and the dragonfly, stamped in Versarine Clair (Monarch shade) Ink.

Using a small Lavinia pound stamp, I stamped the stars using a Momento "London Fog" shade of ink.

I then die cut the "70" and adhered the centre of the "0".  I also die cut the dragonfly wings using the Stampin' Up "Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits".  I used a glue to stick the central section of the wings.  I applied sticky backed silver gems to replicate the eyes.  I also applied some to the underside of the wings, so that they do not sit flat on the card, in the hope that it replicates movement.

Finally, I stuck further gems to the middle of the large stars and stuck the green/blue top to the purple card.