Ink Blended Dragonfly

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My card share today was inspired by AAA Cards: CAS Game #154 Made in Minutes + Optional Twist Ink Blending.  I decided to create a one layer card using just the middle one third of my card base which I made from white pearlised card as I love the shimmer finish and it takes ink really well.


Three distress inks were blended with brushes over a masked area in diagonal sweeps before stamping the dragonfly and sentiment in a coordinating coloured ink.  Love the style of the sentiment font as it looks like the dragonfly has written 'hello' in it's flight across the card!  Added a few drops of glossy accents in opposite corners and along the body of the dragonfly for a tactile finish and they catch the light too.


I've used -
A6 card base (tent fold)
Distress inks - dusty concord, tumbled glass, crushed olive
Claritystamp dragonfly stamp
Docrafts sentiment stamp

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Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. EmmaTMonday, 02 December, 2019

    Such a pretty card and colours. Emmax

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  2. JaneMonday, 02 December, 2019

    Such beautiful colour blending, love those colours. And a great CAS card with all that empty white space. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.

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  3. NancyMonday, 09 December, 2019

    Very pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!

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  4. ÅsaJThursday, 12 December, 2019

    Such a beautiful soft card! Lovely! Thanks for joining AAA Cards! Hugs Åsa

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