December Birthday Dragonflies
After completing all of my Christmas cards this year I had fun creating this birthday card with lots of inks and different techniques for a fellow crafter who has a birthday this week. I started off with a piece of white stencil card and stamped/embossed using white EP a dragonfly to act as a resist. I chose two distress oxide inks, wild honey for the base layer and spiced marmalade with a stencil. After the base layer was applied I brushed over a mechanical mesh stencil in random places then misted the stencil with water to transfer any remaining ink which gave the thinner line patterns. Various Craft Stamper cover mount stamps were stamped along two edges with sweet plum memento ink and also for the main sentiment which was embossed using clear EP to give it a darker tone. The die cut dragonfly started life as silver mirri card which had terracotta & pumpkin promarkers scribbled on then heat embossed with clear EP so the colours would not rub off in an oxidized