Garden Dwellers - pretty dragonfly

Hi it's lunch time on a Thursday and that can only mean one thing - Ok 2 one I'm hungry and need to feed myself but the main thing is it's New release day over at Julia Spiri!!

Wow she has some gorgeous characters for you today -The Garden Dwellers -you can find all of the out in the yard!!!

As we live near a lake we get lots of dragonflies buzzing around our yard so guess who I have colored up!

OK I know the female dragonfly hasn't got the pretty colors that the male has but hey this is fantasy land!!!

I have colored her with my Spectrum Noir makers and Derwent Metallic pencils to give her the shine you see on them as they buzz around the yard.

I have then added Clear Wink of Stella to her wings for a bit of extra sparkle!

I used a blue pearl card blank which I matted with an iridescent mirror card overlayed with a sheet of acetate which has been glitter embossed with butterflies and leaves.  

I used a flower corner punch on my image and matted this onto the same pearl card I made the blank from. and angled this on my card. 

Some blue sheer ribbon and a dragonfly charm just finished the cute look I was trying to achieve.

Dragonfly and her friends are available now over at Julia's Etsy Store along with all of Julia's fab designs so why not add them to your collection and join our challenge with them.

Pop over to Julia's Facebook group for more inspiration by the rest of the Design Team and to see the other newly released stamps from the collection.

 

I am entering this card into the following Challenges

Crafting by Design - Anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dragonflies Peonies and 10% discount!!!

Good morning!! The snow has finally gone!!!! Ok we still have a piles where it has been plowed but the yard is now clear much to Gizzie's delight - he's back to exploring!

 

As it's starting to brighten up I thought I'd do a nice brightly colored card for a change.

 

The So Suzy Stamp challenge closes in a few days so here's a reminder to get your entries in!

The theme water-coloring continues. There are so many ways you can use this theme so an easy challenge to enter! Just pop by the blog for details.

 

All you need is a So Suzy stamp which you can get a 10% discount off by using the Code SHARON10 - if you have the 20% for life for the store this code will also stack giving you a whopping 30% off!!!

 

My make today is using the fab new dragonfly stamp and one of my all-time favorites - Peony

 

 

I started by coloring 2 sheets of water color card with pearlescent water color paint. one I did in muted pinks and peaches, the other in blues, greens and an aqua color. Once dry I used a versamark watermark pad to stamp peonies over the pinky color. I then sprinkled these with purple glow Wow embossing glitter and heat set them. Putting this to one side I stamped the dragon flies onto the aqua card with the same ink pad and used Blue glitz Wow embossing glitter on them. Once set I matted the pinky card onto some bright blue card stock and a deckled edged card blank. I then fussy cut the dragonflies (completely forgetting that So Suzy Stamps now does SVG files for this reason!!). Using a spellbinder tag die I cut the blue tag from the same card I used to mat the background and the inner circle from the Pinky water colored card. This was stamped with Suzy's Small Merci Stamp then embossed using the blue glitz again. The tag was fastened to the center of the card and the dragonflies on either side. I only glued the center body part of them down to make them look as though they are flying.

 

So pop by get your stamps using my discount code SHARON10 and get entering the challenge!!!

 

Before I go, did you know that So Suzy Stamps can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. She also has a showcase Facebook Group - So Suzy Stamps Flaunt it if you made it - where you can show your own designs (and enter our challenge) made with these fab stamps.