Monday, February 8, 2021

Dragonfly Garden

 Hello, hello!!

The Dragonfly Garden stamp set is the first set I had a sneak peak of from the Jan-June 2021 mini catalog. I immediately fell in love with the tall image of all the flowers.  Wildflowers and dragonflies - the words alone create a vision of sunny, warm summery days.  And since here in Minnesota today it's a balmy (haha) below zero temp I had to create me a little summer!  It's wonderful to grab a stamp that you know will easily be the focal point of the card, add some gorgeous paper, bring in a couple dragonflies and in just a few minutes you've created a beautiful card to send to a friend!

One of the items that you can get FREE this month during SALE-a-bration, which ends February 28th, is the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper (DSP). These papers feature floral prints and patterns on black backgrounds.  This card helps you to easily earn those papers!  The Dragonflies Garden Bundle, a pack of the Neutrals cardstock and the Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad totals 51.75 (before tax & shipping) so you've now earned the Flower & Field DSP for FREE!! How awesome is that!

Isn't it beautiful!  The papers provide a gorgeous backdrop!

Neutrals with a pop of color

Give your card a little WOW with heat embossing!  A great technique to really give your card a special something. Embossing the greeting in white on black gives it even more WOW!  

Materials and dimensions:

  • Stamps:
    • Dragonfly Garden bundle* - (Dragonfly Garden stamp set & Dragonflies Punch)
  • Paper
    • Smoky Slate - 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2 for card base,  scraps for 2 dragonflies
    • Basic Black - 4-1/4 x 1     
    • Merry Merlot - 4-1/4 x 1/2, scrap for dragonfly
    • White - 2-1/4 x 4-1/2
    • Flower & Field DSP - 4 x 5-1/4, cut at 2" and flipped so both sides are used
  • Ink:
    • Tuxedo Black Memento
    • Versamark ® and White Embossing Powder
    • Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends
    • Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends
  • Tools & Accessories:
    • Heat Tool
    • Paper Trimmer (has both cutting and scoring blades)
  • Other:
    • mini glue dots, dimensionals, Stampin' Seal ®
*A bundle is a stamp set & die or stamp set & punch 
sold together as one item #
The GREAT thing about a bundle is that the items are sold together at a
10% discount!



Quick Tips:
  • Designer Series Papers (DSP) is a fantastic way to help you with your color scheme.  Selecting colors in the papers gives you a great palette for your creation.
  • Never feel like you have to color in an entire image. Create your impact by coloring in only a few flowers. In this card, by giving some of the leaves a light touch of color, it creates more dimension to the image without taking away from the deep color of the flowers.
  • Stampin' Blends are alcohol based markers.  They are a wonderfully quick way to give your images a little color and because of the transparent quality you can easily control the amount of color you add. They come in a combo pack with a light and dark shade giving you many coloring variations in each pack.
  • Mini glue dots are the prefect adhesive for attaching small items such as the dragonflies.  
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Thanks for hanging out with me for a few minutes!  Have a beautiful day!!

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