Dragonfly Pond

I just can’t stop making cards using the new Love of Nature release and for this week’s Design Team post, I’ve made a shaker card using the Brighter Days stamp set.

To make the pond, I sprayed a half A4 piece of card using Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean Distress Spray Stains together with Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner Distress Spritz.  I stamped the circles using Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and then spattered some metallic chameleon watercolour for a little sparkle.

After trimming the panel to 5¼” square, I blended Uncharted Mariner around the edges.

Next, I used a craft knife to cut a freeform shape.  After attaching heat resistant acetate to the back of the hole, I white heat-embossed the circles.

I glued the back of the pond to a piece of navy card and applied foam tape to the back of the top piece.  After adding sequins onto the back piece, the top section was stuck in place.  The navy card was then trimmed to size.

For the dragonfly accents, I gold heat embossed them onto thick vellum and fussy cut.  The wings were coloured using Wink of Stella for a little shimmer.

The dragonflies were attached to the card by adhering only the body section, so that the wings can be folded up.  Gems were added to the heads and I used Nuvo Vintage Drops in Gilded Gold to give the body some dimension.

After white heat-embossing the sentiment onto an offcut of the inky panel, it was trimmed and backed with navy card before being adhered to the card.