Sending Birthday Wishes

Welcome to my studio!  Did you know that in some cultures, dragonflies represent good luck or prosperity? So, make a wish when you see a dragonfly and it'll come true.  And some say butterflies are omens of good luck.  If I send a card with both a dragonfly and a butterfly, would my card be doubly full of good luck for birthday wishes to come true?  That thought inspired my design for this card  made for a new challenge that I just found, and it intrigued me....

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge #2 2022 is anything flies (meaning anything goes) using only the colors Pink and Black.  

Details of card: Stamped Power Poppy Dahlia XL on white CS and colored with Copics.  Placed the image on a Black Mat and then on to White Card Base.  Stamped and double heat embossed Power Poppy sentiment to send Happy Wishes. I selected this particular stamp because "wishes" look like it was written by a butterfly in flight, does it not?

I finished the card by adding the butterfly cut with a Cheery Lynn Die and lined with Pink Vellum. The dragonfly was stamped on Pink Vellum using Versamark ink with a Creative Dies stamp and heat embossed with Black EP and then cut with a die also from Creative Dies. I wanted the dragonfly to have that iridescent and transparent look of a real one.

Other Challenges:

The Flower Challenge:  #65 Occasions. My card is for a Birthday

Seize the Birthday:   #231 Sparkle and Shine. The dragonfly does have some sparkle and shine but hard to see so I'll go with Anything Goes for a Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I love reading your comments.

 Theresa

Christmas Blessings

Hello! I have been playing with more patterned paper from Heartfelt Creations Festive Holly Collection. I used a panel of Cardinals in a Holly Bush  from the paper collection that I stamped with a Christmas sentiment with Memento Red Ink and embossed with Cuttlebug Allegro EF.  I added glossy accents to the berries and birds' beaks for texture. Trimmed the panel and attached to a card base of GKD red cardstock. I added some red gems and a die cut Poinsettia with a center of gold glitter to finish.  The flower was cut from the HFC paper with dies from Creative Dies. 
Challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Papers. 
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #460 Add a flower or two or more.

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: Challenge 2 Patterned Paper
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #15 October Anything Christmas Goes

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Take Flight

Hello! Today I have a card made with a Dragonfly stamp and die from Creative Dies.  I stamped the dragonfly on a leftover background paper that I created with Versamark and heat embossed with WOW Silver EP.  I cut with the die and attached to a background panel that I created with White CS and Distress Oxide inks.  I stamped with a GKD sentiment from Take Flight set dated 2009 using white Hero Arts ink and White EP.  Finished with a coordinated Blue card base.
Challenges:
CASology: Week 352 Cue card Dragonfly
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 600 Dies and Punches
AAA Cards: CAS Game #149 Up to One Third
Retro Rubber Challenge: #120 Anything Goes with stamp older than one year. Dragonfly stamp about 2 years old and sentiment stamp is about 8 years old.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge 405 Dream the Embossible Dream.  Used heat embossing on image and sentiment.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Snowy Sparkly Christmas

Welcome!  I am still creating Christmas cards for my stash!  I pulled out an older stamp  Snowy Postcard from Stampendous for this one.  I  used DOI Vintage Photo to stamp on White CS using only the oval portion of the image (trimmed with a oval Spellbinders die). I adhered this to a Red Glitter Paper and added die cut Poinsettias (Red and Gold  Papers)  and the word Christmas (Metallic Gold CS).  Dies from Creative Dies and Cheery Lynn.  Added more sparkle to the scene with Diamond Stickles and with Gold Gems to the center of the flowers.

This was a difficult card to photo but the top photo captured the glitter of the paper.  Shared another card on the left without so much glare.

  Challenges:
Modsquad Challenge: All that Sparkles.  Used Stampendous stamp.
Retro Rubber Challenge: #116 Tic Tac Toe-Used bottom row-Gems, Nature(Snow scene), Inks (DOI).  Have had stamp at least 6 years.
Dies R Us Challenge: August Challenge Bright Colors-used bright Gold and Red.
Die Cuttin' Divas: Challenge #431 Anything Goes

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa