I thought I would stick with the dragonfly theme for todays card. This is a A6 card using one of Kay Carley's beautiful dragonfly stamps.
Background: I first stamped the oriental grasses from the judikins japanese fabric cube with versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder. Once this was cool I used Tim Holtz distress inks in shabby chutters and broken china to colour the background. I applied the ink to the card using cut and dry foam making sure to keep the foam flat and the straight edge parallel to the cards straight edge. This prevents lines appearing on your card and gives a blended background. Once the whole card is coloured use a baby wipe on the embossed grasses to remove any extra ink and make the images pop off of the card.
Main Image: I stamped this onto smooth white card using black StazOn ink. I needed to use a permanent solvent-based ink as it needed to be waterproof. Once the ink was dry (could of minutes) I used Derwent aquatone pencils and a water brush to add the colour. I then cut the image out and mounted onto the background using 3D foam squares to give the card dimension.
