Every year about this time, summer begins preparing to relinquish her reign and give way to autumn. This is the one season change that always makes me a little sad. It means having to wear more layers of clothing, keeping a more regimented schedule, and spending less time with the kids. But it also means seeing my favorite creature: the delicate dragonfly with his sturdy body and gossamer wings. I experimented this week with a stamp I love, the large dragonfly, and stamped him on acetate. I get really excited when I can use someone else's cast-offs, and that's where the acetate came from. (The company I worked for a few years ago was going "high-tech" which meant putting presentations on PowerPoint and getting rid of transparencies. I got a brand new box of 100 sheets!) I knew I wanted color to show through his wings; I searched for an entire afternoon but wasn't happy with anything in my stash. Then yesterday as I was "playing" with my delightful friend Elena (
seebeautyallaround.blogspot.com) we thought of using stamp pads directly on paper to create colors I liked, then cut them into "twinchies". While I was doing this, Elena searched until she found a challenge for this card. After I mounted it all on a Cuttlebug embossed background, I entered my card in the:
Cuttlebug Cuttin' Up! challenge
Raise The Bar Challenge ABC: (A)nimal -- is a dragonfly an animal? (B)lue twinchie, (C)uttlebug
Totally Gorjuss Aqua (bottom right twinchie)
Paper Pretties Challenge Summer
6 comments:
Such a lovely card, and I think a dragonfly definitely qualifies as an animal ;o) Thank you for joining us over on Double Dutch! Your grandson is adorable BTW, I can imagine he lights up your life :D
Erica
Hello Gracka! Lovely, lovely creation! I am lovin' your blog - you write beautifully and it's fab that you experiment so much! I wish I had more time for that!
Thx for joining us at Totally Gorjuss and I hope you can join us for the next challenge with your inspiration!
Very pretty card. It has a simple elegance.
I love this card, it's so elegant. Thanks for joining us at TG this week.
Kat x
What a beautiful post! I would consider any non human thing an animal, so this dragonfly is just too adorable. I love your feelings on the transition into Fall, I feel the same way too. :( But we have tons of dragonflies already flying about here in our area. Beautiful card! Thank you so much for joining us in our ABC challenge!
~*Joni RTB DT
Very pretty card. Love the watercolor squares. The dragonfly is perfect.
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