Fall Sunflowers

 Hello September!  School buses are running again, the weather is changing, my annual county fair is in the past. Hope you enjoyed the summer months!  Sunflowers remind me of Fall. They are also one of my favorite flowers. Today the centerpiece of my card is the Sunflower and Dragonflies Art Stencil.

In addition to the Sunflower and Dragonflies Art Stencil The Eyes 1 Stamp, Learn from Yesterday sentiment and the Steampunk Romance: Digital Printable Papers were used!

Additional supplies used:

• Black Stamping ink
• Acrylic block
• Gold Wide tip Sharpie
• Cosmic Shimmer Graceful Mustard Glitter paste
• Lunar Paste Refined Copper
• Astro Paste Tropical Tango
• TCW Stencil Butter Olive (not pictured below)
• Spatula
• Water
• Paper towels
• Glass Dip pen and ink
• Deco Foil scrap
• Watercolor paper
• Paper Scraps
• Adhesive/dimensional foam/glue stick

Have you ever spent time glue paper scraps, it is one of my favorite pastimes.  I use a watercolor paper pad to glue the scraps.  It is very relaxing, and it doesn't have to be perfect! The paper this project is on is one of my "glue book" pages. 

Print the Steampunk Romance: Digital Printable Papers two sheets per page.  This way you are able to shrink the size of the printed images. The eye image and sentiment were stamped on a couple of the papers.  

On the watercolor "glue page" stencil the Sunflower and Dragonflies.  The petals are Cosmic Shimmer Graceful Mustard Glitter paste.  The sunflower center is Lunar Paste Refined Copper and the dragonflies Astro Paste Tropical Tango. Let each area dry before adding the next color. 

Once the pastes were dry, it was time to add black ink with the glass pen.

You can see that the sunflower petals are outlined with the black ink.  In the first picture above the outline was a single pen line.  For the flower to really standout. a second pass was made with the glass pen, see the second photo above. All the gaps left by the stencil are filled in with the black ink.  

The stamped eyes and sentiment are outlined with the glass pen.  You can barely see the glass pen in the picture above.  Then let everything dry before foiling and assembly. 

Cut the paper to size, this is a 6 x 6 card. Edge the card front with a wide tip gold sharpie pen.  To randomly apply the foil, gently swipe a glue stick and press the foil on it.  Be sure not to apply too much glue stick or you want it to be splotchy and like peeled paint. 

Mount the card front on a 6x6 card base. The stamped sentiment and eyes were adhered to the card with dimensional foam.

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Lyneen Jesse

Glitter Wings and Golden Moments: A Dragonfly's Dazzling Tale

 

Glitter Wings and Golden Moments: 

A Dragonfly's Dazzling Tale

Good day, fellow crafters. It's Tamara once again, with a new post where I will be showcasing my latest card created using  Blank Page Muse products!

Dragonflies, those shimmering jewels of the insect world, have captivated our imaginations for millennia with their rainbow-hued wings and aerial acrobatics. These living time capsules, having graced our planet for over 300 million years, embody nature's enduring sense of wonder and magic. Picture yourself seeing the world through their compound eyes, with up to 30,000 lenses offering an almost 360-degree view, or imagine the freedom of moving in six directions at will. Such extraordinary abilities remind us to seek fresh perspectives in our own lives, to approach challenges from new angles. Despite their ancient lineage, adult dragonflies live but a few fleeting weeks - a poignant reminder to cherish every moment and find beauty in the everyday. As you watch a dragonfly dance over a sun-dappled pond, let it transport you back to the wide-eyed wonder of childhood. Allow its iridescent presence to rekindle your curiosity about the world, urging you to explore, to question, to marvel at the ordinary miracles that surround us daily. In our often-frantic pursuit of goals, the dragonfly's graceful flight is a gentle reminder that life's true richness lies not just in destinations reached, but in the wonder-filled journey along the way. So the next time you glimpse a dragonfly, pause for a moment. Let its ephemeral beauty inspire you to embrace each day with awe, for in maintaining our sense of wonder, we unlock the deepest joys of living.

To create this project, you will need the following:

• Sunflower & Dragonflies stencil from Blank Page Muse
• Light Blue cardstock 5" x 6" - This will be trimmed down
• White A2 Card base
• Boarder die (Taste and preferences should dictate selection, I used a stitched one)
• Liquid glue
• Iridescent Super Fine glitter - Blue 
• Paper Trimmer
• Die cutting machine
• Stamping platform (I use a Misiti)
• Gold embossing powder
• Heat tool
• Embossing ink (VersaMark or similar)
• ink blending brush 
• Sentiment of choice (I used LDRS Tutu's and Tiara's)
• Flat-back pearls
• Static powder 

Process

• Using your stamping tool (Misti) secure the light blue cardstock into position
• Using the dragonflies on the Sunflower & Dragonflies stencil, align the stencil where you want them on your blue cardstock making sure to position your sentiment in the location you want it to be so that everything fits the page.
• Secure the sentiment into place, apply static powder to cardstock, ink with watermark ink, and stamp the image
• Repeat if necessary for coverage
• Remove from the stamping platform, apply embossing powder and heat set with the heating tool.

• Secure the cardstock to your worksurface with the stencil in the location you wish apply a dragonfly.  I find that my magnetic board and my glass mat magnets work well for this step.
• Use the watermark ink and the inkbrush to apply the embossing ink to the cardstock through the stencil.
• Remove the stencil, and apply the glitter to the stenciled image
• Knock off the excess glitter, use the heat tool to assist in drying the ink.  This allows you to reposition the stencil without smearing your image.
• Repeat for as many of the dragonflies you wish to include on the card. I found four to work out perfectly.

• Use the border die of your choice to trim the panel to its final size.  I used a combination of the paper trimmer and the dies pictured to get the final size I was happy with for the final product. In this case the final size was 5.25" x 4"
• Using liquid glue, adhere the background panel to the white A2 card base.
• Add some flatback pearls for added dimension using liquid glue.

This project was super simple but makes a beautiful card. I hope you will give the techniques shown here a try.  Happy crafting.

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