This is the card I CASE'd for the challenge: F4A322 Dragonfly. This card was a stretch for me when I first joined SCS 3 years ago - since then I have learned lots of wonderful new techniques and delved into totally new and innovative products.
On this card I randomly applied 3 colors of DOX ink to a large acrylic block, Spritzed with water and "stamped" onto my cardstock. I tried spritzing my gingko stamp then putting it to paper in hopes it would lift some color leaving an image behind - alas that didn't work too well since I had already spritzed the DOX pretty heavily on the block. So instead I stamped with Versamark and embossed with clear powder (not sure it shows in the pic but a lovely sutle pattern IRL. I stamped my dragonflies onto white cardstock, colored with primsacolor pencils and added some stickles to the wings. Using a ruler and an exacto knife, I cut an inside frame making sure that my image was still connected to the outer frame in enough areas to give it a bit of stability then painstakingly used the knife to cut away all the interior white parts to let the BG show through. Framed this with midnight cardstock and attached to my base with mounting foam.
Besides all the new techniques I've tried on this site - I do believe in the past year I have learned to take better pictures using available natural light instead of the yellowish overcast of a flash camera.
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Mon, Jul 22, 2019 @ 12:22 AM
STUNNING, Linda! Love, love your color palette and that lovely BG! Your dragonfly is marvelous with luscious colors, wonderful "framing" and the glittery bits are just too perfect! The whole effect at a glance is a beautiful stained glass work of art!!
------------------------------ Carlene aka Chatterbox-1--My BLOG; My Pinterest;My SCS Gallery; FAVORITES Team Member; 2022 Christmas Card Challenge 75/105. My SCS Goal: Challenge Catch-up; Sketch Challenge Sample Card Team (August 2022--January 2023).