Leaping Dragonflies

Hi friends! Happy Leap Day! I know it's just another day, but somehow it always feels like a special gift of a free day.

A couple weeks ago Amy White did a live on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Facebook page demonstrating using Inktense blocks with stamps using the Dragonfly Dreams. Well, I just had to give it a go... after I searched my whole craft room trying to find them and finally discovering them hidden in a watercolor pencil tin. Go figure!


I spritzed my stamps lightly with water, then colored on the wings with two separate colored Inktense blocks.  I liked the streaky look that resulted, so I didn't blend out the colors very much.  Next I did the same thing with some brown and black blocks for the body.  Once it was how I liked it, I hand trimmed the piece and set it aside to work on the background.

I started with a lovely piece of patterned paper from the Moon Child line from Prima. I stamped and embossed the Anne Lamott quote from the Grace So Amazing set directly on the paper, then decided I wanted to add some more interest to the page.  I grabbed a few Catherine Pooler inks and the Texture Tiles 1 set and stampepd  random partial texture all over the panel.  I then did some splattering with the same colors of inks and a bit of ink blending around the edges to pull it all together.  I finished by popping the dragonfly up on foam tape and adding the entire thing to a white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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