By the Pond.

Hello Lovelies,

How are you all today, well I hope.   Sending  some hugs to you  if you are not feeling too well and I hope you will soon feel much better.   Boy has it  turned colder today!  a very cold wind, needed my scarf and gloves on today whilst out shopping.

Thank you once again for your lovely comments and visits to my last post.   Tonight I have a card for you which I made using free stamps from various craft magazines.   I have also used Imagination Craft's Rich Gold Starlight paint to create highlights on the dragonflies and flower centre.   The flower die is a Spellbinder's Shapeability die which I have had in my craft stash for some time.   The Starlight paint can be purchased from Imagination Crafts on the Crafter's Companion website.

   
Make a square blue base card.   Take a smaller piece of white card and stamp some bulrushes across the card, using a black inkpad.   Matt and layer this onto the blue base card.

Die-cut an oval from white cardstock and colour the oval with the Weathered wood Distress ink and a blender tool, leaving the centre white.

Stamp some bulrushes onto the oval using a black inkpad.   Glue this to the centre of the white card.

 
Stamp the dragonfly three times in black ink onto some spare white card.   Colour them with watered down Hibiscus and  Rich Gold Starlight paints.

When dry, cut out and glue them to the oval using silicone glue.   Glue the oval to the white card, using silicone glue.

 
Glue three star gems to the top left and bottom right corners of the white card.

Stamp Happy Birthday to the bottom of the blue base card, using a black inkpad.

Die-cut two flowers using the Spellbinder's die from white card.   Colour the petals and centre with a little Bundled Sage Distress ink.   Glue one on top of the other.

Add some 'Just Pearls' pearl to the centre of the flower,  then dot around the outer edge of the  just pearls with the Rich Gold Starlight paint.

   
Glue the flower to the bottom left of the blue base card.

  
Well that's all for the moment my Friends.   Enjoy the rest of your week and I will be back again soon.   Thanks again for visiting my blog, hope you enjoy your visit.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                          Crafty Hugs    Jennifer xx.