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Cattails & Dragonflies

>> Friday, June 17, 2016

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff 

Happy Friday!
I hope your week has gone well! Has it been crazy hot, really early where you are? And humid, too? A walk outside around here is feeling like walking through a steam room. It's pretty bad when it feels like you're wearing the air like a wetsuit. As Dr. Suess might say...I do not like the heat. I do not like it one bit. I do not like it even one little bit.

So my card today is continuing w/ the colors from yesterday. (I DO like these colors. I do like them a lot.) And cattails & dragonflies are what you'd probably see in a hot, humid area. You can tell it's hot because of the blazing orange above the dragonflies. I die cut a stitched rectangle out of the white linen c/s then sponged on the oranges from the top down and the green/turq from the bottom up. Then I put it into my Misti, stamped the cattails & dragonflies w/ Memento, added some color w/ Copics, then over stamped w/ Versafine. Just a touch of the splatter bg. was added here & there. The greeting was die cut in a double stitched circle & I sponged the outer circle w/ the same colors.
Funny thing about the bottom...I scored the top fold in the wrong place which made the front shorter & back too long. Instead of rescoring it (which would make it look funny & all), I cut off the excess on the back & added a sponged strip w/ part of the grid border on top. I guess another case of a mistake turning into an opportunity for change.

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used for the cattails & dragonflies.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!
Supplies:
paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white linen
ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress inks carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers
accessories: Copic markers, stitched rectangles dies, grid border die, stitched circle dies, Misti



6 comments:

nwilliams6 said...

What a great sketch and some gorgeous colors, Julie! Another totally Wow card. Hugz

Gail said...

Fabulous layout Julie! Love the colors as well!

Janett said...

Great card love the colors and the layout.

Shelia said...

Gorgeous colors & design on this beauty! I can feel the heat just looking at it!

Robin Clendenning said...

Such a pretty sunset pond card! Love it!

Karin said...

Stunning card! Those bright colors really pop off the white and I love the sentiments you chose too :)

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