Goodbye, Dragonfly

I started my tenure as a Crafting with Dragonflies Design Team member with their 2013 Christmas Tag challenge, so it seems appropriate that we finished with the 2018 Christmas Tag challenge. Hilde, thank you for having me as a part of this close-knit team for five wonderful years!

I was going through my stash and found this half-finished project; so I made a card to commemorate this bittersweet occasion. Besides the glittery ribbon & card base, this is a one-layer. I used masking & stamping to create the scene.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Country View Crafts' Challenge: Landscapes
Unicorn Challenge #39: Things with Wings


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Christmas Tags at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Christmas Tags. We want you to make a large tag, roughly 15 cm long and around 6 cm wide.

I used a Tim Holtz tag as my base, and made two matching gift tags on which I clipped a pack of instant cocoa.

I started by stamping the bow, colored it, and covered it with Molotow masking liquid. Then I stamped the mug in green on top of it, and removed the masking liquid with an eraser. I cut the mug shape from masking paper and used it to mask both sides. Then I stamped & inked to my heart's delight! The "Fa-La-La" is a rubber stamp that I colored with Marvy embossing markers & heat-embossing with clear powder for a resist effect. The snowflakes are a large stamp & are heat-embossed with glittery white. The rest of the stamps are from sets that came free with a magazine. The Santa clips were premade. For the back, I masked the mug again to serve as a message section.

I had tons of fun getting messy & making these, and can't wait to spread the smiles! Hope you'll join us for this very special challenge.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Double Trouble Challenge #15: Sweet Treats for the Holidays + Sparkly Embellishment
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Baby It's Cold Outside
Use Your Stuff #338: Mood Board + Stash (I've had all these stamps forever!)


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Thankful Baby Shake -- Special Event / Celebration at Crafting with Dragonflies

It's the 2nd week of Special Event / Celebration at Crafting with Dragonflies. If you haven't joined us yet, you still have time!

As you may know, my husband & I are expecting our first child in December! So I've been making a lot of thank-you cards. Here's a trifold card made as a thank-you for a lovely stroller.

The base is a double-sided KaiserCraft paper. The rattle-shaped shaker is from Queen & Co., which Mom treated me to at the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo in Mesa, Arizona, in September.

First fold open:

I've included a photo of our 13-year-old dog Walt with the ultrasound in all our thank-you cards. He looks so cute and slightly apprehensive!

Open completely (message written in the middle panel):

I used two embossing folders on the gold paper, and added some Washi tape.

View of the back:

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Rattle & Shake -- Special Event / Celebration at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Special Event / Celebration. I made this trifold card for my Mom's friend's granddaughter, who just had a baby. She also gave me some of her maternity clothes!

The base is a double-sided KaiserCraft paper. The rattle-shaped shaker is from Queen & Co., which Mom treated me to at the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo in Mesa, Arizona, in September.

First fold open:

Open completely (message written in the middle panel):

View of the back:

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Rainbow Neighborhood -- Thankful at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Be Thankful. 

I used the "House Pivot Panels" die set from Karen Burniston/Riley & Company for the pop-up inside. The house on the outside is from the "Holiday House" die set from Karen Burniston/Elizabeth Crafts, and house-shaped message section on the back is from the "Gingerbread House" Fold-a-long die set from Jen Long/Sizzix. The grass is also from a Karen Burniston/Riley & Co. set. The base card is a double-sided paper from the "Summer Party" collection from Michelle Coleman/Echo Park. I hand-cut the kites on the front, and made the sentiment with the font Inkpen2 Chords. The borders are pre-cut burlap that I colored with Copic markers.

Inspiration/Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft #78: Anything Goes
Scrap From Your Heart: Use Dies

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Shining the Hope Signal -- All Pink at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is to use All Pink on your card.

This is a card I've been meaning to make for a long time! I made a step card from 5.5 x 11 inch piece of paper, scoring at 3, 6, 7.5, 9, 10, 11. The Batman symbol is from Cricut; a friend let me use her subscription to buy it during a craft day, and later I found out that she doesn't like super heroes, so I wanted to make something positive with it. She passed away a couple of years ago, so I'm making this for our mutual friend who likes both Batman and pink!

I heat-embossed the outer section of the Batman symbol, as well as where the words are, in neon pink, and heat-embossed the central section with a clear glitter powder.The treeline, cityscape, and fence dies are from Memory Box; the grass die is from Elizabeth Crafts.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Cardz 4 Galz #82: Fancy Folds
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Cityscape


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CAS at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Clean & Simple (CAS).I used some dragonfly stickers & microglitter that I got from Elizabeth Craft Designs at the the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo in Mesa, Arizona. I must say I was a bit starstruck meeting their founder, Els, after following Elizabeth Craft Designs online for so many years!

Els did a make-and-take one night. She was so nice, and she & Mom chatted about how beautiful Holland is.

She also did demos on using the outline stickers with microglitter -- she's obviously done this a million times!

I had promised myself that I wouldn't buy any more outline stickers, since I have a ton, but I needed these dragonfly ones, plus some yummy microglitter from their booth! Here's my card:

The sentiment is cut with a Spellbinders die from a piece of paper I glittered using a sheet of adhesive, the same technique I used for the dragonflies. I backed the front, shiny white panel with a silver mirri cardstock, and added 3 colors of Stickles (because, as my Mom always says, Stickles make everything better!)

And here's me at the Expo:

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Shakey Cycle -- Any Card Goes at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Anything Goes (cards only). I used some of my favorite bicycle-themed items from my stash to make this shaker card.

The cloud shaker containers are from Jillibean Soup. The two bicycles & the word bubble are wood veneer pieces that I decorated with embossing powders.  I filled the shakers with a fix of plastic confetti & yellow microbeads & clear glass beads. I also decorated the inside.

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Spring at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Spring has Sprung. 

The "nest" was cut on my Silhouette Cameo. I heat-embossed the chipboard bird in blue powder. The little eggs were cut from a patterned paper by my Mom. I've been raiding my stash!

I used two dies from a Spellbinders sentiment set to create the "Sweet Wishes" sentiment.

I put the message section on the back.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Back To Basics #10: Aperture card
Crafty Friends Challenge #91: Animals / Birds


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Classic Birthday -- Card for a Guy at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Card for a Guy.

The card base is a die-cut; I have several in my stash from my mom, who cut it with the Tri-Shutter Card Bigz Big Shot Pro Die from Sizzix. The patterned paper is the same double-sided sheet. I stamped the old-timey telephone is Vintage Photo distress ink, and inked the background with Tea Dye. I added a bit of Barn Door ink the edge. The word bubble is a die from Latina Crafter. The mustache is a sticker; I enforced it by backing it with black paper, and then embossed it in my BigShot with a diamond-pattern folder. The sentiment was cut from maroon paper with an Xcut die.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Crafting with Dragonflies: Card for a Guy
Die Cuttin' Divas #382: Birthday + Dies (base card, word bubble, sentiment)
My Time to Craft #377: More Than One Fold

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Gate Fold Cards with Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is to make a Gate Fold Card.

The base is a double-sided KaiserCraft paper, to include the message section on the back, but I glued the patchwork paper onto the front to match the inside. The adorable footprints are rubber stamps from Repeat Impressions. I used sticky embossing powder to cover them with blue flocking.

I've had this pre-made cloth bag forever. The image is from a Precious Memories-patterned paper. The buttons were cut/embossed using a Stampin' UP! Embosslit die; I added "thread" with a glittery blue pen.

Inspiration/Challenges:
DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #233: Baby
Moving along with the Times #77: For The Boys


I needed another thank-you card, so I made this horizontal gate-fold card:

The base is another double-sided KaiserCraft paper. For the inside, I heat-embossed a dress die-cut in blue, because this is a thank-you for a friend who gave me all her maternity clothes. I decorated the back too.

As you might have guessed, we're expecting a little boy! This is our first, long-awaited child, so it's a very exciting time. But I still find time to craft!

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