Dragonfly Square - A Snippet Card

Happy Monday Everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoying a bit more sunshine than we have up in these parts today ... that's none! The bit of sky we can see peeking through the clouds is blue enough but the sun is clearly struggling to break through and failing miserably :(

That makes it a day suitable for staying in and crafting ... there's always a silver lining :) So I have a quick snippet make, the first for Pixie's Crafty Snippet Playground this week, to share with you.

I had the merest scrap of the shaving foam marbled card left over from last week's lavender fest and I couldn't bear to throw it out so I devised this card instead.

Firstly, I punched three 1" squares from the marbled card, taking care to punch around one of the tiny embossed dragonflies. A scrap of lilac card was then trimmed to measure just about 1/16" larger all round - just big enough to mat the dragonfly squares on.

I then stamped a scroll from Dawn Bibby's Delicate Scroll stamp set, inking it up in a combination of the following inks, Tim Holtz distress inks, Shabby Shutters & Peeled Paint; Memento Dual Marker, Bamboo Leaves & Pear Tart on to a white 4" square card base. And using the same stamp and colours the inside and back were stamped too.

 

Next, after deciding where the squares were going to go, the greeting, from Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy Only Words Through the Rain stamps set, in a combination of Whispers Rio Purple ink pad and Memento Dual Marker Grape Jelly.

Finally, the dragonfly squares were glued in place over the stamped scroll.

And that is it ... a simple and easy little card to use up those tiny little bits that you just can't bear to throw away :)

Oh, ho! The sun is struggling through ... it could turn out to be very nice after all!

Off to have some lunch and maybe a wander round the garden. I see the doves are waiting expectantly for the EM to appear with lunch too :))

Have a great afternoon everyone and happy crafting,