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Hi everyone, welcome back to a new year and a new challenge at Seize the Birthday!
It was my turn to choose the theme for this turn...winged things.
Lots of scope for butterflies, bugs, planes, birds etc.
or play along with our anything goes birthday option
My team mates and our party guest have some amazing inspiration for you, so I hope to see you in the gallery.
I bought this die set ages ago and this is it's first outing. I was inspired by this project by Emma Williams, I just love her dragonfly!
I diecut mine from silver metallic card and used distress glazes and gold embossing powder to colour the dragonfly. The die is 3 pieces so I used glossy accents to glue it together.
Here's a closer look at the shimmer and shine.
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I used similar coloured sprays for the background tag with a spritz of gold glimmer mist, then embossed it for added texture. The embossing folder is also new to me.
The edges are tipped with walnut stain distress ink for definition.
I'm linking up to these challenges:
Supplies:
Dies: Sizzix funky insects; MFT pierced and regular tag stax; Creative Expressions mini stacked happy birthday.
Other: Distress glazes in cracked pistachio; rusty hinge and walnut stain; gold embossing powder; versamark pen; distress oxide sprays and distress sprays in rusty hinge and cracked pistachio; walnut stain distress ink; Tattered Angels gold glimmer mist; Altenew organic linen 3D embossing folder.
Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x
I love your background, the colors and embossing. The dragonfly is awesome, Cathy. Using the glaze and embossing powder gave it a patina that just shines.
ReplyDeleteI love your dragonfly and the metallic look with the green and gold is fabulous Cathy, and the background dry embossing matted on to black makes it stand out beautifully. x
ReplyDeleteWow, Cathy, you are really a master at using the glazes, stains, powders, inks, and sprays to create works of art that look like they are truly metallic! This is sensational! Happy New Year Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colors on your dragonfly and pretty tag. I agree with Darnell that you are a master at using the glazes, stains, powders, inks, and sprays to create works of art.
ReplyDeleteWow, awesome tag card, so much shine and pretty texture!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
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I so agree with Darnell too! You are a mixed-media genius! This is so stunning and I know the gallery is going to be filled with beautiful cards! Great topping!
ReplyDeleteCathy, thank you for the fun challenge. Your glazed background on your tag and dragonfly are so awesome. Beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled to be with the DT as Surprise Guest for January and February. This card is gorgeous, Cathy. All the supplies and techniques you used in this amazing creation play beautifully together. A fantastic make!
ReplyDeletethat's is so elegant and stylish! love the colors too. Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges
ReplyDeletePlanes did not even enter my mind until I read your post. Dangit! LOL!!! Beautiful work with the glazes.
ReplyDeleteCathy... the colors and the dragonfly are amazing. I feel you could pop that dragonfly off and it would be a beautiful pin. Love it. Thanks so much for the invite to play along this week as GD!
ReplyDeleteLove this! That bg is perfect with the gold misted dragonfly!
ReplyDeleteWonderful creation. Thanks for entering you card at Make My Monday challenge
ReplyDeleteDas een hele mooie creatie. Leuk dat je meedoet met onze challenge bij Make My Monday challenge
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Wow, you got a wonderful and amazing look to your dragonfly tag. I need to check this out. It is an amazing design.
ReplyDeleteCathy, thank you for providing us with a fun first challenge of the new year! I love winged things and could make a dozen of them. (maybe I should!) This is really over the top beautiful. So much depth and interest in this tag on the card!
ReplyDeleteI just love how you made this great tag into a card! All of those elements combine to make one fantastic card and I love not only the impressive colors, but the embossed background too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super card! The distressed dragonfly is really beautiful. Thank you for joining TIOT. Hope you join us again next challenge.
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This is so beautiful, Cathy! I love the verdigris effect on the dragonfly.
ReplyDeleteA great card and I love the finish you achieved on the dragonfly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesday.
Avril x
This is absolutely stunning! Everything about it is perfect - that dragonfly is amazing. I've never tried the Distress Glazes - guess I should!
ReplyDeleteThis card is absolutely beautiful , love the embossed background n the shine or glaze from inks !! Thank you for playing at the AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Deekshita (Papiershades)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with amaizing colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Pioniya, DT