Dragonflies and Snowdrops by Dorthe Hansen

Hello all, Monday again and time for a little walk in my garden!

This sweet girl is out on her tour, trying to catch a wonderful dragonfly in her netting.

She is stamped directly onto the wonderful That`s Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Postcard after it had dried, from a coat of gesso and from sprays made with Infusions: Slime, Royal Blood and Sleight Blue. Her dress was then painted with Slime dissolved in water, using a cotton bud.

When all dry, I used the snow drop stencil with texture paste to form the snowdrop heads and above them, the dragonflies stencil too. Leaves and stems, were added with the stencil using Archival Ink in Leaf Green. Infusions Slime, dissolved in water, added details on the flower head, when painted onto the white heads.

After the dragonflies had dried, they got a coat of Crackle Paste  and left to dry again. I then dripped Walnut Ink into the crackles to make the wings look a little realistic J

The sky was created with Archival Ink Hydrangea also added with a cotton bud.

The beautiful border from That’s Crafty! Word Stencil: Imagine was added with Archival Ink Coffee on top and bottom of the Surface. Lynne’s lovely Affirmation, was stamped also with Archival Inks in Coffee, on a stained paper piece and added on top of a piece of tulle.

In the top right corner I also adhered a piece of tulle, in same green tones, and finished with a beautiful Abalone shell button.

Lastly, I added Archival Ink Coffee onto all four edges of the postcard.

Materials :

That’s Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Postcard

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencils: Snow Drops and Dragonfly Flight

That’s Crafty! Word Series Stencil: Imagine

That’s Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne’s Affirmations Set 2

Artistic Outpost Stamp Set: Flower Market

Archival Inks: Coffee, Hydrangea and Leaf Green

Distress Crackle Paint: Picket Fence

Modeling Paste and Gesso

Other: Spray bottles, cotton bud, tulle and paper scraps

Dorthe