Beauty of My Delicate Wings by Dorthe Hansen

I can’t believe it is already August tomorrow, this summer, which in Denmark, haven’t felt at all like summer, is going so fast, I’m sure many of you feel the same J

Well, here is my Monday post for you!!

Start with a piece of cardboard and cut it to a size that you wish for a card. I sprayed it heavily with the new beautiful Sparklers Spray Red. While drying I thinned another Sparklers Spray, with water, in a spray bottle and give light sprays on the upper part of the card and lower right corner.

When dry, stamp the beautiful butterfly stamp, designed by Melina, directly on the right side with Jet Black and colour it - I used Brush Markers and the middle big stamp, from the set of 3!!

The circles from Texture Stamp Set 2 was then stamped around the butterfly, first with Worn Lipstick and after on top of it with Coffee.

One of the lovely Bits & Pieces flowers was first painted with Shimmer Paint Red mixed with a little gesso, to create a pink tone - it was also used under the butterfly. Then I added details and a brown upper part to the flowers, with a brown Brush Marker and a Micron Pen and green stem. Lastly, I sprayed with the Sparklers Spray Red again.  Another beautiful embellishment, the dragonfly was painted with the same pink as the flower and then stamped on the wings with the crackle stamp, also from Texture Stamp Set 2, to add the feeling of real wings. The body was painted brown and details all over, made with a black Sharpie.

From the Dinky Stencil Enchanted, I stenciled Beauty using Coffee Archival Ink, to top left corne and on a piece of cotton fabric, I used half an affirmation from Lynne’s Set 1. It was adhered next to the stamped Beauty.

I had been lucky to find a bathroom “sponge” (plastic netting tied together to form a sponge) in a lovely soft pink colour and it was perfect here, to tear in little pieces and add under the dragonfly and over the stem of the flower, together with a piece of lace I had lying on my table. Edges were sponged with Archival Ink Coffee and then I adhered the card to another piece of cardboard, to form a frame. Then I stamped the smallest butterfly from the stamp set on a piece of transparent plastic, saved from a card box. I fussy cut it and adhered it to the butterfly, to give a feeling of movement. I’m sorry it is almost impossible to catch on the photo.

Maybe your sharp eye, can see it here.

The last thing to do was make a hole through both layers of cardstock, with a Crop a Dile and knot a length of sari silk to create a hanger for the card.

MATERIALS USED:

That’s Crafty! Shimmer Paint - Dark Blue, Red

That’s Crafty! Gesso

That’s Crafty! Sparklers Spray - Red

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits & Pieces Greyboard Sheets – Butterflies, Wildflowers

That’s Crafty! Texture Stamp Set - Set 2 (Circles and Crackle)

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil - Enchanted

That’s Crafty! Stamp Set – Lynne’s Affirmations Set 1

Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick

Archival Ink - Jet Black, Coffee

Brush Markers

Micron Pen Brown

Black Sharpie

Rubber Dance Stamp Set - Butterfly Trio

Dyed lace

Netting

Spray Bottle

Hard plastic from box

Dorthe