Live In The Moment

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Live In The Moment

For today's make I thought I would share a very summery card; evocative of the long hot summer days I am still hoping we will enjoy. The last few days have warmed up nicely and I recently saw some dragonflies around the pond in my son's garden. They are such magical creatures.

To make my card I used all the stamps in the beautiful Live in the Moment stamp set. This set is perfect for summer cards and projects and the sentiment reminds us to make the most of these long summer evenings and warm days we will hopefully enjoy.

I also used the uber versatile Lava stencil. I have used this stencil for so many themes; from alien planets and clouds to shadows on the moon. This time, I have used it for the reflections on the water.

Tutorial

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I used a rectangle of white smooth card.

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First I stamped the sentiment using Nocturne Versafine Clair ink (used for all the black stamping on this card) and clear embossed it. Then I blended these 3 distress inks through the stencil onto parts of the card.

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I placed the stencil top right of the card and started to blend through it.

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I moved the stencil to different places around the sentiment to add more colour to the background.

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In the bottom right hand corner I stamped the large dragonfly and clear heat embossed it.

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I stamped one medium and 3 small dragonflies in the same way above the sentiment.

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I stamped the ripples stamps in the set using Warm Breeze Versafine Clair blue ink and then added some sparkle to the wings using a pink glitter brush pen.

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Lastly I added some of my signature sequins as a finishing touch. I matted onto blue card and then a white card blank.

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Products Used

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Live In The Moment Stamp Set

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Lava Stencil

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