Dragonfly card

Good morning everyone!

Today I have another Gecko Gals DT project to show you.

Once again, I used the Darling Dragonflies collage set.

Here is my card...

I started with a card blank that I stamped randomly with some Tim Holtz stamps.

I used walnut stain distress ink for the stamps 

and vintage photo distress ink on the edges of everything.

The two background papers I used are

one..from Vanity Fair paper pkg

and two...(striped) from Life is a Circus paper pkg.

I also used the alphabet image from the Ephemera Days collage set

and the clock from Time Flies...

also from Gecko Galz.

In the above image you can see that I used pop dots on several layers.

You can also see that I tied the twine around and tucked the bow under the clock.

Below is a look at the dragonfly that I added glitter to.

(Dreams from Art Glitter)

Below is another look at my layers as well as my

 key ribbon from my stash 

and the netting trim from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

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I will be linking up to:

Really Reasonable Ribbons-Things with Wings challenge

Dragonfly wallhanging

Good afternoon everyone!

I want to show you one of my Gecko Galz DT projects I put together this morning.

One of the new collage sets this month is 

Darling Dragonflies

and they are so darling I couldn't wait to play with them!

Here is my wall hanging...

I started with a coaster that I painted with pitch black paint dabber.

The background paper is called Peanuts & Popcorn from 

The Life is a Circus paper pkg 

also from Gecko Galz.

I stamped it with a couple of Tim Holtz stamps 

and lightly dabbed the edges with the pitch black paint dabber.

Below is a close up...

I sprayed the rose trim and the burlap ribbon with 

Lindy Stamp Gangs Fuzzy Navel Peach starburst spray.

I also used the spray to brush along the edges to give the black edging a bit of sparkle.

My dragonfly was glued onto a piece of grunge paper then fussy cut.

I added a few different glitter glues for sparkle.

To finish it off I added a mini hanger and my piece of sprayed burlap ribbon,

 from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

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I will be entering this in...

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Things with Wings challenge

Treasured Times Rubber Stamp & Scrapbooking Blog Hop

Woohoo! 

It's time for our first blog hop over at

We have a very talented group of stamp designers and 

Jody, our wonderful host,

takes those designs and makes stamps out of them for all of us to play with.

You can get stamps that are made from clear polymer or digi.

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We also have a monthly challenge and everyone is invited to join in.

We, on the Design Team, will enter creations we've made with one of our Stamp Designers wonderful stamps (you can see mine below), 

however...

you can use any stamp you have to join in the challenge as long as you use the requirements specified.

This months requirements are to

use paper, flower & bling.

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Now about the blog hop.....

I am your first stop along the hop so you are in the right place to start out.

As you hop along we would like you to follow all of our Design Team members blogs and 

leave a comment on each of our blogs.

You also need to leave a comment on the 

Treasured Times Rubber Stamping & Scrapbooking blog

 when you finish.

We will all be showing you a project we made using this months new stamp designed by Tracy Moreau, 

called Sugar Skull....super cute!

My project...

I wanted to make a wall hanging.

I received a digi stamp this month.

I printed it out in two different sizes,

then got out my Spectrum Noir markers.

On the larger print I simply cut a rectangle and used my Deco Corner Chomper on the edges.

With the smaller print I chose to fussy cut the image and after coloring it I added some 

rock candy Distress Crackle Paint.

I pop dotted that on top of a small doily.

In the photo below you can see my background was a piece of cardboard that I cut out and tore bit's off,

I added a some gesso then sprayed a few 

ShimmerZ sprays

(Cotton Candy, Bell of Roses & Snow Storm) 

and

then I smudged a bit of Weathered Wood distress ink all over.

I randomly stamped a floral swirl stamp, 

from my stash,

and added a bunch of Hot Cocoa liquid pearls.

And when trying to decide how to hang it I decided to punch a bunch of holes all the way around and weaved some polka dot ribbon (from Walmart) through, leaving a loop at the top for hanging.

Also added some bling to my skull piece

Below you can see some flowers from my stash, 

a piece of a diecut, I had left over from another project,

and the bow I made using a friends, super easy, technique & topped it with another bit of bling.

I love to use the stems of the flowers and give them a bit of a curl for added texture.

Below is a Tim Holtz idea-ology word band that I painted with some pink acrylic paint, rubbing off the excess to show off the wording more.

I also painted the nail head brads to match.

The image below is the bunch of goodies that Jody is offering to one lucky blog hopper.

The blog hop will run from July 31st to Aug 7th

then Jody will do a random draw from all the names of those of you who left comments and followed our blogs.

Good luck to all of you!

Along with this bunch of goodies that Jody is offering there are a few DT Members who are offering an extra giveaway on their blogs too 

so don't miss anyone along the way

Next blog on the list is 

Elisabetta's blog

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Here is a list of the blog hop line-up

Carol (me)

Elisabetta

Franca

Nadja

Gelsomina

Shawn

Adriana

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking

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links:

Shimmerz 

Bow technique