My unusual creative process

I visited my Handmade Cards board on Pinterest this afternoon for inspiration. However, the inspiration pic. and my finished card bear absolutely no resemblance to each other. I had a totally different design almost ready to put together when I decided to try and watercolour a background stamp, just in case I wanted a bit more going on in the card. (Unusual for me, I know) As it turned out I liked the background panel so much it became the main event, I tossed the other panel and kept only the little dragonflies from my original design.

So, without mentioning the discarded process, here is how I made this card:

1. dampened a piece of watercolour paper, inked the dragonfly stamp in blues and green and stamped it on the damp paper.
2. when the dragonflies were dry I cut them out, added a little sponging and used a marker to darken their spines.
3. stamped the dragon flies with a versamark pad to totally cover them then embossed with a thick glossy embossing powder, twice.
4. to make the background panel, I wet a piece of watercolour paper (much wetter than for the dragonflies).
5. I inked the background stamp randomly in the two blues and the green ink and stamped it onto the wet paper.
6. when all was dry I trimmed the background panel, sponged the edges and embossed the sentiment.
7. attached the background to the card base and the dragonflies with glue dots.

Not what I set out to create, and if I told you I my initial intention was to make a friendship themed card for the Less is More challenge you would just laugh wouldn’t you?

Supplies

Stamps: Special Time, Wall Paper Print, Social Butterfly (PB)
Ink: Memento Teal Zeal, Paris Dusk, Cottage Ivy and Versamark (Tsukineko)
Also: Thick Glaze embossing powder