Dragonfly at Rest Birthday Card

The Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits have been one of my favorite die sets over the last few months.  I love the variety of ways that you can use them.

This is a simple card that is very relaxing to make. I created it for a swap and liked it so much that I made more of this design as thank you cards for some of my customers and a couple more for birthday cards.

As it usually goes, I kept the one with a crooked sentiment for my sample! I should have taken a photo of one that was straight before mailing them all out.

• The base is Basic Black cut at 4 1/4" x 11' and scored at 5 1/2"
• The Berry Bliss layer is 4" x 5 1'4" and was embossed with the Big Shot using the Seaside embossing folder.  I chose to use it on the card with the raised side of the paper adhered to the basic black base. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the Berry Bliss layer to the card base.
• Whisper White cardstock was run through the Big Shot using the largest of the Lots of Labels Thinlits.
• Leaves from the Butterfly Basics stamp set are stamped in Old Olive on the white panel.
• The Happy Birthday sentiment from the Rose Wonder stamp set is stamped in Berry Bliss. (There are wonderful sentiments in this stamp set!)
• The dragonfly was cut out of Berry Bliss cardstock using the smaller single dragonfly thinlit from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits set.
• Using sponge daubers, I added Fresh Fig ink to the body of the dragonfly and the tips of it's wings. Wink of Stella was brushed on the wings to give it a bit of sparkle.  I used glue dots to attach the body of the dragonfly to the whisper white panel so it is resting on the leaves.
• A couple of Basic Rhinestone Jewels finished off the front card panel.
• The stamped card piece was attached to the main card using Stampin' Dimensionals to add a bit more dimension.

I hope you like the card as much as I enjoyed making it!

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Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set [138816] $36.00	Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697] $27.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00
Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144243] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $6.50
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $6.50	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [144082] $6.50	Big Shot [143263] $110.00
Big Shot Platform [142802] $26.00	Precision Base Plate [139684] $25.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658] $40.00
Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration [144262] $12.50	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $8.50	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $27.00
Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies [142749] $31.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $5.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00