CC&S Sketch Challenge #423 Forever Elegant Dragonflies for Fathers Day
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Week 2 of June, summer is already flying by. This week at CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge, we have a sketch challenge to inspire you. I am quite anxious to see what this sketch inspires you to create, so please do post your creation on our blog by Monday 14 June at 6:00pm EST.
I needed to create a couple of Father’s Day cards, so that is the theme for this sketch. I was trying to create a moonlit night in a wide open field with dragonflies catching the rays of moonlight in their wings, and all the foliage casting the silvery glow. I used the Forever Flourishing Dies on gold Foil paper, the Dragon Fly punch for the Vellum dragon fly, and a circle punch with silver foil to create the moon and to round out my 3 images. The strip of patterned paper is a pattern from the Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper. The background texture is embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment “your the best” is from the A Good Man stamp set and is stamped in Basic Gray on a piece of Basic White cardstock scrap then die cut with the Tailor Made Tags dies. Inside the card is a strip of leftover pattern paper from the front used as a border and another punch dragonfly from gold foil paper.
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Comments
Such a gorgeous take on the sketch, Shannon!!
I am in love with your colors and textures. I need to get busy on some Father’s Day cards myself.
Great sketch Shannon! Your card is so unique and beautiful!
This totally works Shannon. Love your combination of colours and images and especially the vellum-winged dragonfly – it adds a real ethereal quality. Great sketch this week!
What a gorgeous pared back colour palette you’ve used Shannon! It really does bring to mind a moonlit scene. Vicky x