You may think this Dragonfly Garden Thinking of You Card would be difficult to make, coloring those tiny areas, but it is still relatively easy. Since the areas you probably want to color are so small, you can’t really fuss over it very much!
Just to use a color I don’t usually use, I chose Blackberry Bliss for the card base. And because I had thought about using Melon Mambo as the card base I used it as a layer underneath the Whisper White card front.
The reason I used this collection of flowers in the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set was to see what it would be like to color and make into a card. I stamped it with Memento Ink and then colored in with Stampin’ Blends. I used some Daffodil Delight on the top flower, Melon Mambo on the next group of daisies or whatever kind of flower that is! The other flowers I used a purple color. The leaves and stems are colored with Granny Apple Green.
Most of these images are so small and tiny that you can only use the pen tip of the marker, not the brush tip. And even then, you mostly barely dot the color in, not really “color in”.
The greeting is the pretty font from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set. If you aren’t sure what you will use a card for that you make, usually the “Thinking of You” sentiment is a versatile one to choose. You may be thinking of that person for many occasions!
The flowers looked a little bare over there by themselves, so to kind of ground them a bit, I colored around them with a Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend marker. I only barely wanted it to be seen. It was nothing artistic, just some scribbling and coloring lightly with the brush tip. Nothing is right or wrong.
Since the cardstock is so dark, I adhered a layer of white cardstock on the inside to stamp or write a message. And for a little decoration, I adhered a strip of Dandy Garden Designer Paper across the bottom.
Basically, this is an easy card to make to send to someone. Just some stamping and a little bit of coloring! And if you don’t want to do the coloring, make a monochromatic card stamping the flowers in a color, and then there is no need to color the design like this card HERE that I previously made.
If you like various kinds of plants and dragonflies, you should really check out this Dragonfly Garden Suite Collection in the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. Then you will have everything in this theme to make lots of beautiful cards and projects.
