This beautiful dragonfly gatefold card is just the ticket when you love both sides of a designer series paper. It also is a good way to use your designer series papers rather than just having them sitting on your shelf…yeah…I know…we all tend to hoard our papers.
For this card, I used the beautiful retiring Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper. The Dragonfly Garden stamp set is part of the Ornate Garden Suite so naturally I used the dragonfly as an accent piece. I stamped the dragonfly with Early Espresso ink, then colored it with the Light Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blend. Finally I brushed Clear Wink of Stella over the wings and the body of the dragonfly to give it a shimmery appearance. It’s too bad the camera couldn’t pick up the shimmer. The greeting, also from the stamp set, was stamped on Basic White cardstock with Early Espresso ink and cut out with the next to smallest rectangle of the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I love those dies!
This is what this beautiful dragonfly gatefold card looks like when opened. I stamped the verse from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and clusters of little dragonflies with Early Espresso ink. On the bottom corners of the card I glued triangles of the reverse side of the dsp.
Part of my purpose of making this card was to use up the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series paper since it is retiring May 3. I created another gatefold card using a different pattern in this set of papers. Which colorway do you like best? Leave a comment below.
Supplies Used to Make Beautiful Dragonfly Gatefold Card
- Dragonfly Garden Bundle
- Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad
- Light Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blend Marker
- Clear Wink of Stella
- Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper 12″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 2″ and 4″ on each end
- Basic White Cardstock 5 1/8″ x 3 5/8″, scraps for label and dragonfly
- Bumblebee Cardstock 5 1/4″ x 3 3/4″
- Flirty Flamingo Cardstock 5 1/4″ x 3 3/4″
- Stitched So Sweetly Dies
- Stampin Seal
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Paper Trimmer
- You can order these supplies in my online store by clicking this link: https://s.tamp.in/jCB8RJ
The new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog comes out May 4. To make room in the warehouse for the new product, Stampin’ Up! has to retire product. This is your last chance to purchase the retiring items like designer series papers and the 2019-2021 In Colors. You can find these retiring items here. Some of the items are even on sale! You must go check the list out because many of the items will be selling out if they haven’t already. Also, tomorrow new items are being added to the Clearance sale. Check them out here. Then place an order with me. I appreciate your business as it helps feed my ‘rubber’ addiction, LOL!