Dragonfly Dreams challenge - GDT card

Good morning and happy Sunday lovely friends. I hope you are all doing ok and finding lots of time to get crafty. Well the weather is certainly perfect for staying indoors and crafting as it's now really chilly and wet here in South Wales.  I'm not sure if you are the same as me but as soon as the clocks go back I don't want to leave the house after 4pm lol!  

I am delighted to be a guest designer over at Dragonfly Dreams challenge this month and they have a fantastic theme of 'feminine'.  I'm sure this is going to be a really popular challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing all your pretty, girly creations.  I think flowers are always my go-to when I think of feminine and I combined them with a soft colour combo and pretty dies.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the flowers:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the florals and coloured them with the coordinating stencils using two colours of teal/blue for the flowers and two greys for the leaves.  I went with blue as I was itching to use one of my new ink pads from Gina K Designs so chose the new Cadet Blue which is beautiful.  I stamped the sentiment in black and used the coordinating dies to cut out both the sentiment and flowers (I cut 3 more of each from white so that I could layer them up for some extra dimension).  After watching Gina on Thursday showcase Master Layouts 19 I decided to use the scalloped dies and I cut the fancy scalloped die from white card and the scalloped mat layer from a teal/blue card and I adhered them together with liquid glue.  Before I adhered the centre panel I took a lattice stencil and the lightest grey ink pad and stencilled a soft grounding panel for my flowers.  The centre panel was adhered in place with liquid glue.  I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 4 6/8" and also a teal/blue mat layer 4" x 4 7/8" and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I added the scalloped panel with double sided tape and then added the flowers with liquid glue and the sentiment with foam squares.  I finished off with some clear solid sequins.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for some dimension and then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  As I still had the sparkle gel on my card from my winter card I used my finger and added a small amount over the flowers for a pretty sparkle.  For the inside I cut the same white and blue layers and also cut another scalloped panel and mat.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - colouring (I coloured by ink blending using a stencil)

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - letter M - monochrome

Seize the Birthday challenge - favourite fall treat or ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

I hope you can join in with this fun challenge. Please pop over to the challenge blog to find out all the details and to check out the gorgeous creations by the Design Team too.

I hope you enjoy the last bit of your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - floral friendship stamp, dies and coordinating stencils

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 19 die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - cadet blue, sea glass, soft stone, stormy sky

Gina K Designs - bodacious blooms layering stencils (for lattice)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp (for inside greeting)

Gina K Designs - starlight sparkle gel

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

teal/blue card from stash

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Thank you x