Embrace Beauty

Hi!
    Today my mojo was in full swing and I made two cards. This one is for the CAS and sketch challenge at Taylored Expressions. 

More views of dragonfly and embossed sentiment... 

Supplies used:
Water-colour paper
Taylored Expressions-Embrace beauty (image & sentiment)
Ranger-distress ink-mustard seed
Ranger-Silver embossing powder 
fluorescent water-colours (tiny plastic tubs from India make unknown) 
Crayola felt tip markers
Martha Stewart-doily lace edger punch
fluorescent A4 paper
    The image was stamped on water-colour paper with distress ink. This was done to achieve the no line water-colouring effect (first attempt). The image was then painted. The set of water-colours also contained a tub of glittery silver paint which was used for the dragonfly wings while its body was coloured with felt tip marker. The image was cut around the outline of the stamp adhered to the card and the body was extended slightly as it looked incomplete. The punched edge was glued to the lower half of the card base and the top half was shortened to reveal the edge. Sentiment was heat embossed.
Entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - girlie
http://www.happylittlestampers.com - mix media wings
Back tomorrow with my second card.
Leanne