Nouveau Beaded Dragonfly

I love Art Nouveau, with its swirly, sensuous curves. In fact, in my home I have several Art Nouveau objects. But alas, some cards are not photogenic, such as this beaded beauty, which was created using the “Dragonfly” image from Nature’s Nest and Nouveau Chic Designer Paper. In person, it is gorgeous, with the soft colors of the dragonfly peeking through the beading. And therein lies the problem…the Micro Beads, which give this card its “Wow” factor, are so reflective! But rest assured, if you would like to create a card reminiscent of the Art Nouveau Period, this is the image and the paper for you!

  • Prepare a standard card base from Perfect Plum textured card stock, scored at the top. Using the Corner Rounder Punch, round the two bottom corners.

  • Layer with a selection from Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper. Once again, round the two lower corners.

  • Punch a short strip of Perfect Plum with the Eyelet Border Punch. Add a snippet of Sage Shadow 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, and adhere to the card base as shown.

  • Ink the “Dragonfly” image from Nature’s Nest with Basic Gray and stamp onto Very Vanilla. Using Blender Pens, Sage Shadow and Perfect Plum inks, shade in the dragonfly. Outline using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker. Mat onto Sage Shadow and Perfect Plum.

  • Coat the dragonfly with Tombow Adhesive, and cover with Micro Beads. Remove the excess.

  • Add a Filigree Brad with a Pink Circle Fire Brad center to the lower right corner. Adhere the completed Dragonfly image mat to the card base.

  • Using the Photo Corner Punch, punch a photo corner from a coordinating selection of Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper. Round with the Corner Rounder Punch and adhere to the lower right hand corner. (Tip: This was to balance the design on the left hand side.)

  • To add further dimension to the card, cut out blossoms from the Nouveau Chic paper and pop onto the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. (I added a little extra bling by adding a Clear Rhinestone Brad to one of the blossoms.)
The card was created for this week’s Our Creative Corner Triple Play Challenge. The objective was to use three different types of embellishments. (I selected brads, ribbon, and beads.) Since I love embellishments, meeting the criteria was not problem for me! As always, I love reading your comments and emails. Please feel free to leave me a comment, or if you have questions about any card, please feel free to email me. Until next time…
Stamp Set: Nature’s Nest (113826)
Inks: Basic Grey (109120), Sage Shadow (102532), Perfect Plum (101437)
Designer Series Paper: Nouveau Chic (115670)
Card Stock: Very Vanilla (101650), Sage Shadow (101563), Perfect Plum Textured (108695—Soft Subtles Assorted)
Tools: Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Corner Rounder Punch (109047), Photo Corners Punch (109042)
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144), Circle Fire Brads (109110), Filigree Brads (112577), Sage Shadow ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon (111369)

6 Comments

  1. Carla Bazhenow
    July 20, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    So pretty, I love the use of your 3 embellishments. Hugs,

  2. Lisa Atha
    July 20, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Ann,

    This is gorgeous! So elegant and pretty!

    Lisa Atha

  3. Patti
    July 20, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Wow again! You are killing me with your cards! Seems like we have different ingredients and you are making me want MORE!! Haha.

  4. Gina Shaw
    July 20, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Absolutely stunning! I love the purple scalloped border–excellent touch that ties the entire card together. You work so beautifully with the microbeads, too. Love it all!

  5. Nikki Bond
    July 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    This is fabulous Ann….love the artsy but elegant looks…gorgeous! {SMILES}

  6. Deb Buckminster
    July 20, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Such an ELEGANT card! It’s a BEAUTY, Ann!

    Thank you for the detailed instructions. (I’ve not yet tried the micro-beads, but am intrigued.)

    If your card is even MORE lovely than the photo reveals, it must be DAZZLING!

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