Dancing Fairies

Here is the first of two new releases from Jellypark - isn't this such a cute image?! I've coloured it with Promarkers and added glitter glue to their wings and also around the edge of the image.

I've made the card shape by drawing around a new X Cut die I bought over the weekend - I can't remember what it is called but it's nice!



I used a Spellbinder Nestabilities to cut out the image and then used that as a template for the backing paper (from my stash and I can't remember where it is from as it was an oddment!)

Charm and embroidery thread from my stash. The second new release will follow!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Flutterby Wednesday: Open Theme
Little Red Wagon: Clean and Simple
Craft Room Challenge: Bling and Glitter
The Stamping Boutique: Clean and Simple
Incy Wincy Designs: Things With Wings

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and glitter
• Dies: X Cut and Spellbinders
• Everything else: My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 47 - Italian Christmas

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! The theme this week has been set by Miria and the theme is:

Italian Christmas

So the colours from the Italian flag are to be used - red, green and white.


I've used the very cute fairy A5 pre coloured template from Paper Boutique Vol 2, simply cut everything out and then layered it up with foam pads. I've added glitter to her dress (I know its a little turquoise looking - its more green in real life!) and a large bit of bling to her crown. And I've made her wand with a cocktail stick!

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 4 December. Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge: Unusual Christmas
Delightful Challenges - Red and Green
My Mum's Craft Shop: Things with Wings

• All paperbased items: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 29 - Christmas In July

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! Colette is our hostess this week and a girl after my own heart with a theme of

Christmas in July

I've used the wonderful Paper Boutique Boutique Vol 2 - Christmas Creative and made this cute fairy! She's A5 in size and all I did was print off the shapes and then layer them up with foam pads. The dress is layered and so the head has a fair few foam pads underneath otherwise she'd look like her head was shrunken! I've added gems to her crown and glitter glue to her dress and wings. And of course every fairy holds a star wand made from a cocktail stick!

Hope you can join in with the challenge - deadline is Sunday 31 July at 12noon GMT.

My card fits the following challenges:

Creative Belli: Christmas
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: Christmas in July
Flutter By Wednesdays: Open Theme but must use Angel, Butterfly or Fairy
Creative Craft Challenges: 3D It
Papertake Weekly: Getting Cute
Top Tip Tuesday: Shaped Cards
Delightful Challenges: Christmas in July

• All elements: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2

Boingy Fairy!

I could be pushing my luck with this one! The theme on Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge is

Spring Showers

So, thinking laterally about this one, the fairy is the spring! She's attached with a strip of acetate and she's been coloured with Promarkers plus some glitter glue on her wand and wings.

I've made an easy wobble card using some left over card stock and covering it with a scrap of card which is from Craft The Year Away from Funky Hand. I've cut the letters using my Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet dies and then added glossy accents over the top. The ribbon and brad covering the fold at the top of the card is from my stash.

So there you have it - the fairy is springing and showering good wishes with her sparkly wand!

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Baby Face alphabet from Cuttlebug
• Papers: Craft The Year Away from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Fairy Pink!

I really do enjoy the Digi Sparkle challenges although I must admit, the current one made me think a bit more! Heather is asking us to use:

A limited colour palette (2 or 3 colours only)

I was determined to use the lovely fairy image and wanted to use pink but got stuck! I then realised I already had some Funky Hand papers printed from Funky Little Christmas download. So the colours that I have opted for (not including white and skin tones!) are pink and brown.

I've used one of my Nesties dies to cut the scalloped shape and decided to part cut / highlight the fairy as I thought that too much white could be distracting.

The glitter I found in my stash and its sort of a coarse glitter which still gets everywhere! The ribbon and pearlescent snowflake are also from my stash.

Oh, and before I forget, there is a 25% discount at Funky Hand on all digital downloads until midnight 31 October - go and fill your boots, or at least your hard drive!!

• Backing papers: Funky Hand - Funky Little Christmas download
• Image: Digi Sparkle, coloured with promarkers and gitter
• Everything else: My stash
  

Another Fairy

I am really liking the simple sketches at the moment! And this one is no exception! It is the current sketch from Sketch Girl.

I've made this cute girly card as it is about time I made some! The digi image is part of a set that I bought from here and has been drawn by Gordon Fraser. The papers which I selected after I'd coloured the image - why I do that I don't know as it should be the other way round - are from Funky Daze. Mind you, all of Anice's papers are stunning so it wouldn't be too hard to find a match to anything that I've coloured!

Both the image and sentiment have been coloured with Promarkers (sets 5 and 6 arrived today - who-hoo!) and a little glitter glue. Wonderful images to colour as they seem so alive and vibrant!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze from Funky Hand
  
• Image and sentiment: Drawn by Gordon Frazer, bought from here and coloured with Promarkers
  

Fairy Sparkle

The Craft Garden has a monthly challenge, which, in theory is a good idea as it gives me all month to think of something and then make it. But I still leave it to almost the last minute!

This months challenge is:

Sparkle

I'd already coloured with watercolour pencils the Dustin Pike fairy (and sparkly wings) so decided to use her and try and find papers to go with it.

I found the 6 x 6 DCWV The Christmas multi stack last time I was in The Range so one of the papers has been used here. It is layered onto a sheet of almost mirri board card and the fairy has been layered onto a smaller piece. The ribbon is from my stash (I've had it ages so can't remember where it was from originally) and the very very glittery (my face is testament it's glitteriness!) snowflake is from Asda (15p tree decoration).

And I now realise that the fairy has been stuck on the card a little wonky. Ah well, too late now!

• Backing papers: DCWV Christmas 6 x 6 multi stack
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with watercolour pencils and a little glitter glue
• Snowflake: Asda
• Everything else: My stash
  
  

Birthday Fairy!

The current Sketch and Stash challenge is:
And I made this card last week, but have just realised that I've not blogged it yet! I made it for Nema who was 4 last week and we went to her fancy dress Birthday party at the weekend. Sorry about the harsh lighting - kitchen lights I'm afraid due to the dark dark days!

I've used backing papers from a Funky Hand download Hearts and Flowers - it is ages since I used these papers so it was really nice to use them again! I've added a bit of random doodling around the edges of the card and the circle. The image which is on acetate, is a Dustin Pike and I've glittered the wings.

Purple satin ribbon from my stash and the letters were freebies ages ago from a magazine.

• Backing papers: Hearts and Flowers download from Funky Hand
• Image: Dustin Pike coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Sentiment: Freebie letters from a magazine
  
  

Fairies do Fly!

And this fairy is called Isabel! After the boys joint Birthday party on Saturday, and because I enjoy the sounds of children shrieking loudly, we went to another Birthday party on Sunday morning! This time it was for Isabel who is Jacob's special little friend at nursery! She is 4 days younger than him and usually we end up having the parties on the same day, but this year we had managed to co-ordinate quite well and Isabel and her little sister Emily came to the boys party and they went to hers!

When I saw the challenge on Scrappy Frogs to make

A 3D Project

I decided to make her a flying fairy Birthday card!



The backing papers are from Candy Doodles and were scraps left over from a previous project (waste not want not!) The letters are also from the Candy Doodles cd and I printed them at A5 size so they would fit on the card. Edges have been cornered and inked too on all cardstock.

The image is from Dustin Pike which I have coloured with watercolour pencils and to make her fly, I've added her to a strip of acetate.

I'm quite pleased with myself in making this card so I think I'll be making more in the future!

• Backing papers: Candy Doodles cd from Polkadoodles
• Lettering: Candy Doodles cd from Polkadoodles
• Image: Dustin Pike coloured with watercolour pencils
• Everything else: My stash