Good morning my lovely peeps I hope you are all fine and dandy I know it has been a while but things have but things have been a little mad here at the house of cards with one thing and another Phil has had loads of new deliveries so we’ve had so much to open sort out and shipped off and I have been a busy with my stuff as well phew not enough hours in the day to fit it all in!!!!
I think we can safely say our summer (yes I hear you all saying what summer I know I feel the same total disappointment )O: ) and the C word is creeping up on us very quickly yet again (eeeekkkkkk) I must start my Chrimbo cards real soon!!!
Anyhoo I do have a card for you today (well I guess you knew that otherwise it would be pointless me posting on here wouldn’t it haha) It’s a special card for a special little girl (well that’s what her Grandmother(hehe)told me so of course I had to pull out all the stops.Now I was asked to make this card a good few months ago so have had a good time to think about what I was going to make and after a few questions I had this card in my head and knoew how I wanted it to look. I was told she liked fairies and pinks and purples the only thing I was asked to do was if I was colouring an image could I colour the fairy with a darker colour tone. I have only ever attempted to do this twice before so was a tad nervous about it but I gave it my best so I hope it’s OK.
Anyhoo I do have a card for you today (well I guess you knew that otherwise it would be pointless me posting on here wouldn’t it haha) It’s a special card for a special little girl (well that’s what her Grandmother(hehe)told me so of course I had to pull out all the stops.Now I was asked to make this card a good few months ago so have had a good time to think about what I was going to make and after a few questions I had this card in my head and knoew how I wanted it to look. I was told she liked fairies and pinks and purples the only thing I was asked to do was if I was colouring an image could I colour the fairy with a darker colour tone. I have only ever attempted to do this twice before so was a tad nervous about it but I gave it my best so I hope it’s OK.
The card is of course my favourite 8x8” and the papers are
from pixel scrapper they have been distressed and inked with DI’s and faux
matted.
The image is called Teen fairy Pia by Mo Manning now I know
it’s says teen fairy but from I have been told about the birthday girl she is a
lot older that her 7 (8) years
so that is why I went with her plus she is adorable. I coloured her with
promarkers (sorry didn’t keep
a record of colours used I’m so out of sync lately). I added micro beads
to the centre of the flower in her hair and of course glitter to her wings.I forgot to mention I added liquid pearls to her skirt.
To embellish I had this idea to cascade some ribbon and tulle
down one side and across the bottom of the card so didn’t want to add to many
other elements elsewhere on the card. I wanted to keep it all on the ribbon
apart from adding a large fussy bow to the opposite corner in a lilac organza
ribbon.
For the cascade (I
have no idea what else to call it so I’m sticking with that)I took a
length of tulle in white about 1½” wide
and then a piece of sheer tulle in purple about the same width along with a
length f shocking pink satin ribbon and sort of plated and twisted it then
added purple sequins I glued this in place on the card then started decorating
using punched butterflies in pinks and purples and flower stamens and berries, then my favourite bit was the bottle
of fairy dust (well
I had to really didn’t I??). To make the fairy dust I had a bottle that
used to have nail caviar in (I
have loads of these bottles) I poured a small amount of glossy accent
into the bottle and coloured with spun sugar re-inker and a sprinkle of iridescent
glitter and left to dry I printed of a label of content(fairy dust)and attached to the outside then added some
more iridescent glitter when the content was dry. Then I stuck it in place with
3D tape and a blob of glue. To finish the cascade I added a rose to each end to
hide the knots which I also coloured with spun sugar re inker.
As always to finish the card I made the insert using papers
from the front and bringing the image through to tie it all together and added
a granddaughter birthday verse.
So there is my card for you today I hope you like it and I
hope it’s not too long before I get to post again Phil is such a slave
driver!!!!
I will leave you with a fancy pic of the card and a list of
challenges I would like to enter it into.
Challenges
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/ INKS/MARKERS
http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/ CLEAR IT OUT (use stash items) all of it is from my stash
Happy Crafting
9 comments:
Love this Jacki, so pretty & girly and the skin tone is lovely....you nailed it, my friend! Hope you're well....crazy mad here but kettles always on.....& today's treat is an eccles cake!
hugs Jo x
Wow - this card is gorgeous! I love all of the pretty pink goodness! Thanks for joining our markers/ink challenge this week at Use Your Stuff!
Oh! my goodness this is a dream girly card, she is going to be thrilled with it, so will Grandma. It's beautifully done.
A card fitting for a special girl. I love the cascade with all the embellies-especially the fairy dust. Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap.
This is a fabulous card! I love all the layers and textures...so well done! Thanks for joining us at Use Your Stuff and hope to see you again!
Tammy DT
Hello Jacki. Oh wow, how beautiful and pink, I love it. Beautiful image, coloured so well as always. Love the papers and all the detail. Great design too.
Good luck with all the challenges.
Lots of love, Sandra xxxx
Love your card. Thanks for entering the challenge at Storyteller.
Hugs,
Liv Solveig
Such a sweet card! Thanks for joining us at our Use Your Stuff and hope to see you again!
Majo DT
Adorable! Love the glittery wings and all the different ribbons on the sides.
Thank you for joining us at Love to Scrap! Best of luck with your entry! Please join us again!
Tammy - DT
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