Sunday, November 8, 2015

Christmas Fairy

     This sweet little Christmas Fairy comes from Sweet Pea Stamps and is for their Progressive Challenge.  Sadly, this may be the last of the challenges since Sweet Pea Stamps is going to be closing this month.  But it gives me a chance to get one more Christmas card done so I'm happy to use it.  :-D


     I colored her with ProMarkers, a touch of watercolor on her hair, and added sparkle gel ink to her fairy wand, her wings, to the little stars and to the Shiney Stuff can.  Unfortunately, the sparkle doesn't show up very well in the photo but it's really wonderful IRL.

     I used one of my framing dies from Spellbinders to cut out the image and also to die cut the sentiment.  After I embossed both of those, I rounded the corners of a red card blank and mounted the image directly onto the card front.  I tied the lovely little red bow and adhered it to the top corner.  I really wanted to let that fancy die cut do all the work so I did no other embellishment.

     I'm not sure if this little fairy travels by flying or by a wave of her magic wand but I'm sure happy she traveled to my house this month.  :-D

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
ABC Christmas
Allsorts
Cardz for Galz
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'
Craft for the Craic
Crafting for all Seasons
Crafting with an Attitude
Crafty Girls Creations
Graph'It
Inspiration Destination
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Papertake Weekly
Passion for Promarkers
Quick Quotes
Scrapy Land

     I hope your weekend is going well.  I'm spending lots of time with my oldest granddaughter doing fabric shopping and then starting on a sewing project for her.  She's just learning to sew and I'm having the time of my life teaching her some of the tricks and techniques that I learned over the many years of sewing I've done.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

25 comments:

Desire Fourie said...

Pure festive delight. Love the ornate border.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Linda Simpson said...

Such a beautiful card and cute fairy. Enjoy your time with your granddaughter and sewing project
Hugs
Linda xxx

jimlynn said...

I can't even imagine teaching one of my granddaughters to sew since I rarely know what I'm doing myself in that area! Have fun though.

Cute and pretty, pretty little fairy and card. Love the die you used with this one too Connie. SOOOOOO pretty!
Lynn

Lori Kobular said...

Oh what an adorable Christmas Fairy!! Your card is so sweet and that die you used is beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #29!

Donna said...

Such a sweet fairy card, love the sentiment and beautiful embossed die-cut. Thanks for entering a second card at Passion for Promarkers this week :) Donna ♥ x

Teresa Arsenault said...

This is super adorable and I love that die cut frame.
hugs,
Teresa

Adventures in Paperland said...

That image is super cute and I love your frame. Terrific card! Thanks for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge. Lisa DT

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What a wonderful image, love the die and isn't it annoying when your cards are sparkly and look beautiful and the piccie doesn't show it. It doesn't take away how beautiful the card is though.

Kandy's Krafts said...

Gorgeous image, beautifully coloured. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Girls Creations Challenges.

Dawn said...

She's such a little cutie! I love the decorative border too!
Hugs
Dawn xx

The Crafty Den said...

Another cute card Connie. I love the sweet image and your colouring is fab. Great embossing and CAS layout. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cardz 4 Galz, good luck!!! Amy DT

AnyOldCraft said...

Beautiful card.
Very cute.
Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week.
AnyOldCraft (DT)

mixamatoasties said...

Thanks for sharing at CASS.

Susan

Lacey Stephens said...

Very cute! Great take on the V Challenge. Thank you for playing along with the ABC Christmas Challenge!!
~Lacey
ABC Christmas Challenge DT

*Vicki* said...

And what a darling Christmas fairy she is!! :) I just love your colors too!!

Donna Ellis said...

How darling, Connie! Love the spray of magic! That die cut really does look candy-cane-ish, doesn't it? I love how it swirls almost like ribbons of candy! Sweet, and fun -- just like you! Thanks for joining us in the Scrapy Land Challenge! Hope to see your pretty projects again.
happiness and hugs,
de
{Creative Smiles}

Craftnut said...

Thanks for joining us at allsorts X

Connie Mercer said...

Cute card :) Thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes!

Claire said...

Fab card, love it! Thanks so much for joining our Christmas Sparkle challenge over at https://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/
Claire xx

Anjie said...

Fabulous make. Thanks for joining us in our Christmas with Sparkles challenge at Graph’It Markers Colouring Challenge
Anjie (DT)

Golden Goddess Designs said...

precious image! great card! sad they are closing...:( but thank you for joining us at Quick Quotes this month!

Alicia

Kelly Lloyd said...

Cute card
Thanks for joining us at a gem of a challenge
Hugs Kelly

Joanna said...

beautiful card!!!! Thanks for taking part in Craft for the Craic challenge

Ger said...

Cute image and card! Thankyou for joining us this month at Craft for the Craic