Thursday 28 April 2011

Whoopsi Daisy challenge 'Fairy Magic'

Hi all, I've actually got the good, the bad & the ugly to tell you today! so lets go in that order...The good (well the great) is that I will be now working on the Whoopsi Daisy design team - yey!!! I'm excited in particular to be on this design team as the images are out of this world. I honestly just can't believe I'd never heard of them before as they really are amazing & right up my street. They are well drawn, pretty, cute charming digi stamps with a ream of different sheets to choose from. I'm really fussy over my images & whilst I would probably have accepted just about any ofer to be on a DT at the mo! - I certainly would not work with images I didn't like or consider up to standard. I love all the famous, well known stamp companies that I often feature on my cards & don't often deal with other peoples. Only the best will do for me & trust me - these images are some of the best I've seen. At only 99p a sheet they are a total bargain & I stongly recommend you give them a check out. Why not head on over there now with this link: Whoopsi Daisy. Don't forget to call back here & tell me what you think!

So now for the bad - I should have posted this on Sunday when the challenge went live - so a massive heart felt appology to Linnie & all the Whoopsi Daisy girls - I'm so so sorry, which brings me onto the ugly. Theres been an outstanding issue in my personal life for the past 3 years which has really taken its toll on me & my family. I don't want to go into details but it been a really difficult time & it all came to a close this week, so my heads been a little all over the place in the lead up to it - hence forgetting to do this post. Now its not all doom & gloom as I am now able to put it all behind me & get on with our lives without any more worry. 

Now onto my card... I LOVE fairy images so this weeks 'Fairy Magic' challenge was defo one for me! - if you've not allready come from there then why not head on over now & check out the rest of the DT for some inspiration here: Whoopsi Daisy 'Fairy Magic' challenge. For my card I used sheet 199...
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...How good is this image, simple, cute but elegent & very efective & charming. I think she looks great in these muted colours & Distress Inks are always good for that, check below for colours used...
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Distress Inks:
Skin: Tattered Rose
Hair streak 1: Old Paper with touch of Pumice Stone
streak 2: Pumice Stone with touch of Frayed Burlap
streak 3: Victorian Velvet with touch of Pumice Stone
Pony tail is a light mix of streaks 1 & 2
Dress: Mulled Lavender
Wings: Pumice Stone & Frayed Burlap
Tights stripe 1: Spun Sugar & Victorian Velvet
Tights stripe 2, petals & stem: Bundled Sage & Shabby Shutters

Highlights:
Wings: Irridescant chunky flower glitter.

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...The fabulous flowers are one fo my all time fave buys from Wild Orchid Crafts - they are so pretty & give the card such a professional feel. The lovely soft mulberry paper adds texture, the shapes are fab especially the larger blue flower - I just love how the petals twist! - Then theres the colours that porceline blue & the lilac is just stunning & compliment the papers perfectly. The collection is Lilac House by Fancy Pants - its a recent purchase & I've done some great little makes with it & I really LOVE it with this image!!!

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...The puch is double loop from the punch around the page range by Martha Stewart. The other punches are a hobby craft large tag punch that I've folded iver & made tabs with then secured with a brad - I'm not always  a massive fan of punch art, but I do love to find ways of using my punches that they were not necessarily primerily made for & this one makes great little tabs. The large pin has been covered in nail varnish - which is a great way of makijng your existing pins match different colour schemes. Then I've made a little jewellry tag by chopping down a larger tag & tied with twine around the pin.


I'd like to enter into the following challenges...
Sarah Hurley - Butterflys/Things with wings
Charisma Cardz - April Showers May brings Flowers

3 comments:

  1. oh this is one,gorgeous card hun,just adore it such super detail hugs cheryl xxxx

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  2. Your card is gorgeous the image is so cute, the flowers are fab just love all the detail you've added. Lynne xx

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  3. Wonderful card and gorgeous details! glad that you can now look forward to the future and things are looking a bit brighter for you..
    Hugs
    Tamara

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