A Sweet Pea for Jen

Today I have a special Sweet Pea to share for Flutter By Wednesday.  This week's challenge at FBW is being sponsored by Glitterbabe Greetings and we challenge you to make it SPARKLE!  In honour of Stef - aka Glitterbabe, I went a tad overboard with my Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds and covered the mermaid's clothing, outlined three of the flowers on the patterned paper, and streaked her hair.

The challenge at Lili of the Valley is blue and silver so I raided my metal accent stash and found these letters.  Next month a very special someone celebrates her birthday so I added her name to the front of this card with silver cord.  The sparkle of the dazzling diamonds is quite spectacular and flashes silver.

Foam squares were used to raise up the matted image and glue dots helped add shape to the three butterflies.  Jenny at Paper Jewels is currently taking pre-orders for the latest Ching-Chou Kiuks Fantasy Art Collection and has in stock many more to choose from! 

Please check out the rest of the creations by the Flutter By Wednesday design team and I hope to see you flutter with us!

Thank you for looking!

Details

Image: Sweet Pea Ching-Chou Kiuks Fantasy Art Collection from Paper Jewels

Ink: Memento

Paper: Prism, Bazill cardstock, Stampin' Up! DSP

Embellishments: unknown silver cord, Making Memories metal letters, smooch, SU dazzling diamonds, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, foam squares, glue dots

Rose and Melody - Flutter By Wednesday DT

Happy Wednesday!  This week Danni is letting creative freedom run wild with another open challenge at Flutter By Wednesday Challenge Blog.  The only requirement is that you must have a butterfly, fairy, or angel on your creation in order to enter!  This week I really wanted to play along with Paper Makeup's Makeup for the Weekend Challenge so I followed their challenge for my creations today.  This week's challenge at PMS is the complete opposite of my creation with Ally for last week's FBW - NO layers and UNLIMITED embellishments.  OUCH!  Well, I'll try almost anything once and I love their Beautiful Day Fairies by Diem Pascarella so I gave it a go twice!

My first attempt was Rose. 

She is coloured with copics, surrounded by Prima flowers with Recollections bling centers, and completed with a rub-on from Crate Papers.  Overall final impression, she's alright.  Too bad I don't feel the same about Melody! 

The colouring went well but perhaps I should have searched for the tutorial I thought I had seen a few months back before I got too adventurous with a finished image. Argh! I decided that I should be able to emboss the area around Melody by simply using an oval shape to stop an impression from forming over the image. Yeah, well, partial success. The impression was not as strong, but perhaps I should find that tutorial! So I used some chalk to hopefully lesson the visual impact of the embossing on the center and added an organza bow across the top.  I added stickles to her wings, hair, shoes, and underskirt.

The sentiment for the inside is just beautiful - you'll have to read the whole thing on the Paper Makeup Stamps blog but it starts off  "Sing like no one is listening..." .

Thank you for looking! Please join us for Flutter By Wednesday and check out the rest of the design team creations here!

Tea with Ally - Flutter By Wednesday DT

This week's challenge on Flutter By Wednesday Challenge Blog is to use either the colour green or shamrocks.  FBW has a special sponsor this week with a fabulous prize - Paper Makeup Stamps!  In honour of PMS, I'm using Ally from their Beautiful Day Fairies collection designed by Diem Pascarella, and their sentiment Together is my favorite:

Thank you for looking!  Please join us for Flutter By Wednesday and check out the rest of the design team creations here.

Flutter By Wednesday Celebrates 100

Today is an extremely special Flutter By Wednesday as it marks the 100th FBW Challenge!  To celebrate Danni asked the DT to stay true to the blog's origins and showcase butterfly creations.  The lovely Karen thought up a special surprise for Danni...butterfly boxes! 

For those of you out in blogland who don't know Danni from Danni's Dreams, you should take a moment to visit her blog and leave her a "hi".  She is one of the nicest people that I have met out there.  Danni always sends positive e-mails to the group after each challenge and she spends an enormous amount of time running FBW and complimenting on so many blog entrants.  Thank you Danni for taking a chance on me, for inviting me on as first a guest designer, and then as a DT member, even though I had no blog history and extremely few followers at the time.  Thank you for always being there for me and offering an encouraging word.  You are amazing and these creations are for you!

Karen sent the entire DT templates for these boxes which are very easy to make.  The template is from QBee on Splitcoast Stampers and all the information can be found here.  I used retired Stampin' Up! paper and their butterfly die to accent the box.

My Tildas have been begging for attention so I made a matching tent card following the tutorial at Just Magnolia which will be entered into their challenge.

Thank you for looking!  Please join us this week at Flutter By Wednesday and check out all the butterfly boxes the design team members have made!

Tinkerbell Inspired Flutter By Wednesday

Another joyous Wednesday!  This week the challenge at Flutter by Wednesday is photo inspiration:

My daughter adores Tinkerbell and her bedroom is all decked out with Tinkerbell border, bedding, and accessories.  As such, it really shouldn't be shocking to learn that I have Tinkerbell scrapbboking supplies already on hand.  Given that my daughter loves purple, my card pulled the purples from the inspiration photo and used licensed paper.

This adorable image is Fairy Fun from Karen's Doodles.  The licensed paper was continued to the inside.

 

The digital sentiment is from Paper Makeup Stamps.  This card will be entered into the challenge at One Stitch at a Time (sketch) and Simon Says Challenge (Mother's Day/girly).

Please check out the beautiful creations by the other Flutter By Wednesday design team members at the FBW blog.

Copic details: Hair Y000/02; Skin E000/00/02; Flowers on shoes YR65/68; Wings B000/21; Skirt RV000,V12; Shoes and Flowers in hair BV11/13; Top V12/15/17.

Thanks for looking!

Details
Digital Images: Karen's Doodles, Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Bazill cardstock, licensed Tinkerbell paper
Embellishments: Tinkerbell clear stickers, Spellbinders Nestabilities, copic markers, Cuttlebug vintage dies, stickles

I will post the copic colours used tomorrow!

Shaela Fairy for Flutter By Wednesday

Oh joyous Wednesday!  This week the challenge at the Flutter By Wednesday blog is open - just remember to use a fairy, an angel, or a butterfly.  My Paper Makeup Stamps have been sadly neglected as of late, so I practiced my copic feather blending technique on Shaela Fairy.

Shaela is done up following the sketch at the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog where she will be entered.  To really make Shaela dazzle, I added Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds to her shoes, wings, cheeks, wand, and dress.

Please check out the beautiful creations by the other Flutter By Wednesday design team members at the FBW blog.

Thanks for looking!

Details

Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps digi

Ink: Printer, Color Box chalk ink

Paper: Close to My Heart white cardstock, Cactus pink Gummies #2005

Embellishments: Spellbinders Nestabilities, copic markers, SU dazzling diamonds, Prima flowers, Basic Grey Opaline half pearls, Martha Stewart border punch, unknown ribbon

A Flutter By Wednesday with Susana's

Good morning!  This week there is a special treat at Flutter By Wednesday - for those of you who make a card and link it before Monday, February 22nd at midnight, you will be eligible for blog candy!  This week's challenge is to use hearts with your butterfly, fairy, or angel - apparently I will be fixing my card and posting new pictures later as I appear to have missed a heart or two!  This beautiful image is Tea for Two from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.

With such a beautiful image, I wanted to keep the card itself simple.  I have long admired to style of Michele Boyer from Paper Cuts so this was my opportunity to imitate her amazing style.  The delightful surprise in this card is the mica paints which were used over the Koh-I-Noor and Lyra coloured pencils which are visible when viewed at certain angles.

 

I continued the simple style on the inside.

In addition to being entered into Flutter By Wednesday, this card will be entered into the challenges at Cupcake Crafts (Keep It Simple), A Spoon Full of Sugar (Spring Time) and the Diedrich Dare (colour challenge).

Thank you for looking!

A Valentine for my Daughter - Flutter By Wednesday GDT

When I saw the first fairy, Fairy Fun, from Karen's Doodles, I got excited.  When I saw the Fairy Princess, nothing could have kept me from placing it into my cart!  My daughter at three years of age loves dresses, wands, crowns, and shoes.  She often tells me that I am her "Prince Charming" and we dance around the house - after she carefully ensures that our hands and arms are in the proper waltzing position.  Amazing what she picked up from Disney's The Princess and the Frog.

This week's theme at Flutter By Wednesday is love and I decided to create a valentine for my own fairy princess.

This Fairy Princess will be entered into the challenges at Papertake Weekly (sketch), The Pink Elephant (Mushy Gushy Valentine), Everybody Art Challenge (valentine), Charisma Cardz (I love you), and Crazy 4 Challenges (Be My Valentine).

Thanks for looking!

Shana

Dark Royalty for Flutter By Wednesday

Welcome to Flutter By Wednesday!  This week's challenge at FBW blog is an open one - just remember that you need to use a butterfly, a fairy, or an angel.  Thanks to a friend, I was able to play with ching-chou kuik's Dark Royalty from Sweat Pea Stamps.  She has been coloured with distress inks and touched up with some Smooch ink and Stickles for extra sparkle.

This dark princess is based on Mercy's Tuesday Sketch and will also be entered into the challenges at The Pink Elephant (Challenge #43 favorite colouring medium - distress inks) and Quixotic (I believe in fairies).

Thank you for looking!

Check out Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog for the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to PaperWorks Co.! 

Flutter By Wednesday

Good evening and welcome to another wonderful, flutterful Wednesday!  This week I'm participating in Flutter By Wednesday and watching the fluttering from the sidelines with this adorable little angel.

I have been drooling over these beauties at Inky Impressions for months however until a friend came up this weekend, I never had any of their images.  This is fairy LiLi and I will be entering her into the challenges at Cute Card Thursday (fairy fantastic), Charisma Cardz (fruity colours), Crazy4Challenges (pink) and Papertake Weekly (sketch).

As per my usual, I continued decorating the inside - although I kept it to a simplified version of the sketch.

Thank you for looking!

Details

Stamps: Inky Impressions (Fairy LiLi), Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps (sentiment)

Paper: Paper Pretties, Bazzill cardstock, Bazzill bling cardstock

Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up

Embellishments: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Stampin' Up dazzling diamonds, unknown ribbon, Sizzix lots of tags, copics

Flutter By Wednesday DT

Good morning!  Today I am excited to post my creation as a guest designer for Flutter By Wednesday.  This week's challenge with Danni and her wonderful FBW team is embossing.  Monday my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from their new release arrived including the beautiful Bird Fairy by artist Crissy Armstrong.

She was coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks.  The brown cardstock has been dry embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder D'vine Swirls.

The sentiment "Imagine" was heat embossed with Close to My Heart embossing powder.

I continued embossing on the inside of the card, using the left over embossed cardstock from the front and embossing the sentiment and wing.

My original idea for the inside was to go over the wing with a pink marker and stamp it - too dark.  Then I tried stamping on scrap first and making a lighter image - still not right.  Then I got the idea to emboss the wing with Stampin' Up irridescent ice - can't find it and my SU demo next door is out too.  She suggested mixing clear embossing powder with dazzling diamonds - the result was amazing!

The sentiment, also from the new KKS release, was stamped in Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa classic ink pad and quickly covered with clear embossing powder.  Granted craft ink is recommended for the clear embossing technique but I own every SU colour in classic ink pads and only two or three in the craft.  Bird Fairy will be entered into this week's challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog, A Spool Full of Sugar (lots of layers) and Papertake Weekly (pink).

Thank you for looking!  Please check out the fantastic creations by the rest of the Flutter By Wednesday design team.  Also, the challenge at Paper Sundaes is open until Saturday night with a random winner receiving a $15 gift certificate to Stamp and Create - and Lacey carries the complete new release from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Flutter By Wednesday's Blog Hop!

Welcome to our fluttering blog hop!  All of us are excited to share with you our new fluttering creations and our NEW Flutter By Wednesday blog. 

If you have come here from Debby's blog then you are on the right track and over half way through the hop!  Otherwise please flutter back to the beginning of the hop at Danni's blog.  Be sure to check out ALL the fabulous creations and receive the maximum inspiration possible.  If you wander from the path and get lost, simply flutter to Danni's and view the master list of participants. 

To celebrate Flutter By Wednesday's new home and my new guest DT position with FBW, I used Tilda from the winter kit in combination with my new distress inks and a new card layout. 

I love the vintage feel the distress inks provide.  The colours of the card were inspired by the image at Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.  Tilda's blonde hair is the yellow bow which wraps up this pretty package of soft blue and pink.  The chocolate cardstock is the cupcake whereas the watercolour paper and offwhite crocheted flower is the icing.

Thank you to my secret sister Carla for sending me beautiful crocheted flowers. 

The two toned chocolate cardstock is so delish to play with!  I embossed the flowers and then sanded to show just a little hint of blue.  The writing space is actually tucked right behind Tilda, here:

Thank you for looking and remember to flutter back next week for some candy.  Now flutter over to Heather's blog to see what creation she has to inspire you!

Details

Stamps: Magnolia

Paper: PaperWorks Co. December card kit featuring Bo Bunny Press Persuasion collection

Ink: Versafine

Colouring Medium: Tim Holtz distress inks

Embellishments: Kaiser pearls, crocheted flower, Stampin' Up border punch, Close to My Heart edge distresser