Magic is a faculty of wonderful virtue…

Sharing the lone Hallowe’en card I’ve made for this year featuring the super cute Halloween Sprite from Aurora Wings.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Sketch Saturday and used lots of layers of cardstock for added interest and dimension.  I fussy the little sprite and added her over a piece of designer paper the lucky recipient actually gave me.  For the strip element I chose to use both washi and twine so I could also play along at TGIF.

Over at As You Like It they want to know if your favourite is Autumn or Hallowe’en colours.  Too easy for me, I absolutely love Hallowe’en.  Not sure why, it was never a big deal here in Australia when I was growing up and I hate creepy crawlies and spooky things but am a huge hoarder of Hallowe’en crafty supplies.  I also love the combo of purple, green, black and orange.

I took this little cutie with me on a visit to my friend yesterday and she was received with much pleasure.  We won’t talk about the fact I was up most of Saturday night creating away at the present that accompanied the card and I was still colouring this image at lunchtime yesterday when I should have been in the car!  Was good to dust my Copics off though and actually make a Hallowe’en card.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Lips E04, R56, R59

Hair N5, N7, N9, 100

Outfit V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG67, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Pumpkin E09, YR04, YR14, YR18, YR20, YR23

Cat R20, W0, W1, W3, W5

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Quote Tokens Hallowe’en

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot

Papers

Authentique Nightfall ~ Seven

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Stampin' Up! Cardstock ~ Gorgeous Grape & Granny Apple

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Halloween Sprite

Ribbons & Trims etc

Doodlebug Design Inc Washi Tape ~ Eek!

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Jute String ~ Halloween

Challenges

As You Like It ~ Favourite Autumn or Halloween Colours (& why)

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So huge, so hopeless to conceive

Sharing a card I made with the beautiful Weeping Rose image from Aurora Wings.

I’ve had this image in my stash for a long time and decided it was about time I actually used it on a card.  Thought it would make a beautiful sympathy card so I teamed it with a sentiment from the Thoughts & Prayers set by Stampin’ Up!.

For my colour scheme I’ve followed the current palette at Color Throwdown.  I chose to colour only the roses on the image giving them dark purple centres going out to light purple.  The rest of the roses have been coloured in beige.  To add the final colour of brown I stamped my sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink from Stampin' Up!, adding a dusting of clear embossing powder over the top for some shine and texture.  I’ve also got some brown in the limited embellies I used, just three small sequins.  It’s really hard to tell in the photo but the image has also been foiled in rose gold.

I always think sympathy cards should be simple but elegant affairs so this is a one-layer card and I’m playing along at CAS on Friday with it.  I did mount my watercolor paper on to a base card of Bazzill Marshmallow for some strength but figure it still counts as a single layer card.

Over at Mix It Up they are looking for an optional twist of CAS, which my card is so I am entering it in their challenge.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Embellishments

Little Things from Lucy’s Cards Shaker Selection ~ Chocolate Fondue

Inks & Paints etc

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Chocolate Chip

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Milled Lavender & Seedless Preserves

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Fabriano Watercolor ~ 200gsm Hot Press Smooth

iCraft Decofoil ~ Rose Gold

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Weeping Rose

Stampin’ Up! ~ Thoughts & Prayers

Challenges

CAS on Friday #127 ~ One layer wonder

Mix It Up #10 ~ Anything Goes + Clean and Simple

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…snow is glistening

It’s been a busy weekend but I managed to squeeze in a Christmas card featuring this cute Garland Sprite image from Aurora Wings 

A while back I saw a gorgeous card by Pat of Cards 2 Cherish where she had doused her coloured image in glitter (you can find her card here).  I’ve been wanting to CASE that technique ever since and the current challenge at Winter Wonderland proved just the added incentive I needed.  But of course, I couldn’t just use the glitter on the image for my sparkle; I had to add some bling too.  So out came my box of bling and every punched hole on my die cut frame got a hot fix crystal and I added a Prima crystal to the centre of my die cut snowflake for even more sparkly bling.

 I’ve used the sketch at Christmas Card Throwdown for inspiration for my layout, taking it literally with a rounded shape in the middle of a square card.  They really wanted to see lots of layers and I have that on my card with my various mats and my added frame and embellies.

The frame around my image is to fit the current theme at Aurora Wings.  I also think it helps to make the image look like a Christmas ornament, the old style glittery ones my mother used to buy for our tree when I was a kid.  The soft frosted effect over the image looks lovely in real life and works really well with the blue and brown colour scheme.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Hair Y21, Y28, YR18, YR24

Outfit BG11, BG32, BG34, BG57, C0, C1, C3

Chalks & Powders etc

Prima Finnabair Art Sugar ~ White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Precious Marieke ~ PM10048 Wondrous Frame

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits ~ 661599 Paper Snowflakes Mini

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies ~ S4-110 Classic Ovals Large

Embellishments

Prima Say It In Crystals ~ Forever Green

Zyneri Hotfix Rhinestone Crystals ~ 2mm Clear

Inks & Paints etc

Prismacolor Pencils ~ Gold & Silver

Spica Pens ~ Gold, Silver & Turquoise

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Wink of Stella Brush Pen ~ Silver

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Milkshake

Curious Metallics Card ~ Cryogen White

Pion Design Palette Cardstock ~ Blue II

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Garland Sprite

Challenges

Aurora Wings #49 ~ Frame It

Christmas Card Throwdown ~ Sketch

Winter Wonderland ~ Add Some Sparkle or Bling

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