It’s our second
challenge over at Show Your Digi Love and I’ve made a special card featuring an
image I’ve had for ages but never coloured up, the stunning Fairy Princess of Autumn by Enys Guerrero available at Sweet Pea Stamps.
My card is
actually a box card; I followed a tutorial over at Noor Design by Tiets. It’s supposed to have tea light candles in it
but is going to someone who doesn’t really use them so I’m going to fill it
with chocolates instead. Here’s what the
inside looks like, it’s hard to tell in the photo but the gold medallion in the
middle on the right side is actually printed on organza ribbon, which is there
to hold the chocolates in but in real life is see-through so you can actually
see what’s inside the box.
As this is really
a glorified gift box and it is for a gift (a thank you for someone whose place
I’m staying at for a crafty weekend), I am entering it in the current challenge
at Hanna and Friends.
The front of the
card follows the current sketch over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards, a great
one that allowed me to add lots of delightfully shabby elements. To pick those elements I’ve played along with
the tic tac toe challenge at Fussy and Fancy.
I really couldn’t pick a column or row so I just went with every one of
the elements as they were all fabby so I have a charm (I’m thinking the Tim
Holtz Foliage counts as a charm, it’s metal and has a loop to hang it), several die cuts (the corner element, the oval
and the label on the tag inside, lace (love the one I used, sadly it is no
longer available), dry embossing on the corner die cut (it’s a bit hard to see
as I’ve covered a bit of it but the label is also embossed), ribbon (two kinds,
the organza and the jute), pearls (around the oval frame), a sentiment (on my
tag), wet embossing (the sentiment on the tag, which is why it’s a bit
difficult to actually read it!) and sparkle (I used gilding flakes on the
embossing, also the gold veins on the leaves and the glittery printing on the
organza ribbon).
And a closer look at the tag I made (needed somewhere to write a message!).
I love how this turned out and am really happy
with my colouring of the image; she is such a beautiful image.
Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to go through your
own digi stash, yes, that one you have full of gorgeous and fun images you’ve
never got around to colouring, and join us at Show Your Digi Love. Our challenges
are always anything goes and just for fun (a fab badge is yours though and
guest DT spot if you want it) and this month we are asking you to choose your
favourite image from Aurora Wings, The East Wind and Sweet Pea Stamps. We’d love to see your makes with one of the
fab images from one of these talented artists, or even all three!
Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00,
E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)
Lips R24, R29,
R59
Hair E43, E44, E47,
E49
Outfit E23, E25,
E27, E29, R39, R59, R85, R89, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28
Brambles E23,
E27, E29
Wings E17, E18,
E25, R22, R59, Y21, 26
Chalks & Powders
etc
Dies, SVGs &
Templates etc
Sizzix Die &
Embossing Folder ~ Labels
Spellbinders Shapeabilities
~Ironwork Accents
Wild Rose Studio
Die ~ Oval Frames
Embellishments
Prima Flowers ~ Merlot
Capri
Tim Holz
Idea-ology ~ Foliage
Inks & Paints
etc
Rub’nBuff ~
Spanish Copper
Tim Holtz
Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo
Viva Décor
Inka-Gold ~ Old Gold
Papers
Bazzill Cardstock
~ Bitter Chocolate
Creative Memories
~ Reminisce Travel
Echo Park
Reflections Fall ~ Autumn Stripes & Count Your Blessings
Gold Paper from
stash
Ribbons &
Trims etc
DMC ~ Memory
Thread
Green Tara Pearl
Trim ~ 3mm Ivory
Jute Ribbon from
stash
Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Reinette Champagne
Maroon Organza
Ribbon with Gold Print from stash
Stamps
Challenges
Fussy and Fancy #133 ~ Tic tac toe (charm, die or punch, lace | dry embossing, ribbon,
pearls | sentiment, wet embossing, sparkle)
Thanks for
stopping by!
