Flower Fairy Card

I received the image for this lovely flower fairy when I joined The Outlawz monthly progressive challenge earlier this month. It was made by Nicecrane and is just gorgeous, don't you think?
For some reason, I couldn't get the digi to import to my Silhouette Design Studio software, so I had to skip some of the playing around with her that I would have enjoyed. It was all for the best, though, as this way I wound up printing out multiple copies of her and water coloring some of them. I wasn't completely happy with how they turned out after experimenting a bit, but I kept the water colored versions and went back to the drawing board, so to speak! I kept thinking about how to really make her pop. She's just so lovely I didn't want her to get overshadowed by the rest of the card.

Today I had an inspiration. I could picture this sweet fairy on a card with a vintage feel. I decided to print her out on some lovely card stock I've had in my stash waiting for a project like this one. I went ahead and printed her out at the same size as my watercolored fairies, and die cut her using Spellbinders Elegant Ovals. Then I began the painstaking process of cutting out bits and pieces from the various watercolored fairies with my craft knife to use on my die cut fairy. I popped the pieces up with tiny foam squares and colored the rest of her in with markers. (Another time when I should have thought things through a bit better and colored her before she had all her extra pieces adhered!)
The die cut I used is a large one, and I didn't want to cover too much of what was left of the matching card stock I had used to print the fairy on, so I decided to make a bigger card than usual. I made another "easel" type card where I adhered two card stock rectangles together by cutting one a bit larger and scoring a small flap on it to adhere the second piece to (if that explanation confuses you, look at my Lemonade Card post where I have some pictures of the process).

Then I made a tag with the "Have a fairy lovely birthday" sentiment on it because I just love puns. I used my Silhouette Design Studio software to write up the sentiment, then I printed it out and die cut it with A Spellbinders die. I tied the tag with twine and adhered it to the card with foam tape after I was sure where I wanted it to go in relation to my fairy. (For once I thought ahead!) I popped the fairy on with foam tape, as well and then added a small butterfly I had made out of shrink plastic. I wanted a little more texture and interest in the bottom right corner, so I added some seed beads using Bead and Glitter glue.

 

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

 

WordArt Wednesdays - W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - #200 - Anything Goes

City Crafter: In Pieces  http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/

 As You Like it Challenge - 2W, E3- (W1 of 2) Favoutire Die (& Why I love Spellbinders dies in general, but the Elegant Ovals set has this lovely large oval that makes such an elegant frame for images.

 

 Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W, E5 (W1 of 2) #140 Anything Goes (+ a sentiment

 

Inky Impressions - 2W, SIO - #274 Fancy Corners (Week 1 of 2) Each corner has something "fancy" in it 

Crafty Ribbons - 2W, Include Ribbon (W2 of 2)  #126 Happy Birthday (I'm hoping twine counts as a form of ribbon)

Inspiration Destination - W, F- #50 Always Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon - W - #306 Digi Do 

Scrap & Craft Challenge - M 1st Thurs, 3E,  #13 Butterflies (until 27/9)

Seize The Birthday - 2W - Must be Birthday Card (W1 of 2) - Birthday +  Topping - Anything Goes

TIME OUT Challenges - 2W (W2 of 2) #39 Make Your Mark (any marker, chalk, pencils etc)

Artbymiran Challenge - 2W , SIO, 3E, no digital projects - No.40 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet - M, Digital images/projects - (Does not have to be 100% digital.) - No. 142 - September - Anything with Wings
Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 126 - (W1 of 2) - Photo inspiration (colorful peace symbol)
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/

Crafting with Dragonflies 2W,1E, Cards only (W1) something magical (no Halloween/witches) 

Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W1) - something beginning with B (butterflies)

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 13 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  Always Anything Goes 

 613 Avenue Create - W - #141 Anything Goes with optional "Love Me Do"

Glitter n Sparkle - W - #154 Use something that begins with G (Girl)

Pile It On - W #86 Birthday

Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 1) Anything Goes with Twist of Magic 

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenges - 2W, 3E - (Week 2) Use a Tag

 Incy Wincy Designs - W, 5E - No Rubber Stamps
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (Week 1) Try Something New (decoupage)

Not Just Cards - M, F - Always Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Feminine

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Anything goes + Option: Hat

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W, 5E - Favorite Technique (die cutting)

The Outlawz Greetings Challenge - W, Must have sentiment or greeting, 1E, must sign in to participate

 Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M, P1, 3E, Must Stamp, does not have to be vintage - (September) Tic Tac Toe*(twine, vintage tone, people)

Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (September) Add Embellishments

Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes

Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #233 Fun with Puns

Paper Minutes W - #400 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge M, 1st Tuesday of M, E3, No fully digital projects September - Mythical & Magical

Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #103 Use Dies

The Sisters of Craft (M,P1) Anything Goes

 

 

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