Precious Moments

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase and image from Sweet Pea Stamps and I have chosen to work with the beautiful image Precious Moments  by Charity Dauenhauer which is available from the Sweet Pea Store in digi format.

I have had this image for a while and totally forgot about it - wonder how many of us do that :) :) Anyway, I spent a weekend colouring up several images for upcoming creations and this one one of them, isn't it just so precious.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and the sun/moon was edged with a silver pen which I smudged around to try and create some flare.

 I came totally unstuck with the background, just did not know which way to go.  In the end the chalks won and I used several shades of blues.  For the final layer I put an embossing folder underneath and pressing quite hard with the dark blue chalk, rubbed over to pick up the texture. Chuffed with this, it worked a treat.

Great, the background sorted now onto the card.  Oh dear - dead brain.  I knew what I did not want to do but seemed to have no idea what I did want to do.  Several cups of coffee later I came up with a plan. This card has certainly not been an easy one by a long shot :)
I ended up going for a twisted easel card with a very lacy look just using dies. I just adore the Tattered Lace die I got on a magazine a year or so ago and for this creation I cut it three times.  Two of the cuts were left whole and the third I cut into a couple of sections and attached them to the whole die on the front.  The image was cut with a Spellbinder Oval and mounted on the Tattered Lace Antique Oval die.  To finish off the die cutting I then added a tiny butterfly to link in with the image using Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies and used mauve card for the underside of the wings.  The sentiment was a simple silver congratulations which I had to cut down to Congrats to fit into the area created by the inner cut of the Tattered Lace Antique Oval die which is a buckle to which I threaded wide organza ribbon through.  Finishing off I added a large white double organza bow with a safety pin charm and a blue button and then a spray of pearls.

 On the inside of the card I used some blue patterned vellum and then added the third of the Tattered Lace rose cuts I made.  Some pretty ribbon with baby items was attached on the lower edge and a writing area using Sizzix - 657938 which I mounted with foam tape.  There we are all done :) :) :) 

Ingredients:-

• Image - Precious Moments  by Charity Dauenhauer 
• Colouring Medium - Promarkers
• Dies - Tattered Lace die I got on a magazine a year or so ago, Spellbinder Oval, Tattered Lace Antique Oval die, Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies and Sizzix - 657938
• Embossing Folder - Tatter Lace butterflies
• From my Stash - ribbon, chalk, vellum, charm, pearls

I am entering into the following challenges:-

• Come and Get It - W, Unlimited - Got Flowers?
• Fairytale Stampers - 3W, E1, must use stamp / digi stamp -  #55 Bingo* (W2 of 3) (FLOWERS, BUTTON, TEXT)
• Robyn`s Fetish - W - #263 Lots of Layers
• Scrappy Hands - M – #37 Blue & White
• The Ribbon Girls - W, must use ribbon – Anything Goes with an Image
• A Gem of a Challenge 2W (W1) more than one fold 
• Allsorts W,3E   diecuts - more than two 
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 145 - Layers
• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - May - Wings
• The Stamping Boutique - 2W, (2nd & 4th Friday) SIO - No.58 -  (W1 of 2) - Die Cut or Punch
• Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - 2W 2E, SIO (tab at top of page)(W1 of 2)  #159 Lovely Ladies
• Crafty Ribbons - 2W, Include Ribbon (W2 of 2)  #118- Anything Goes With Ribbon
• Whimsy Inspiration -Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO  - #82 Color an Image
• Deep Ocean Challenge 2W - #103 - Flowers - (Week 1)
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #18 - Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps W - #150  -  Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you have a happy crafting time ahead of you :) xx

SPS - Woodland Fairy by Charity Dauenhauer

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps and I have opted to use the digi Woodland Fairy by Charity Dauenhauer.

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I fancied making my own background for this card, partially because I could not find just the right paper in my stash and also because I have loads of rubber stamps which I don't use much, I am totally useless at rubber stamping lol.  To begin with I designed the coloured background in Photoshop and used a leaf brush for the borders.

 Next I stamped a bunch of trees using the Scenescape trees set and then I embossed them with black embossing powder.

 To break the background up a bit but not hide it I airbrushed a piece of acetate with a brown Promarker.

 Next I coloured the digi with Promarkers and also use in some Derwent Artist pencils for the background.

 I have to admit, I was not happy with the background done with the pencils so reverted to my usual method of masking the digi and then airbrushing with Promarkers.

 To finish off the digi I add Stickles to the flowers and butterflies (forgot to show the colour I used, sorry) and also to the leaves.  In the bottom right I assed Flower Soft to give a lovely textured and very 3D feel.

 To complet the card I added turquoise lace and flower embellishment made up of plant matter.  Three button to the bottom of the branches and a wee bow with a turquoise gem I found in my button box, think it was a bit of an earring in a past life.  The final touch was some more Flower Soft.

Ingredients

• Digi - Woodland Fairy by Charity Dauenhauer.
• Promarkers
• Rubber stamps for the background - Trees from Stampscapes
• DP by me
• Stickles, lace, embossing powder, buttons, plant matter, gems, Flower Soft etc from my stash.

Challenges entered

• Addicted to Stamps - 2W, must use stamp- #81 Things with Wings (week 2)
• Dragonfly Dreams - M – May – How Does Your Garden Grow
• Allsorts - W, 3E - #257 Butterflies
• Sugar Creek Hollow  - 2W, 3E, SIO #84 (W2 of 2) Tic Tac Toe* LACE, RIBBON, PEARLS
• Sweet Stampin - W, 2E, must Stamp  Fairies or Fantasy
• Add a Little Dazzle - W, SIO - #23 Pearls/anything goes
• I love Promarkers - Must use Promarkers - #217 Not quite straight
• Miriam's Crafting Blog Monthly Challenge - M, 1st Wed., E4 - Texture
• Digi Choosday Challenge -E2, - Wings & Things