Bleeding Hearts Sprite

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 Bleeding Hearts Sprite by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff which is available from the Sweet Pea Store in rubber

I don't mind making Christmas card, I hate Halloween and Easter cards but oooooo I so love Valentine cards so this week, saying as it is February, the month of love I could not resist.  To begin with I cut the sections of my card on my die cutter.

 Next I covered the back of the folded sections with pink and silver mesh.

 The image was coloured with Promarkers

Next I took some narrow lace and stitched on side with running stitch so I could gather it up.  Using some bought satin roses I coloured them with my pink Promarker, the same as one of the colours as used in the image.

Using an 'I Love You' Sizzix die cut I created the text. With another Sizzix die I made the heart.  As I wanted lots of height here I used pearls to create the spacing between the text and the heart and again on the back of the heart where it will be attached to the card.

 Here you can see the front of the card.  A white lace bow was added to the heart/text die cut, a swirly die cut and three of the five flowers I made to complete the embellishment.

 Close up of the text and heart, you can really see the height achieved here by using the pearls.

 Middle heart of the card has one swirl die cut, a metal silver double heart and another of the flowers in the centre.

The final section of the card has the digi.  I added more lace behind the digi, the same lace I used for the flowers so it would match. Chalk was used to colour the white space around the image.  I then used the final flower to hold the card sections in place when opened.

 And here we have the finished card.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Bleeding Hearts Sprite by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff
• Colouring Medium - Promarkers
• Dies - Sizzix Heart and I Love You, Cherry Lyn b127-Tropical-Flourish, card cut by Rae Carr
• Flowers, lace, pearls etc from my stash

I am entering into the following challenges:-

• Crafts Galore Encore (M,P1,E3) Use a Stamp or Digi.
• Crafting Musketeers (M,P2,1E) #22 Cute
• Dies R Us Challenge (2W,P1/15,E3,SIR) Hearts (must us die cut)
• Digi Galore (M,P1) Anything Goes
• Digistamps 4 Joy (2W,SIO) Valentine - Love
• Emerald Faeries Challenge (M,P1,E3,SIO)   #64 All You Need is Love
• Fitztown Challenge (M,P5,E3,SIR) Have a Heart
• Karleigh Sue Challenge (M,P1/15,SIO) Valentine Theme, Anything Goes
• More than One Score at Scor-Pal  (M,P1,E3,Scor-Pal)   Hearts a Flutter (More than one score required)
• My Artistic Adventures Challenges  (M P2/16) #3 Warms the Heart
• Paper Creator's Crafts (M,3E,SIO) Love Is In The Air
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 2W, 3E -  No. 84 - (W1 of 2) - Love is in the Air
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - W, 3E – No. 212 - With Love
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 110 - (W2 of 2) - Something with a Heart
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.132 - (W1 of 2) - It's All About Love
• Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.74 -  Shaped Card
• Pattie's Creations - M, 2E, SIO, include an image –  February - Valentine's Love
• Simply Create Too - 2W - No.78 - (W2 of 2) - Happy Valentine's Day  (or use hearts)
• 4 Crafty Chicks - W- #232 Hand Coloured Image
• Dream it Up - M, SIO - February Frilly & Fabulous
• In the Pink - 2W, 3E, lots of pink –  (W1 of 2) Love Is In The Air (in pink of course)
• Red Rubber Inspirationals - W, E3, must have stamping: #206 Love Is In The Air
• Crafty Gals Corner -  E2 - #5 Pinkalicious
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #60 Anything goes/ love (1st Week)
• DoubleClick Skittles - 2W, E1, F -  #15 use a heart (1st Week)
• Fresh Brewed Designs - M, 5E -Pink, Hearts or a Valentine (all month) 
• I love Promarkers -Must use Promarkers - #255 Lots of Love
• City Crafter Challenge  W - #247 - Roses & Lace
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #5  In The Pink
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E - Love  (Week 1) 
• Addicted to Stamps - 2W, must use stamp- #97 Lots of Layers
• Come and Get It - W, Unlimited - Love Is In the Air
• Cheery Lynn Designs - W, SIR, 1E -  Challenge 171: Tickled Pink
• Great Impressions - M, 3E, SIO - Love Love Love
• Lacy Sunshine - 2W, 3E, SIO, digi available - Have a Heart
• Pile It On - W #55 Use a Bow
• Robyn`s Fetish - W - #250 Valentine Cards
• Aurora Wings - Challenge #11 Valentine's

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

SPS - Pumpkin Sprite

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for our Variation Week.  This week all the DT are creating an item using the cute image 'Pumpkin Sprite' by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff. This image is only available in rubber.

To begin with I coloured the image with Promarkers

 Promarkers used

 Next I back my card with some green patterned paper from Papermania.  Using the die Sizzix die Frame #6 I cut the digi and also some orange paper I had.  I then airbrushed the digi background with Promarker Apple Green.  A quick rummage around in the flower box to find some peach coloured flowers and some dried leaves then the lace box to find something suitable :) :)

 The finished card

Ingredients

• Image -  'Pumpkin Sprite' by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff
• Promarkers
• Dies - Sizzix Frame #6
• Backing paper from Papermania
• Sequin ribbon, flowers and leaves from my stash

Challenges entered

• Natalie and Amy's Challenge - M, P30 'Die cuts & Flowers'
• The Crafting Cafe - M, P1, E1 Photo Inspiration*
• Delightful Challenges - W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - 2W - #269 Flower
• Wonderful Wednesdays - W-  Always Anything Goes
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #47 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• AuroraWings Challenge - M, 3rd Monday of the month, E1/E3 with AuroraWings image, must include hand-colored image

La Fée Verte - but mine is blue!!!!

A day for total self indulgence :)  I love Aurora Wings digs, bought a bunch a couple of years ago when I first started using digi images to make cards, as just could not resist :)  Think we have all been there - got to have hahahaha

As this is such a detailed image I really want a card which is all about the image so clean shapes, a little lace and a few flowers.  Not that this was a quick card to make, at least 5 hours just colouring :)

OK, so I started by colouring the digi in just blues for the Aurora Wings Monochromatic challenge.  Promarkers were used for the fairy, her wings and her dress section including how the folds become a spray of flowers.  For the rest of the image I used anything I could find in my stash that was a similar colour; Derwant and Lakeland pencils, metallic pen and my old and not many left working gel pens, with the win of trying to achieve contrast but not introduce to many hues.

 These the the mixed media items I used.

To finish off I used Ice Stickles on the wings and many of the bubble/droplets in the digi.  

Once coloured and embellished, a simple navy mount to match the card base and white peel off line stickers for a border.

I do love flowers on cards so following the  rose theme of the image I air brushed 3 roses, added in a couple of  carnation looking flowers and lilies with pearls.  Finally a couple of skeleton leaves.  I did away with the roses as when I put them on the card they were just to yellow/cream and instead added more lillies.

 For a bit more dimension I used navy wire and made these tendrils.

 To complete the inside of the card I used a Sizzix border emboss and cut die.  I then used Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Grand Labels 1 for the basic shape.  To finish off a bit of lace, Liquid Pearls and Ice Stickles to match the front of the card.

View showing inside of card.

 Front view.

Ingredients

• Digi - La Fée Verte by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff
• Promarkes, Derwent and Lakeland pencils
• Dies - Sizzix border die and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Grand Labels 1
• Ice Stickles and Liquid Pearls
• Flowers, gems, skeleton leaves and lace from my stash

I am entering this creation into the following challenges:-

• AuroraWings Challenge - M, 3rd Monday of the month, E3 - (April / deadline May 17) Monochromatic
• 613 Avenue Create - W - #70 Anything + Option : Bling
• Dragonfly Dreams - M – May – How Does Your Garden Grow (MINE GROWS WITH FAIRIES AND LOTS OF FLOWERS :) )
• Quirky Crafts - 2W - #9 Something Beginning With S (week 2) STICKLES
• 4 Crafty Chicks - W  #193 Flowers
• Delightful Challenges - W, 1E, SIO - Petal Power
• Love to Create - W, 3E - Flowers
• Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Anything but a Square
• Craft Room Challenge 2W, 3E - Roses & Romance (Week 2)
• Hambo Hoedown -  M, 1st Wednesday, SIO - Flowers

SPS - Snapdragon Sprite with Baby Dragon

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with an image from Sweet Pea Stamps.  This week is Featured Artist - Mitzi Sato-Wiuff, a stunning fantasy artist.  If you love fantasy you really need to check out her artwork, it is amazing.  I have chosen to use the image Snapdragon Sprite with Baby Dragon, this image is only available as a rubber stamp.

What a lot of fun I had using this image to make a gift bag.  I have to admit, it is not the sort of image I tend to go for but once I started colouring it I was in my element for a whole two hours and that was just the colouring lol.

So to start with, a plain gift bag.

I had decided to work in oranges - now that is a challenge for me, I can colour in blues, purples and greens but when it comes to the hot colours I seem to lose it.  As the say, practice, practice, practice.  Promarkers and the air gun attachment were used to colour the bag.

 Next I took a piece of lace and coloured it the same way as I did the gift bag.

Once the lace was dry I attached it to the gift back with spray adhesive.

To finish the main part of the bag I attached some peach organza ribbon and added Liquid Pearls around the bottom edge.

Now for the embellishments.  Another thing I am useless at is bow tying, even after lots of practice the bows look OK but nothing special.  Last night I sent a couple of hours hunting the net for ways to tie bows and at last think I have found a way that works for me, yes, I am pretty pleased with my bow this time hahahaha.  The metal love heart is from a pack I bought ages ago and just never seem to have the right thing to use them on until now :)

 Silver really was not a colour that was going to work with this card so I coloured the metal love heart with the same colours as I am using of the image.

 Next to colour the image with my Promarkers.

And here we have the completed gift bag.

I also added some skeleton leaves behind the image, nice and delicate and add some more texture without being to cluttered.

Hope you like my creation and thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Image - Snapdragon Sprite with Baby Dragon by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff
• Promarkers
• Liquid Pearls
• Metal love heart, organza ribbon, gift bag, lace and skeleton leaves from my stash.

Challenges entered

• Glitter n Sparkle - W - #81 Easter or Spring Colours
• Pile It On - W - #16 No DP
• The Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 3E - #197 Pretty Pastels (week 2)
• Fairytale Stampers - 3W, E1, must use stamp / digi stamp - #37 BINGO (week 2) ** RIBBON, LACE, PEARLS
• A Gem of a Challenge - 2W - #117 (W 2 of 2) Spring is in the air
• Open-Minded Challenges - 2W, 3E  (W2 of 2) #8  Easter or pastel colors
• So Artful Challenge - M  Signs of Spring (Shades of Green plus other colors of choice)
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.112 - (W1 of 2) - Pearls & Lace
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 84 - Spring Celebrations
• Crafty Ribbons - W, SIO Flower Power
• Creative Knockouts W, 2E, C8 #32 Spring is in the Air
• Divas by Design - 2E - Easter/Spring
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E -  #172 Flower power