Fairy Friends

Hi Everyone!  This past week I have fallen back in love with a fairies and actually went on a wild adventure in search of one.  I went to where the wild things are.  You can see just what I saw while on my journey over on the Altered Pages Blog today as we team up this month with Sin City Stamps.

Here's a sneak peak of where I went.

I want to go where the wild things are - one of my first plays with Pan Pastels

And whilst searching for fairies I found some more and just had to use them to create some framed ATC's which I will be giving away next month when I go to NZ to meet with some of my crafty friends.  These delight creatures are from the Butterfly Fairies Collage Sheet from Altered Pages.

Supplies Used:
Cardboard for ATC Backs
Leftover Paper Scraps
PaperArtsy Grunge Paste
Distress Inks/Stains
Staz On Inks
Small Flower Stamp
Various Embossing Folders & Hand Carved Stamps for Impressions
My Own Hand Carved Stamps
Fairy Collage Images
Dew Drops
Perfect Pearls
Gel Medium

Thanks for stopping by.

PTT#81 Garden Delights

With spring just around the corner here in Australia this weeks challenge at Party Time Tuesdays I thought was very fitting as we anticipate the delights and surprises that will soon start to appear in our garden here at home.

We want to see lots of flowers and all your garden themes on your cards and projects this week.  The rest of the DT got to play with some delightful silhouettes from Paper Make Up Stamps whilst my card is using the Wags and Whiskers Iris Fairy Digi which was provided by Stamp and Create who are also one of our sponsors this week.

I have colored in the image using my Tria Markers, and used my Spellbinders Carnation Dies and Sullivan's Picket Fence Die in line with the garden theme also.  I was inspired to use the polka dot paper to match the mushroom in the image.  The blue background strip has been embossed with the Endless Drifting Embossing Folder by Couture Creations.  It is also garden themed with flowers, flourishes and butterflies.  

I urge you to pop over and take a look at the other DT's silhouette creations.  You will not be disappointed as they are all stunning.  And I am sure they will inspire you to play along with our challenge this week.  I hope so anyway.

This week we have four wonderful sponsors and four fabulous prizes for four lucky winners.  As they say you have to be in it to win it, so what are you waiting for.

Our Sponsors are:-

Magical Monday - Decorate with Doilies

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  We had some glorious winter weather here, so we made the most of the sunshine and got out and about in the garden.  Its such a wonderful time of year with Spring just around the corner and our garden is home to such a vast array of wildlife.  Throughout the day one part of the garden in particular is frequented by numerous birds coming to see what feed may have been put out for the lorikeets.  Wild Woodland Ducks, Galahs, Rainbow Lorikeets, King Parrots, Doves, Magpies, Cockatoos, just to name a few. 

In other parts of the garden including just outside our bedroom window (my cats favorite viewing point is here) we have the wrens, honey eaters, willy wagtails, fantails and peewees. It really is quite Magical to watch them all.

Speaking of Magic this week for Magical Monday's with Paper Cupcakes at TIMITA we want to see you decorate your cards with Doilies.  Whether it be a paper, a die cut or a stamp if it's a Doily we we want to see it! 

For my card today I decided to go with a paper doily and make a circular card using the doily as the background.  It's something a bit different to what you would be used to seeing here on my blog.  It was the perfect shape for the beautiful Mandelina (image) to adorn.  I have simply colored her with my Tria Markers.  

I created my circle card base with my Spellbinders die which I also used to cut out the frame and sentiment panel for the centre. I simply layered my Doiley over the green shimmer card base. For embellishment I used some green in a similar shade to my card base in the way of the ribbon roses along with some white paper roses and some blue rhinestones and coordinating green ribbon.  And every fairies wings needs a little glitter so I have added some Crystallina Kindy Glitz to  them.  The Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

For more beautiful Doily inspiration be sure to pop over to TIMITA.  Don't forget if you join the fun of our challenge and use a Paper Cupcakes Image you have two chances to win.  To help you do just that Nina has the beautiful flower cupcake image available in store for just $1.

PTT #68 Colour/Picture Inspiration

I just love the latest Challenge at Party Time Tuesdays this week, because the Colour Inspiration is none other than tones of Purple which is my all time favorite color.  They were chosen in honor of "Wear Purple for Peace Day' which is celebrated on May 16.

I am a bit late getting this post done, as I had my card half made before I got sick, so I only put the finishing touches on it this morning.

Don't you just love this delightful fairy in a Tea Cup, it is from DtsArts who is one of our sponsors this week along with Kenny K.   I have lots of purple in my stash except for markers (this challenge brought that to my attention, so it will soon be rectified following a little online shopping...,hehe) however I had made do.  I used some Echo Park Papers, with Stampin' Up Cardstock and Sentiment Stamp and finished with some flowers, die cut flourishes and bling, which is everything a fairy needs right?

Be sure to check out all the other wonderful purple or as Dawn calls it Plum Crazy Creations over on the Party Time Tuesdays Blog and whilst there find out a bit more about our wonderful sponsors too!

PTT #58 - At the end of the Rainbow

This week at Party Time Tuesdays our theme is Riches at the End Of The Rainbow.  This could be a leprechaun, glitter, gold , silver, pearls, rhinestones.  There are many interpretations, just as long as your card has LOTS OF BLING! 


I have two cards for this challenge this week, so will do two posts, to show them.

Image:  Summer Fairy from Spesch Designer Stamps

Paper:  The Robin's Nest

Colour:  Tria Markers and Black Archival Ink

Other:  Pink Dew Drops by The Robin's Nest

The first is showcasing Summer Fairy from Spesch Designer Stamps who is one our sponsors.  This week we are joined by:

 

 

Be sure to pop back later in the week to see the card I made using the delightful image from A Day for Daisies.