Thank you fairy much!

I fell in love with this adorable Fairy Garden stamp set from Hello Bluebird when it was first released and my sweet mom bought it for me for my birthday! I've been dying to use it and I finally got a chance!

I just love anything Hello Bluebird, but these fairies are some of my favorites! I stamped all of the images that I planned on using and got to work coloring them! I decided to go for a Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather feel with each of them having their own signature color. I didn't use blue, though, since I had decided to make the background blue.

There's something very therapeutic about sitting down to color when there are no time constraints! Once everything was colored, I die cut them using the coordinating Hello Bluebird die set. I set them aside and got to work on the background.

I wanted to create a dusky background so I blended some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink onto a panel of white cardstock measuring 4 by 5 1/4 inches. I had originally planned on adding a light coat of Shimmer Spray and then some white paint splatter, but this particular bottle of spray made little sparkle spots everywhere, so I just went with that! It actually created a magical sparkly background that worked out perfectly anyway!

I arranged the flowers and fairies and then decided on the placement of the sentiment. I moved the die cut pieces off of the panel since I hadn't glued them down yet and stamped the sentiment in black using my mini MISTI. I added the die cuts using foam squares for dimension as well as a few sparkling clear rhinestones! I added it to a standard A2 cardbase using foam squares. This was another card that I was able to make "just because" and it was so much fun! I can't wait to use these sweet fairies again! Thanks for fluttering by!

You bring SUNSHINE!

Hello! It's been a perfect Autumn day and I'm just popping in really quickly this evening to share two more cards I made at the Craft House last month! I think it is impossible to be surrounded by so much rainbow goodness and not come out having made a rainbow project or two! 

I've fallen head-over-heels in love with the Hello Bluebird images and when they were available to play with at the Craft house, I jumped at the chance!

First up is this sweet Elephant card that uses the Elephant Friends stamp set and coordinating Elephant Friends Die. My sweet table-mate, Carol (Hi, Carol) made a super cute card with this same set and I couldn't wait to use it as well. I had borrowed Carol's Cloud stencil from MFT and fell in love, so that was the beginning of both of these cards!

I colored the images using alcohol markers and then die cut them and added them to the cloudy background. The sentiment is heat embossed in silver powder onto a strip of vellum!

I also used some fabulous rainbow striped paper from Lynn! Thank you Lynn! to really bring in some pops of color! I love how it looks as around these sweet images!

I added some clear gems from Studio Katia that I just love! They have so much sparkle!

I created another cloud background and used the Rainy Day stamp set for this second card. 

I couldn't resist having her stand in a puddle created using some Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

I used some pattern paper from Lori Craig for this particular card and the dear heart ended up giving me the entire pad! Thank you Lori! I had so much fun at the Craft House! Thanks for fluttering by!

P.S. join me tomorrow for Day 5 of the Papertrey Ink October release! It's going to be a fun one!