Flower fairies tri-fold card

Good Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a card i made for a craft friends birthday.  She loves the Tim Holtz paper dolls so I know they won't be wasted on her! I use them sparingly as they are pricey but also most don't appreciate the moody vibe most of the dolls have which of course most photos of this era are the same as they had to hold their poses for so long for the wet plates of the cameras to capture the photo.

Anyway I wanted to use some holographic acetate butterflies I had for wings and turned them into little fairies.  The wings are green so I found a paper that was a floral vibe but not full on flowers so found this purple and green one which dictated the colour choice.

Its a nightmare to get a good photo as the camera never likes shimmery things and ive used glitter card, pearl card, pearl texture paste and of course the holographic of the wings

I die cut the base card from purple pearlescent card using an old tattered lace A4 tri-fold card die set, when folded up the finished card is 8x8" and then die cut the papers using the layering dies in the set. 

I then die cut the foliage from ombre glitter card backing with a very soft sage green card.  

Sentiment die cut from the sage green card, matted onto soft pearl lilac card and a larger grey and added to the middle pop out section with glue gel.  

I added the wings to the back of 3 tim holtz paper dolls and adhered among the foliage with pinflair glue gell.  Adding a few die cut flowers using more lilac pearl used for the sentiment and adding gel dot centres which pick up on the colours in the ombre glitter card. 

The ombre glitter card i chose is mainly yellowy, peachy, pinky which is a nice contrast to the background but sadly the photos don't do it justice 

You can see their wings a bit better here, they have a beautiful green holographic shimmer

Before using the paper i used 'Stamperia Halo paste' which is a clear texture paste with a coloured mica shimmer which you can make out better here. I used 2 pastes, one with a purple hue and one with a green hue to pick up on the colours in the paper.

Items Used:

Tattered Lace Tri fold die set

Tim Holtz paper dolls

Holographic butterflies ebay find

Stamperia Halo Paste 'green #K3P70B' & ' Violet #K3P70D'

Studio Light Stencil Jenine's Mindful art 'Wallpaper pattern' #JMA-ES-MASK76

Ombre Glitter card 6x6 from The range

12x12 patterned paper from The works

Birthday sentiment die

Simon Says Stamp die 'leaf cluster' #112057

Purple & Lilac Pearl card

Sage Card

Gem dots

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a great last week in August - where has the month gone too, its scary. 

Id love to enter the following:

https://secretstamper.com/creative-creases-118-august-7th-through-september-3rd/

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https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-2026-challenge-90-anything-goes.html

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https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-123-layer-it-up.html

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https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/inkspirational-challenge-374-word.html

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https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august-2026.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-challenge-with-twist.html - dies used for everything apart from the fairies 

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WLS Dec #1 - Red & Green Christmas Fairy

Good Morning Everyone

Its December - how scary is that! So time for a new theme over at 

We Love Stamping

The theme this month is 

RED & GREEN

So ideal for some Christmas makes but also don't just think Christmas, anything red & green, but of course we always have the anything goes option too as long as you use some stamping.

Today Im sharing a batch of star shaped Christmas cards using this lovely Christmas fairy stamp from Jane Davanport.  These were made back in the summer heat wave...a distant memory now its so wintry

Approx size 6x6"  I used star dies to cut my base card from green card, I cut 2 stars, scored a line at the top of one which I then attached to the front one - thus giving an opening card.

I die cut a smaller card from Ivory card and embossed with a spots embossing folder which I thought picked up on the baubles in her dress.

I sprayed green and gold pearl inks onto watercolour paper and let dry.  Once dry I stamped the fairy twice, once onto the green and once onto Ivory - on the ivory one I coloured her skin, wings and shoes with alcohol markers.  Then the green one I cut out just the dress which I added over the base image.  I then attached her to the card front with glue gel for a little dimension.

Festive wishes die cut from red mirror card and adhered - I don't offer use red mirror card so good to use that from my old stash and all the green card too. 

To finish I added red stickles glitter glue to the baubles on her dress and diamond stickles to her wings and the star in her hair - afterall its Christmas so the more sparkle the better! lol

Just a close up.  I used a dark blue ink to stamp the fairy as a bit softer than black

Version 2 

Made the same way just used a darker green base card and a swirl embossing folder.  Sadly the photos don't pick up the mica pearl spray used on the dresses 

and version 3

Again made the same way but a light green base card and a star embossing folder - I had so much green card in my stash its good to use some of it up.  

Items Used:

Jane Davenport stamp 'Christmas tree fairy'

Creative craft star dies

Sue Wilson festive wishes die

Sizzix embossing folders - various and very old

Cosmic shimmer airless misters

Ranger stickles 'diamond' & 'red'

We have this fabulous prize by Visable image this month so to be in with a chance of winning hop over to 

We Love Stamping

Thank you for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a great December. 

Id love to enter my first card into the following:

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/12/challenge-627-christmas.html

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https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/11/challenge-272-tis-season.html

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https://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-christmas.html

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https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/11/neglected-stuff-1225-challenge.html - my embossing folders are old and were gathering dust 

 

Sophie & Lizzy's birthdays

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing birthday cards i made for my nieces, Sophie was 11 on friday and Lizzy was 9 on monday, as always Ive made 2 cards, one from myself and one for my parents to give.

A4 Tri-fold stepper card made for Sophie.  She loves her fashion and I found a lovely girly paper in my stash that was perfect, i picked up on the tones in the paper and matted with a copper satin card which really dances when the light hits it.  I used 2 very old KennyK toppers from hobby house and cut the girls out.  I mounted one onto a white die cut oval and then the front panel and the 2nd girl onto the back panel. 

I die cut Sophie's name and age from the copper satin card & adhered to the panels, i drew around the alphas once glued down with a dark brown fine liner pen to help them stand out a bit better.  Computer printed sentiment in brown ink added to the middle panel.  As Sophie loves her bling i added large coffee colour pearls to the top right and bottom left corners to finish.

Showing it side on.

I used a tattered lace shutter die set which comes with all the mat layer dies too so great for a pretty quick card.  The paper came from an old make&create pad from the works

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Card 2 for Sophie is again using an old tattered lace die set, it makes super tiny diamond fold cards so i lined up the die a 2nd time to make it a double diamond pop out - finished size approx 5x5"  Very old bobunny papers 'Isabella' in grey and pink so i used a pearl grey cardstock for my base.  Butterflies are an old spellbinders dies cut from dark pink card for their base and one of the plainer papers from the pad.  

I die cut the sentiment and Sophie from dark pink and silver mirri cards and did a drop shadow with the pink to help them stand out and added to the side panels.  Gems added to the butterflies to finish.

and showing the back of the card, i used paler papers on the side panels so could write the greeting.  Computer printed sentiments die cut into circles for the middle sections.

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Lizzy's cards

More old stash in use - old presscut stepper die for the base cut from white card and then i found a paper to match the topper and added the panels.  The topper is another old one from hobbyhouse - they come pre-coloured.  I cut it to size, rounded the corners and added with foam tape.  

Sentiment and alpha's die cut from purple mirri card, lilac gems and glitter glue highlights added to finish.

Yep -you've guess it, another very old die set! Its good to dig out old dies again.  A Sizzix flip it set.  I die cut the base from white card and the panels from a fab pink & teal paper that came a few years ago from B&M.  I computer printed the sentiments onto white card and die cut into circles and added to the flip section.   Die cut spellbinders fairy dies from teal glitter card and gave them vellum wings, these i added to the base, 2 to the front and one on the back.  Die cut butterflies from gold holographic card to finish. 

Showing the front opened up

and the back of the card, i left a space on the left to write the greeting.

I hope you all have a good week, the countdown is on now, as crafters we plan for Christmas for months but it still seems to arrive quickly.  Big hugs. Emmaxxx

 

Fairy Shaker card

Good Morning everyone.

Thank you for all your amazing comments on my memo block last week.   Today im sharing a shaker card made with the fairy in the jar die.  Do you remember my fairy suncatchers? Well i made this fairy at the same time, i coloured the back of the acetate with alcohol inks in sunset colours and have now made it into a card. 

 I added the words ' Leave a little sparkle whereever you go' which is similar to my cats life motto of 'leave a little fur whereever you go'😊

7x7 scalloped cardbase.  I first die cut my jarred fairy from black card and backed with acetate, i then coloured the acetate with alcohol inks.  I die cut several more of the fairy die from black card and cut out the fairy so i just had the outside jar, i glued these together to make a little stack, i then used this instead of shaker tape and glued to the back of the acetate - as the outline of the die is so thin it would have been hard work trying to stick foam around it.  I then filled it with micro beads and glitter and backed with white card. 

I matted a piece of patterned paper onto black card and then the cardbase.  I added a strip of black dotty paper across the bottom to 'stand' my jar on.  I then die cut lots of those little left over scraps of paper into ivy and little butterflies and arranged them around my jar after inking the edges of the ivy.    

Close up on the fairy. I paper pieced the flower on the jar with scraps of glitter card & I added glitter glue to her wings to add more sparkle  Once again i don't recommend capturing your fairies in jars, this lady is free to come and go as she likes😁  

Items Used:

Intricut (hobbycraft) fairy in a jar die

Ivy dies (brittania & joanna sheen)

Memory box mini butterfly dies

Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

Pattern paper

7x7 scalloped card - craftUK ltd

Diamond stickles 

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week whatever you get upto.  Spring is on the way and the nights drawing out a bit. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following challenges:

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-48-include-some-red.html

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http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge-use-die-cutspunches.html

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https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html

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http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/01/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-370.html - all the ivy and butterflies are snippets

Fairy Memo block holder

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing a memo block holder that i decorated.  Unusally this is a project for me.  With my memory loss im planning to be better this year at keeping track of things, instead of lots of bits of paper flying around that then get lost.  Im using one sheet on the block to write what i need to do each day, if i don't get it done then write it down for the next day.  Im also writing down everything i need to remember when i think of it as i never remember it these days!  Well starting the year with good intentions anyway.

So ive used lots of small lavinia stamps and various stencils and inks.  Ive picked up colours that are in my curtains with the lilacs, greens and yellows.

I first painted the wooden holder black inside and out.  I cut panels of white card to fit each side and the front.  I added tumbled glass and shaded lilac to craft mat sprized with water and dipped one side of the card in to build up colour for the sky are. Then pistachio and twisted citron for the grass area.  Once dried i stencilled on some stars and little dots in pale inks.

Using oxide inks i then stamped various floral & foliage lavinia stamps on each panel, just building them up using pale colours.

I then stamped my lavinia fairies on each panel, using my stamping press to build up the depth with archival black ink, creating little scenes for them, i doodled in ground and little details with a black fineliner pen.  I then used yellow/orange alcohol markers to add in little flowers to the ground  and light emitting from her lantern.  The benefit of using the alcohol markers over waterbased inks is they don't activate the inks again so you get a much brighter finish.  I used green alcohol markers to add a little grass detail.  White gel pen highlights and glitter glue to their wings to finish.

To keep my house white i stamped it on white paper and cut out and added to my scene.  This panel has a lavinia word stamp in the background, stamped in grey.  I stamped little sentiment words on each panel, here its 'so awesome' - flying in on a seed pod would be awesome😁

Make a wish, built up as before with lots of stamps.  I inked around the edges of each panel with black soot & chipped shapphire distress inks.

and the back panel is their village.  The 4 back houses id stamped and masked to layer them, the front house i again stamped onto white paper and glued on flat, i added little accents to the hourse like the hearts on the chimney with a fine liner pen. Again yellow alcohol markers for the light in the windows and flowers in the grass. 

to finish i gave it a spray vanish to seal it all

I really enjoyed making this memo block and i can move it around to look at a different scene each day.  

Items Used:

Various Lavinia stamps

Small word stamps

star & dots stencils

Wooden memo block holder

Oxide & distress inks

Alcohol markers

Black fine liner

White gel pen

Stickles diamond, twilight

Black acrylic paint

Id love to enter the following challenges:

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/january-challenge.html

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https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-178.html

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http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2020/01/take-it-make-it-challenge-january.html

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http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-183.html

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http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2020/01/meet-our-new-sistahs-new-challenge.html

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