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

Make My Monday #45 - May flowers

Good Morning everyone, welcome to May. 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. 

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Make My Monday

The theme for this fortnight is MAY FLOWERS, so if you fancy joining in and to see the rest of the design teams work do pop over.  

As the bluebells are in full flower here at the moment i decided to go with them as my May Flowers.  As well as bluebells i also have white and pink bells in flower at the moment.

To start with i coloured A4 watercolour card with brushos, one with blues, another with greens and the background panel with a very pale blue sky and grass.  I then die cut lots of stems and flowers and shaped them using a ball tool and foam mat.  I then die cut my fairy from white, green and blue brusho card and paper pieced her so that she matches the colours of the flowers.  

Then using spellbinders grand decorative and plain label's 1, I  die cut the card blank and frames from white and blue cardstock.  I mounted the inner white frame die cut on 2 layers of foam so that i had a nice recess to sit the bluebells into.  Computer printed sentiment die cut into shape, silver eyelets added and ribbons and twine added.  Glitter glue highlights to finish.  8x8" in size. 

Close up, i also added vellum behind the fairy wings, she looks to me like she is dancing among the flowers

Another close up.  To build up the depth of flowers i glued a few on and then let them dry, adding them at different heights and angles makes them look fuller and also laying some on top of others.   

Just to show that it does stand up.  

Items used:

Spellbinders grand labels 1 decorative and plain, 

Spellbinders Fairy Cierra S2-103

Memory box 'Arched stems 98842' & 'Fairy flower drops 98844'

Sizzix 657556

Brushos, stickles 'stardust' 

So if you fancy finding out more or joining in then please click the link

Make My Monday Challenge

Thank you for stopping by and to all of you who popped by last week with comments.  I hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy your May day bank holiday. Emma