Card Art with Copics: Sara Burrier's Lady of the Field

This lovely Lady of the Field digital stamp by Sara Burrier was recently released at Crafts and Me Stamps.

This photo shows my image filled using Christmas shades of Copic colors.  I know it's unusual to find a fairy on a Christmas card but it surely is possible.  Who said fairies don't celebrate holidays anyway? LOL!!!  It's a shame that the glimmer of the Diamond Stickles painted on her wings doesn't show well in the photo.

I've created my gatefold card using Bazzill green then adhered My Mind's Eye 2010 Dear Santa Glitter Cardstock in musical notes to the outside and inside of the card.

Spellbinders Labels 17 shapes my image and the coordinating mat.  A Satin Sensations 5/8" red ribbon bow adorns my shaped image.

Tim Holtz' Alterations Sizzlits Festive Greenery die cuts from Creative Imaginations Cream Music paper have been airbrushed with coordinating Copic colors to create a distressed woods-looking border.  Die cuts from Memory Box' Deer Trio and a Lifestyle Crafts (formerly QuicKutz) Bird add some wildlife to my wooded border.  Here's a view of my distressed border showing the die cuts from three different die companies:

Here's a view of my completed gatefold card using Sara Burrier's Lady of the Field all decked out for the holidays . . .

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly "Anything Goes" (here)
Crafty Sentiments "More than One Fold, No Easels" (here)
Emerald Faerie Garden "Christmas Red" (here)
Crafty Catz "Anything Goes" (here)
One Stop Craft "Use Three" (here) (3 different die cut companies border; tri-fold card; 3 deer)
One Stitch At A Time "Use a Digi" (here)
Ladybug Crafts Ink "Non-Traditional OR distressed Christmas" (here)
Creative Craft "Fancy Edges" (here)
Crafty Emma's "Entertain Us! Song or Film" (here) (song Deck the Halls)

 

Nov. 7, 2011

 

 

"Top 3" Nov. 16, 2011 Emerald Faerie Garden

 

 

 



Copics used:
skin - E000, E01, E11, E93, BV00
hair - E31, E35, E47
leaves in hair - G12, G14, G16
dress - R22, R29, R59
wings - B91, B95, B97
mushrooms - same colors as fairy
airbrushed background - B21, E31, C3, R59, B97, G16
Opaque White fairy dust around head

Crafts and Me Challenge: Let the Music Move You!

The Dynamite Digi team at the Crafts and Me Challenge blog wants to see your papercrafting projects showing how you Let the Music Move You!  Crafts and Me Stamps is offering 3 digital stamps of the winner's choice to a randomly selected entry.  You can find out more about this challenge here.

You can find the right words for nearly any image if you let yourself be inspired by lyrics from music that you enjoy.  Even the image of a cupcake can be musically inspiring when paired with a Happy Birthday to You sentiment surrounded by musical notes in your background paper, die cuts or other embellishments.

I've used a recently released Christmas Fireplace image.  This photo shows how I've used my Copic colors to fill this warm image.  I've painted Diamond Stickles over the tree and holly for sparkle.  A touch of Liquid Applique' in white adds some fluff to the top of my stockings.

I used Bazzill Bling green and cranberry cardstock to form my easel card.  My Minds Eye 2010 Holly Jolly "Old St. Nick" paper provides my background musical note pattern.  Tim Holtz Idea-ology tissue tape "Symphony" adds a pleated bottom border.  My image is cut and matted using Spellbinders Labels 15.  A Memory Box Holly Vine borders one side of my card.  A few McGill pine branch punches and Recollections mulberry paper mini roses provide light embellishing.

This photo shows the front of my easel card that includes an appropriate computer-generated quote from the song "Let It Snow."

This view shows the inside base of my easel card with this wonderful sentiment by Artful Legacy.

Here's a side view of my opened easel card . . .

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

PaperCrafting Journey "Use a Digi" (here)
Totally Paper Crafts "Glitter It" (here)
All Sorts "Christmas Easel" (here)
Crazy 4 Challenges "Candy" (here) (candy canes in stocking)
One Stitch At A Time "Christmas" (here)
Sparkle Creations "Liquid Applique'" (here) (on stockings)
Dream Valley "Anything Goes" (here)
Ooh La La "Stitching" (here)
Anything Goes "Stitches, Real or Faux" (here)
Creative Inspirations "Sparkle!" (here)


Copics used:
bricks, gift - R43, R46, R59
bear, logs - E31, E35, E47
tree, holly leaves - BG93, BG96, BG99
fire - YR04, R05, Y13
stars, candle holders - Y13, Y26, Y28
candle globes - Y000, 0
stockings, berries - R22, R29, R59
wood basket - E50, E53, E57
grate - T0, T6, T9
hearth - C1, C3, C5
candles, ball - B91, B95, B97
airbrushed background - Y000, BG93, E53

 

"Top 5" Nov. 5, 2011 Allsorts of Challenges

 

Window Card with Sara Burrier's Lady of Opal

This lovely Sara Burrier digital stamp named Lady of Opal was recently released at Crafts and Me Stamps.

This view shows my Copic-filled image.  I've painted a thin layer of Diamond Stickles over her wings for some sparkle and added a dot of Goldenrod Stickles to the flowing flowers.

An Accent Depot Music Notes brad, a glimmer brad and a Recollections mulberry paper mini rose is centered in each of my Prima white paper flowers to create this flower cluster.

I used Spellbinders Labels Eight to create a window on the front of my Bazzill olive card and added a matting of My Minds Eye 2010 Holly Jolly "Ornamental" paper.  A Memory Box Delicate Vine borders a side of the frame as well as the other side of the image inside of the card.  The computer-generated quote taken from the 1955 "Let There Be Peace on Earth" lyrics by Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller is part of one of my favorite church songs, often associated with Christmas, and seems to be appropriate for use with this image.

Here's how the inside of my window card looks when opened . . .

This view shows the front of my completed window card . . .

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday "Borders and Frames" (here)
Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes" (here)
Charisma Cardz "Anything Goes" (here)
PaperCrafting Journey "Use a Digi" (here)
Crafty Purple Frog "Sparkle" (here)
Totally Paper Crafts "Glitter It" (here)
One Stitch At A Time "Christmas" (here)
Dream Valley "Anything Goes" (here)

Copics used:
skin - E000, E01, E11, E93, BV00
hair - E31, E35, E47
dress, wings, flowers - YG61, YG63, YG67, E04, E07, E09
airbrushed background - E07, YG63, YG61

Simple Card Art with Die Cuts: Spellbinders Labels Two

I've continued working on a previous challenge presented to me to prepare cards to show use of Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Two dies.  I do love using these shaped dies for layering matting with my Copic-filled images.   There's so much that can be done with these 6 graduated dies!

I've used some of the fun birthday patterned papers by TCD Studios with coordinating Bazzill cardstock colors.  I left the cards simple to allow the addition of embellishments and sentiments later.

Take a look at the seven different but coordinated cards I've made using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Two that we'll be putting together at my November Spellbinders Nestabilities - Let Us Count the Ways - Labels Two class at the Scrappers Cove in Milltown, NJ.

These cards emphasize embossing without cutting, shaped cards, adding layers to a center step card and gatefold card, adding windows to card fronts, embossed frames and more.

I look forward to sharing my love for Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Two by showing just some of the ways this wonderful and versatile product can be used in papercrafting projects.

You can find examples of how I used the Spellbinders Labels One dies here.

Card Art with Copics: Into The Word by Sara Burrier

Crafts and Me Stamps carries a wonderful array of fantasy art images.  I've made some time to play with a recently released digi image by Sara Burrier named Into The Word.  This sweet fairy is sitting atop a mushroom while reading her favorite book.

Here's a view of my Copic-filled image.  I've painted her wings with Diamond Stickles for shimmer.  This image is very long and thin and would make a magnificent image to use for a bookmark.  I've sized her at 4.49" high by 1.46" wide.

I'm always thrilled to be able to make my own handmade flowers to coordinate with my project.  Take a look at these roses I made using All Night Media medium and small blossom punches, and a Punch Bunch leaf.  I punched my blossoms using scraps of My Minds Eye word paper because, after all, my fairy is Into The Word.  A few Anna Griffin Fern punches are appropriate to use with a mushroom image too.  Here's a closeup of one of my handmade flower clusters including My Minds Eye Madison Avenue "Sisters" buttons and embroidery thread bows.

I've layered Bo Bunny's Gabrielle Collection patterned paper and wubieprints lace paper with Bazzill brown.  My Purple Cow's deckle edge cutter and Paper Shapers deckle edge scissors give my paper edges a torn look.  I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things.  This photo shows my completed card front showing Into The Word by Sara Burrier.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday "Sketch by Jo" (here)
Ladybug Crafts Ink "Circles, Pink and Chocolate" (here)
Cupcake Craft "Buttons and Bows" (here)
Everybody Art "Mushrooms" (here)
Fab-n-Funky "Distressed or Torn" (here)
Flutterby Wednesdays "Open" (here)
Moving Along With the Times "Vintage" (here)
Totally Paper Crafts "Layer Upon Layer" (here)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts "Lace it Up!" (here)

 

 

"Top 3" Oct. 28, 2011 Moving Along with the Times

 

 



Copics used:
skin - E000, E01, E11, E93, BV00
hair - E49, E44, E42
wings, gown - R01, R20, R22
mushrooms - E50, E53, E57, R22
airbrushed background - BV02, B12, E55

Crafts and Me Challenge: Blue, Green and Pink

The Dynamite Digi design team over at the Crafts and Me Challenge blog wants to see your projects using Blue, Green and Pink. The wonderful Trish of the Crafts and Me Stamps Rubbah Team has donated the prize for this challenge and is offering Caron Vinson's Scorpio rubberstamp image by Sweet Pea Stamps as a prize to a randomly selected entry. You can find out more about this challenge and prize here.

I've used one of the lovely newly released images by Sara Burrier called Hope.  Here she is filled with Copic colors . . .

These wonderful handmade Asters are made using Punch Bunch medium ash leaf, Carl Craft medium cosmos and the Punch Bunch mini sun punches.  I love to be able to use scraps of coordinating papers that were leftover from my card to make flowers that match so nicely.  Painting them with Diamond Stickles adds a special bling.  This closeup of my Asters includes a QuicKutz flourish swirl and an Anna Griffin punched Butterfly.

I created this step card using Bazzill teal, yellow-green and pink bling to allow my Spellbinders Large Labels and Grand Labels to mat my image for a lovely display.  Bits of American Crafts I Do Gerber Daisies patterned paper shows the growth of flowers as they grow up the steps of the card.  This photo shows my completed Step Card using Sara Burrier's Hope angel image . . .

Hop on over to the Crafts and Me Challenge blog to see how the Dynamite Digi design team has used some of the newly released images by Crafts and Me on their Blue, Green and Pink projects.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Emerald Faerie Garden "Flowers, Flowers, Flowers" (here)
Totally Gorjuss "BINGO" (flowers, swirls, bling) (here)
Stamptacular Sunday "You Choose!" (here)
Flutterby Wednesdays "Open" (here)

Copics used:
skin - E000, E01, E11, E93, BV00
hair - E31, E35, E47
dress - RV11, RV32, RV34
wings - YG91, YG93, YG95
balloon, stockings, sash - BG70, BG72, BG75
bird on hair - W1, W3, W5, YR23, R14, E07
airbrushed torn paper clouds - B21
atyou Spica Blossom over words on balloon