Saturday 9 February 2013

Ever After Challenge

Tinkerbell Card - Make a Wish!
Guess what I was doing yesterday!!!???  When I saw this weeks Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge I knew immediately which fairytale character I wanted to put on my card.  I love the idea of fairies and there is one fairy in particular who is cute and sassy and here she is!  Bonus point that she wears green which is my favourite colour.  I made my challenge piece at our crop and I was asked a few times who my card is for and I said .......well actually I think it is for me!  I am going to put it on my wall ;-)  I thought you might like to see how I put this one together.


I made a card 5 3/4" square with black card stock.  Quite a heavy weight card stock as my intended embellishments are heavy.  I cut some Tinkerbell green card stock at 5" square and then stamped it with flowers using Tinkerbell green Ink.....are you sensing a theme here :-)  Ok it was Peeled Paint distress ink and the stamp was a flowery background stamp from Hampton Arts.


I inked the edges of my card and then mounted it on my card front and then got to work with this little pearl maker.  I have had this for a while in my stash and it was the first time I tried it.  I have to say it was quite easy to use and the pearls looked just like the real thing when they had dried.


Next I cut a square of white card at 4" followed by a square of black 4 1/4" which I layered on to my card.  That's not a white square I hear you say!  I cut an inch strip off the side of the square and here is what I did with the rest of it after I trimmed an 1/8 off the long edge....


I have a very lovely book that I treated myself to that teaches you step by step how to draw fairies!


Here is my step 1


Step 2


 Step 3


I then added the colour with my Peeled Paint distress ink and outlined her with a black pen (forgot to photo this bit)....too busy chatting!


Then I took 3 little bottles - Why are tiny things so darn cute??  I filled them with fairy dust (glitter to us mere mortals) and added labels and ribbon.  I stuck the wishes to my card with Pinflair glue gel, made a 'Make a Wish' label and added a Making Memories enamel charm in that fabulous green colour!!!  A couple of touches of glitter in Tink's hair and here is the finished result

Tinkerbell!

I am off to my crop again now - how lucky am I two days to ....well...... mostly chat, drink coffee and eat cake with my pals but now and again we do do a bit of crafting as you can see.  I am going to work on a layout today.

But before I head out I would like to say a really big thank you to everyone for their lovely comments on my last last weeks Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge.  I  was bowled over especially this morning when I logged on to make this post and found lots more lovely emails and the fab news of making the top three!!!!!  So cool  -  a big big thank you everyone.

If you are just happening by this way and want to see what wonderful things a good challenge inspires then follow this link to see more Ever After inspired works of art at the Simon Says Stamp Show Challenge Blog.

Hmmmm I suppose I had better get dressed before I head out to my crop ;-)

Thank you for popping by X

9 comments:

  1. Oh my--you even drew this-how very cool! ♥ Sue Kment

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  2. Thanks Sue - I have been drawing Tink for my friends at the crop today! I am getting quite a dab hand ;-)

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  3. WOW! Fabulous sketching...yay you! Love your Tinker Bell! What a card! Thank you for showing us your magic at Simon Says Stamp & Show this week!

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  4. Hi Helen. Your card is so cute! Love your sketch of Tinkerbell! You did a nice job on that! I really like your green patterned paper background with the black matting and the green dots around the edge! The three little "wish" vials are really cute lined up on the left side of Tinkerbell! Thanks so much for the very nice comment you left on my blog and I also want to thank you for joining us for our Ever After challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  5. Beautifully done! Great work on the Tinkerbell drawing, and those bottles of fairy dust are just fabulous! Thanks so much for your visit and kind words - much appreciated.
    Alison x

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  6. Fabulous card Helen! Green is my favourite colour too. That Pearl Maker looks fascinating and your drawing is fabulous! :0) Mo x

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  7. Oh Helen this card is stunning you are such a talented drawer, the pearl marker makes it pop. Great creation.

    Eliza

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  8. Fantastic card and truly amazing that you learnt how to draw the image yourself. Love the little bottles.

    Best wishes Chrissie xx

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  9. What a beautiful Tinkerbell! Wonderful drawing and sweet card! Lovely design and so happy you played along with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

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