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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

A little bit of Fairy Dust.....

Hello everyone: The StampInkPaper challenge has a great sketch by Sandy that is just perfect for this sweet image of a Fairy swinging from a Cherry branch loaded by plump, juicy cherries. This image belongs to the brand new Stampin Up! set called Fairy Celebration. As soon as I laid eyes on this set, I couldn't wait to order it.  Fairies have been always a source of fascination and wonder for me, all little girls dream of Fairies, we start believing in them when we used to put our little baby teeth under our pillow for the Tooth Fairy to come and collect them and give us a shiny little coin, maybe it was a shiny silver Dollar or a shiny silver Peso and finding this coins in the mornings, was simply amazing.
I used to write teeny, tiny notes to my grandkids when they were little, I loved the look on their faces when they came to see us and tell us they got a visit from the Tooth Fairy.  Here is my card.


I stamped this sweet image onto Canson water color paper with Stazon Jet Black ink and colored it with SU markers and the aqua painter. then, I sponged the sky with distress ink. I stamped the cherries and her leafy skirt onto some scraps of Strathmore 90lb. water color paper because I wanted to fussy cut them to give it some dimension, I rubbed my bigger stylus in the back to "plump" them up a bit. I also used the Fairy Dust stamp from the set with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold glitter embossing powder.


Looks like she's shaking all of this golden Fairy Dust all over the place.  
The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley, I die cut the image and the frame using the retired Labels Collection framelits set and did a bit of paper piercing with the matching mat, I love the way it looks.
Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card, the sentiment is from the Fairy set, the butterfly is from another gorgeous Stampin Up! set called Watercolor Wings. I stamped the Fairy Dust stamp from the set above and below the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Iridescent embossing powder, hope you can see it in this picture.


Here is the sketch that inspired this card.
SIP Sketch Challenge 55 800
Thank you for stopping by, until next time, happy stamping.
Hugs from Maria.






12 comments:

Tina's Crop Shop said...

Maria, your card is just Magical! I adore it! Your fairy is colored so beautifully and I just love the touches of gold! Thanks so much for joining us at Stamp, Ink, Paper for our sketch challenge this week!

Debbie Mageed said...

I came to see your RRCB card but had to stop by and tell you that I absolutely love your fairy card!! I had to buy this stamp set too but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Your cards have been very inspirational!! Love how you colored this - it truly looks like an illustration right out of a story book! Pinning it for later...

Mary Fish said...

Darling . . . right down to the fairy dust!

Gingin said...

Oh Maria I love your card! Your coloring is beautiful and love your sponged sky too! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Stamp Ink Paper:)

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Tina, I adore Fairies, I think it's the little girl in me that believe they exist. This set is so beautiful and whimsical, it's such a joy to color this images.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Debbie, I hope you get to use this stamp set soon, it's just so beautiful.
Fairies are mystical and sweet little creatures, my granddaughters used to play in our back yard for hours building little houses out of twigs and moss and grass, make little dishes with Play-Doo.
I can't wait till this set is ONE YEAR OLD so I can share it in our Retro Rubber challenges.
Thank you for stopping by, my dear.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Mary, there is nothing a little Fairy Dust can't fix.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Gingin, the sketch was perfect for this image. I love this set.

Unknown said...

Oh Maria, this is such a sweet card. I have always had a little thing for fairies, they are just so dreamy. Thanks for joining us at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week! Crystal, DT

stampwithsandy said...

Maria this is so sweet! I love that adorable little fairie. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Stamp Ink Paper!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Crystal, this little Fairies really are just so adorable. I guess the little girl still living in all of us, hangs on to the thought they are real.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Sandy, when I saw this set on the catalog, I couldn't wait to buy it and ink it up.