Sunny flower fairy

Hello lovely people,

We have a new 'Use any image' challenge starting over on The Ribbon Girl blog, so you can enter with any type of project as long as you include an image.
There are loads of fab prizes up for grabs too :-)

I have, of course, popped a few gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl on here and you can find all the product links at the end of this post.

This card seems really appropriate for the beautiful sunny weather we are having in the UK right now!

I cannot tell you the last time I used a Tiddly Inks image and I sooooo enjoyed colouring this cute fairy; I knew she would look lovely in sunny colours :-)

I've used a pretty flower border but only wanted a little bit showing for detail, and then I added foliage with a new leafy die cut into small sections; this will be another well-used die I think!

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

I hope you all have a beautiful day and can enjoy the sunshine :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04
Hair: E53/35/59
Dress / shoes: BG13/15/49
Band on dress / wand glow: Y13/08/19
Flower petals: Y15/17/38/YR16
Flower centres: E37/39/18
Leaves: YG23/25
Wings: BG0000/000/10/11/13
Wand: E43/44

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Summer Bliss - Echo Park	15mm gold yellow no.37 Berisford satin ribbon	White cherry blossom	12-15mm yellow gold roses
white sweetheart blossom	Miniature pale mint blossom flowers	8mm white pearl flowers (self adhesive)	Ivory button twine
Daisy flower charm

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Other card ingredients;
Fairy sunny day - Tiddly Inks
For you circular sentiments - Lili of the Valley
Floral dance Die-sire Edge'ables - Crafter's Companion
Leafy branch die 5 - Moda Scrap for Elizabeth Craft
Other flowers - from stash

Bikinis and cocktails

Hello lovely people,

I have had a delightful a weekend and it has flown by as usual.

I had a lovely catch up with friends and very much enjoyed seeing their new house and pilfering plants, specifically some very pretty aquilegias, from their new garden!

I also got several hours of gardening done and had two lovely walks in semi-sunshine :-)

Ok, onto the crafty stuff...

I really have nothing against yellow but it's not a colour I would usually choose for my cards, however I thought it was perfect with this image to create a sunny feel.

I had lots of pretty flowers and lace out to go on this card and really couldn't get them arranged to my liking so decided it just didn't need any of them and left it all CAS instead.

In the end I did add a couple of pearls to 2 corners of the flowered layer...and forgot to re-take the photo...you'll have to use your imagination...lol!

My new word die was the perfect match though!

I bought this stamp about 3 months ago with a special friend in mind...so of course I didn't want to use it before her birthday...which was today!

It was lovely to finally ink it up!

Card recipe;

Image: Uptown girl Sandy and her sombrero

DP: Nyhavn - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Dies: Birthday words - Paper Smooches

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/55
Hat: YR30/Y21/Y23/YR23
Bikini / flip flops: R81/83/85 & B91/95/97
Bag: R81/83/85 & YR30/Y21/Y23
Drink: R0000/000/81
Sunglasses: T6/8/10 & B97
Sand: YR30/31/E50/51/53

Now, roll on summer so we can all lounge around in bikinis with a cocktail in hand...I wish!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Without words (pink, yellow, blue)
2.  Sweet Stampin' (CAS)