Paper Firefly

Sunday, 19 March 2017

Wee fairy with flowers

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend :-)

I had a fab time catching up with an old friend on Friday night and as this post goes live I'm guessing I might be enjoying breakfast with another couple of friends after spending yesterday evening with them...or maybe I'll still be in bed ;-)

Today 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 had a lovely delivery of new goodies from The Ribbon Girl and couldn't wait to use some of them on my card...the main one being the beautiful papers. I was delighted to see that Maja Design have re-launched the Sofiero range and you can get the 6x6 pad from The Ribbon Girl, so of course I had to have that as it was a fave of mine previously :-)

Girly pink fairy card with lots of flowers (image from Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps)

I realised it has been quite a while since I coloured a person with my Copics but this sweet little fairy turned out pretty well.

Other than the scrummy papers, the ruffle ribbon was a new addition to my collection of pink ribbons and it really is soooo beautiful :-)

I borrowed a trick from the wonderful Debs with my ribbon and instead of a bow I just cut little fishtails into the ends of a scrap of ribbon and tied it with twine.

Ooooh, and talking of details, I also replaced the yellow stamens in the cherry blossom with pink pearly ones because...well, the more pink the better, right?!

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!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :-)

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/55
Dress: W00/0/1/3
Wings: RV0000/000/R81
Flowers / slippers: R81/83/85
Leaves: G40/YG61/YG63

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Sofiero - Maja Design	16mm pink ruffle edge sheer ribbon	Ivory button twine	10mm pale pink open roses
Butterfly charm (small)	3mm pale pink pearl stamens

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Other card ingredients;
Flower fairies - Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps
Spring foliage - Suw Wilson for Creative Expressions
Other flowers - from stash

Friday, 17 March 2017

Bloomin' Birthday

Hello lovely people,

I am sooooo happy that it's Friday and am looking forward to catching up with friends tonight and tomorrow and then a chilled out Sunday.

I do love Springtime with all the pretty flowers and brighter days and I think this is reflected in my Dies to Die For DT card this week!

Card with flowers in welly boots, using Bloomin' Boots stamps/dies from Taylored Expressions and a mix of MFT and Lawn Fawn papers

The stamp set I used has some lovely patterned welly boots but I chose the plain version for my card so that I could stamp them on the stripy DP...and ooooh, I would LOVE a pair of wellies like these!

The sentiment is also from the set and I've tucked it into a memo pin, then used flowers to cover the sharp end.

I've been mixing and matching MFT papers again, so the chevron and stripy boots are from the Sweet Celebration pad, the plaid is from (unsurpisingly!) the Plaid patterns merry & bright pad, and the green spotty is from the Lucky Prints pad. Phew, that's a lot of pads...but isn't it fab how well they go together?

Oh, and the leaves are from a Lawn Fawn pad called Let's Polka in the meadow, and the flowers are scraps from my stash!

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely 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 Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

I wish you all a fabulous weekend whatever you are getting up to :-)

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

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Bloomin' Boots stamps - Taylored Expressions	Bloomin' Boots dies - Taylored Expressions	Plaid patterns merry & bright - My Favorite Things	Lucky prints - My Favourite Things
Sweet celebrations by My Favourite Things	Let's polka in the meadow - My Favourite Things	Stitched circle scallop frames - My Favourite Things

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Other ingredients;
Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions - Camellia complete petals, Spring Foliage
memo pin, ivory button twine and pearls - from stash

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Bunny blooms

Hello lovely people,

Today I have a card using a few pretty things from The Ribbon Girl, although surprisingly none of their lovely flowers this time.

I decided that no flowers were needed since the daffodils seemed to have that angle well and truly covered!

Easter/Spring card in yellow with LOTV image Bunny Blooms

This is one of the latest release from LOTV and for someone who doesn't really like yellow, I am finding myself drawn to the images with daffodils in...I think it must be because they are such a classic sign of Spring!

Since I wasn't adding any flowers I added a bit of detail with some die cuts, a few hints of cheesecloth, and a layered combo of lace, ribbon and twine.

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

Copic colours;
Bunny: E41/42/43/44
Bunny tummy: YR30/E40/41
Bunny ears: R000/01
Daffodils: Yr30/YR31/Y35 &YR12/15/18
Leaves / stems: G20/21/24
Ground: W00/0/1/2

Lovely things I've used;

Bunny Blooms - LOTV	Vintage Spring Basics by Maja Design	15mm ivory organza	38mm Charlotte Elizabeth lace
12mm pearl ivory flatbacks	natural colour button twine	white cheesecloth	Stitched mini scallop rectangle STAX by My Favourite Things
Butterfly set - Impression Obsession

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Friday, 10 March 2017

Happy unicorns

Hello lovely people,

Ooooops, has it been a whole week since I last posted?! That must mean it's time for me to share another Dies to Die For DT card with you...

I use my MISTI all the time when stamping out images just because I have it and it does help to get a nice crisp image.

However, there are some things I simply would not attempt without it and this is one of those!

I really wanted to stamp the unicorns so they were sitting/standing on top of the die cut word and with my trusty MISTI it was a doddle :-)

Girly birthday card with trio of Stamping Bella unicorns

Sparkly horns and wings were a must so I added some Crystal Glamour Dust!

I realised as I uploaded these photos that I missed a bit of colouring, but I fixed it before sending it off to a special little lady, my beautiful niece :-)

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely 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 Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

I have a day off today so am all set for a day of colouring and creating :-)

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

Copic colours;
Unicorn bodies: W00/0/1/2
Purple hair: V12/15/17
Aqua hair: BG11/13/15
Horns: V12/BG11/blender

Lovely things I've used;

Set of unicorns - Stamping Bella	Unicorn sentiment set - Stamping Bella	Happy - My Favorite Things	Happy Everything - Mama Elephant
Promises - Nitwit Collections	large frame frilly #10 - Go Kreate

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Friday, 3 March 2017

What a hoot!

Hello lovely people,

I have a Dies to Die For DT card for you today and it's another outing for these lovely MFT owl stamps.

I'm afraid I do seem to have a little bit of an addiction to polaroids, but I find them so cute to frame images.

However, I didn't have one the right size for these little owls so I made my own using a square die to cut the aperture and trimming the outer edge to the size I wanted. I even rounded the corners just the tiniest bit using scissors so it looked like the whole thing had been die cut - lol!

Birthday card with cute owls (images and sentiment from My Favorite Things)

I find myself a lot less worried about producing masculine cards now I have all these cute animals in my stash! The fab MFT papers help too, and you can mix and match from different pads as I have done here.

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

Lovely things I've used;

Plaid patterns merry & bright - My Favorite Things	Let's polka in the meadow - My Favourite Things	I'm Owl Yours - My Favourite Things	Stitched scallop edges - My Favorite Things
Stitched square scallop frames - My Favorite Things

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Thursday, 2 March 2017

CAS floral card for Mum

Hello lovely people,

I'm flying by with a DT card this morning...

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this is...

SPECIAL LADY
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is...

I made the MUM up from some word dies that just happened to include an M and a U...very handy!

I promise that IRL the letters are all straight (I used a ruler to line them up!), but I think they have gone wonky looking in the photo editing process. I am extremely good at taking wonky photos so have learnt to stretch the photo corners so it's all nice and square...however, in this case I think that made the lettering go wonky - oops!

I am so much happier making CAS cards than I used to be and I think it's all about having the right stash...any excuse to buy more things, right?!

In the case of this card, I do have a few flower dies but decided you can never have too many so I got a few Sue Wilson sets. I use one set on this card, and they are fab because there are lots of different sizes of flower, so are perfect for layering :-)

I also seem to have got the card to look a totally different pink in the 2 photos; the light was awful when I took the photos and the different angles have affected the colour loads! I think the first photo is closest to the real pink.