Songbird Fairy

Good morning friends! I don't know what happened to this blog post, I had it in my Drafts folder forever, never hit that 'Post' button for some reason. This little fairy was colored up a while ago, after browsing through some of my older stamps. I forgot all about these beauties from Pergamano and quickly got to work on one of them. This fairy image was kind of a mystery to me as I studied it, she looked like she was sitting, but there was nothing in the clear stamp set for her to sit on. So I thought maybe she was flying in kind of a strange position....maybe....not.

I needed something for her to sit on and that's how the log was born.

So I drew it out with a permanent fine tipped pen and colored the whole thing with my Copics. Sometimes I seriously forget that I have the ability to draw and don't have to stamp absolutely every little thing!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day!


Stamps: Pergamano, PTI sentiment
Ink: Memento
Paper: Memory Box, Prima
Tools & Accessories: Copics, seed beads, seam binding, Silhouette Cameo, Martha Stewart edge punch

Make a Wish Book Box

Hello everyone, I worked on this project all day yesterday and am so glad it's done. I love the way it came out though, it looks like a little book, but actually has a compartment inside for a little gift. I love these kinds of gift packages, so different! I got the tutorial from Butternut Sage, but I did see a couple of different ways to make it on various blogs. 

 Here's the inside of the book box with all the pretty Prima papers and punched borders. Instead of using a ribbon closure as shown in the tutorial, I wanted to use an elastic type fastener instead. I just used a pretty brad to hook a small loop of elastic string around to keep it closed. 

The sweet little fairy is from a Pergamano stamp set, colored with Copics. I added lots of Stickles around her to make her sparkle. 

Pretty cute, I think! Thanks for stopping by!


Stamps: Pergamano, Papertrey Ink, Lili of the Valley sentiment
Ink: Memento, Paper Salon, Distress
Paper: Heavenly White, PTI, Gina K, Prima
Tools & Accessories: Scor Pal, Copics, Stickles, Pearl brad, elastic string, EK Success tiny scallop punch, Martha Stewart edge punch, Spellbinders Labels 1/Fancy Tags 2, Prima ruffled accent, seam binding, PTI Tiny Tags die

Flower Girl

Good morning everyone! If you all check out the Papertrey Ink design team's blogs, you might recognize these pretty flowers from Debbie Olson's blog a while back. I just fell in love with them and had to CASE them for this card. Pretty flowers for a pretty little girl. This stamp is from the Pergamano clear stamp set I found here. 

There are no patterned papers at all on this card, instead I stamped directly on the card base with PTI's Twinkle background set. I love making my own patterned papers, the possibilities are endless, especially when I need something 'just right'. In this case I wanted very soft, light colors so the flowers wouldn't be over powered.

I colored the little sweetie with my trusty colored pencils, her skin with Copics.

I'll be going away to visit my brothers in North Carolina on Thursday, so I won't be posting for the Lili of the Valley challenge. I hope my brother still has Wi Fi because I won't be happy without internet till Monday, lol! If not, I hope you all have a very Happy Easter!

Thanks for dropping by!

Stamps: Pergamano Flower Girls clear stamp set, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Perfect Match
Paper: PTI
Tools & Accessories: PTI Bloom Builders, Turning a New Leaf and Mat Stack dies, PTI ribbon/buttons, Nestabilities, Colored pencils, OMS, Copic sketch/Spica markers

Fairy Friends

Good morning everyone! Here's another sweet fairy from the elusive Pergamano sets I was so desperately searching for several weeks ago. This one is from the Summer Fairies set. Doesn't she look so sweet sitting on her mushroom having a little chat with her friend Fairy Frog, lol?

As much as I love the Prima Fairy Flora papers {{LOVE}} there are a couple in the collection that are very bright as far as the colors go. This patterned paper is a perfect example. I wanted to use it so much, but it just looked so much more bold and vibrant than I was comfortable with. Then I remembered seeing Mel from Mel Stampz applying a wash of gesso over some patterned paper to tone down the colors a bit, and I knew that was the solution! I didn't use quite as much gesso as she did, just a faint wash to mellow the color a bit. I probably could've lightened it a bit more, but, I was much happier with it. 

I made the crepe paper flower too, a result of playing around with my huge stash of the stuff, lol. I spritzed a piece of white crepe paper with some Glimmer Mists and after it dried I cut a long strip and started pleating it. I wasn't too careful, and it's definitely far from perfect, but I kind of liked it so I stuck it on there. 

Hope you like it, thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Pergamano, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Perfect Match
Papers: Heavenly White, Prima, SU, PTI, crepe paper
Tools & Accessories: Spellbinders lacy squares, Geo punch, Glimmer Mists, pearl, Stickles, Viva Pearl Pen, Creatables flourish dies, PTI ticket die

One Fine Day...

Good morning everyone! Finally a day off from work, no place to go, nothing to do but stay home and relax. Well, maybe I'll get a couple of chores done, not sure yet. Depends if I get in 'The Zone' making a card, lol!

Anyway, here's a card using a clear stamp set made by Pergamano that I have been waiting ages to get! I saw someone using these adorable little girls while blurfing a long time ago, immediately searched the web to order a set for myself, only to discover there was a GLOBAL shortage and no one had them! Very, very frustrating. I finally contacted the owner of A Touch of Grace and she was kind enough to let me know when she would have them back in stock. I love the delicate sweetness of these images, I'm just a sucker for girly things I guess!

The image was colored with colored pencils. I used an extra fine Sharpie white poster pen to add little highlights to the water.

Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a relaxing day too...

Stamps: Pergamano 'Flower Girls', Catslife Press
Ink: Memento, Distress, Perfect Match
Paper: Heavenly White, My Mind's Eye, PTI
Tools & Accessories: Spellbinders Labels & Nestabilities, PTI ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles, Adirondack dimensional pearls, Sharpie poster pen, Stickles, EK Success lg. scallop punch, Viva Decor pearl pen