Margaret Fae

Hello everybody!!!

Today I'd like to show you a card I made with an artist I found out about not so long ago. She was showing an image she had colored on the Kit and Clowder Facebook page (which I talked about in earlier posts) and I was surprised that I had never seen the image she had colored as I loved it. Then I found out she also was the artist who drew the fabulous image so had to get a couple of them. Her name is Amanda S. Byron and her digital images are for sale in her Etsy shop Faery Ink and her rubber stamps are for sale through Sweet Pea Stamps.

Don't you adore her? I love her big eyes and her pretty hair. I did struggle a while with the card layout though. I really wanted to use the Louvre Ornamental Frame Cut Out that I had ordered from Wild Orchid Crafts a while back with this image and to be honest, just the dark green card with the ornamental frame behind it were already very pretty, I'm sure there will be people who would have stopped there but I really wanted to add some flowers as well. I think I've been getting out jars of flowers and papers and stuff for an hour or two but in the end I'm really pleased with how the card turned out.

A close up of pretty Margaret Fae. As always colored with Copic Markers and 3D paper pieced.

A close up of the gorgeous flowers and rhinestones.

And finally a picture of the little pieces, taken with my phone with very bad light but at least you have an idea of the pieces I've used :).

Hope you like my new card and have some time to craft for yourself!! The weather has been very inviting to do so here, lots of wind and rain. Have a great day everybody!!

Hugs,

Materials used:
Image: Margaret Fae by Amanda S. Byron (digital image / rubber stamp)
Paper: Basic Grey Green at heart 6x6 paper pad (old collection), white and kraft cardstock
Dies: Spellbinders
Other: Stitches by hand, frantage, Diamond, Star Dust and Platinum Stickles
Materials used from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Self Adhesive Rhinestones-Lilac (SP-00031)
Self Adhesive Rhinestones-Purple (SP00030)
Mixed Purple/Lilac Cosmos Daisy Flowers (PM-00136)
Lavender Open Roses 25mm (FM-00429)
Mixed Purple/Lilac & White Sweetheart Blossoms (MKX-639)
White Trellis Roses 35mm (MKX-682)
Green Rose Leaves-40mm (MKX-446)
Louvre Ornamental Frame Cutout Set (GST-085)

A girly birthday card with Bella by Conie Fong

Hello everybody,

Today I'd like to show you a very girly card that I made for my sister in law's birthday with a cute little bear named Bella by Conie Fong.

This is a gatefold card that opens in the middle and closes with the ribbon. You'll find a tutorial on hwo to make a gatefold card HERE, I used different measurements though and I made an extra flap on the bottom to fold up into a pouch. I wanted to go real girly so pink in the coloring and paper and of course gorgeous pink and white flowers and those gorgeous pink crownpins (you'll find links to the products that I've used on the bottom of this post).

A close up of little Bella, colored with Copic Markers and 3D paper pieced. After coloring Bella I saw a picture of Conie Fong's coloring of Bella and noticed that she kept her tummy brown but I colored her to have a balletsuit and I think that looks pretty cute as well :). Not what the artist meant though ;).

 

A close up of the gorgeous flowers. Trellis roses, magnolias, open roses, rosebuds, fabric daisies, sweetheart blossoms and carnations on this picture and some cherry blossoms and cosmos daisies below.... a girly card has to have pretty flowers.

And finally a close up of the cute little charm with a birthday cake that I added. So cute. Behind the corrugated kraft cardstock is the prettiest ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, glittery organza ribbon. It really is to pretty to hide away behind the corrugated cardstock, I had a hardtime telling myself that it looked pretty enough to not completely show it but it hurt a little bit tucking it away like this.

The inside of the gatefold card. Behind the paper with the roses is a flap for a giftcard or money.

The back of the card with my personal stamp :)

And finally the little pieces Bella was made with. As you can see, frantage and stitches have already been applied to the base piece :).

I'm entering this card into the current challenge at The Ribbon Girl which is Glitz and Dazzle, you'll find more details about this challenge HERE.

Hope you get inspired to do some crafting of your own. My sister in laws birthday is still a few weeks away but I'm ready for it :). Have fun!

Hugs,

Image: Bella by Conie Fong for Sweetpea Stamps
Other stamps: sentiment on the inside is from StampinUp, personal stamp on the back from Whimsy Stamps
Paper: Pink and kraft colored cardstock and corrugated kraft cardstock. Design paper by Pion Design.
Other: Stitches by hand, satin ribbon and dotted ribbon from stash, glittery organza ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, charm from stash, frantage, stickles, feathers from stash.
Materials used from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Mixed Pink Tone Paper Trellis Roses 35mm
White Paper Magnolias
Fuschia Pink Paper Open Roses 25mm
Mixed Pink Carnation Flowers
Mixed Pink/White Cosmos Daisy stem flowers
Mixed Pink&White Sweetheart Blossoms
Fuschia Pink Cherry Blossoms
White Fabric Daisies (not in store while I type this but I've linked to the general Fabric Daisies folder)
White 6mm paper rosebuds
Baby Pink Crown Pins
White Self Adhesive Pearls 5mm

Sally with Snowball

Hello everybody,

I'm back with my second Christmas card of this year, even though it doesn't have a sentiment on the outside :). I decided to try out an image by an artist who is pretty new to me, Conie Fong. She sells her images both in digi and rubber through Sweet Pea Stamps which was also a first for me. My crafting friend Ria van Son has been using their images for some time now and especially the Conie Fong ones really got me interested. I purchased two digi's and this is the first card I did with the first image:

Isn't that image just adorable? She's called Sally and Snowball and is available as a rubber stamp HERE and as a digi HERE. I've added some snow here and there for an extra wintery card.

Here is a close up of sweet little Sally, as always colored with Copic markers and 3D paper pieced.

Also some snow on the pretty Wild Orchid Crafts flowers (listed below) and have you seen that gorgeous Diamant Heart Embellishment by The Ribbon Girl? Absolutely love that and have been wanting to do a purple card for some time now just to be able to use that gorgeous heart :). The ribbon is also from The Ribbon Girl, you'll find links below.

And the little pieces the image was made of.

The Copic Markers I've used are:
Skin: E11, E00, E000, E0000 and a little bit of R20 for cheeks
Hair: E55, E53, E51, E50
Coat: E57, E55, E53, E51 with W3, W1, W00
Purple parts: V17, V15, V12, W5, W3, W1, W00
Brown parts in panty and gloves: E44, E42, E40
Green: G94, YG17, YG13, YG11

Since the challenge at the Love to Create Challenge blog is Flowers and Stitching I'm entering this card into this weeks challenge.

Hope you like my card! Have a fabulous day everybody!!

Hugs,

Materials used:
Image: Sally with Snowball by Conie Fong for Sweet Pea Stamps (Digi / Rubber Stamp)
Papers: Maja Design Fika, purple and white cardstock
Dies: Noor Design Winter Wishes die 6002/2021, nestabilities. I have no idea what brand the oval shape is behind the image. If somebody knows please let me know in the comments and I'll add it here.
Other: Stitches by hand, white pearls by Melissa Frances. Heart Diamant Amethyst Embellishment, Cheesecloth, 32mm Lavender Pure Silk Ribbon and 15mm Mermaid White Ribbon from the Ribbon Girl. White liquid pearls, diamant, platinum and star dust Stickles. Aleene's Glitter Snow (with Star Dust Stickles over it).
From Wild Orchid Crafts:
Mixed Purple/White Closmos Daisy Stem Flowers
Mixed Purple/Lilac & White Sweetheart Blossoms
25mm Lavender Open Roses
35mm Mixed Purple/Lilac Tone Trellis Roses
Lilac Crown Pins (not in store as I type this but you'll find all the colors that are in store HERE)
Green Mulberry Paper Holly Leaves