Conie Fong Butterfly Wishes - Digi Stamp with Copics

👉 Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

Hi everyone,

Etsy is a fabulous place to find digi art and I was excited to discover another amazingly talented artist. Conie Fong's images are absolutely stunning and their beautiful detail is a dream to color with my copics.  I chose this darling image for my dear creative friend's birthday card.

One of the many things I love about digi's is their flexibility. I can size them perfectly to fit any card or frame.  This lacy frame is die cut with glossy gold card stock.  My printed image is colored on Xpressit Copic blending card and then die cut with a square pierced frame.  Instead of embellishing the corner of my card with the usual cluster of paper flowers I used some almost forgotten Sue Wilson ribbon dies.  I'm happy I did, because I really like the simpler look.  It was a little sketchy gluing the bow ends to the center because they kept popping up, no matter how long I held them or what glue I used. 

My husband wandered into my craft room and when he witnessed my struggle he suggested that I use a stapler to hold the ends down.  What an ingenious idea! My Tim Holz Tiny Attacher  worked perfectly.  Doug (who worked his way though college as a florist) told me he had tons of experience stapling bows many years ago. Who knew??? Sometimes seemingly worthless bits of antiquated knowledge come in handy when you least expect it!

So I discovered two treasures I will be using enthusiastically in the future...Conie Fung digi's and bow dies.  Isn't discovering (and rediscovering) new crafty gems the best?  

And another fun revelation I happened upon...Conie Fong and I live in neighboring cities.  I like it when brilliant people live next door!

Here's what I used:

       This Conie Fong digi stamp

        Strathmore Bristol cardstock for 6 x 6 card base

        Gold glossy cardstock, black card stock, blue glitter paper

        Spellbinders Square pierced frame die

        Square lacy frame die (brand unknown, sorry)

        Sue Wilson bow die cut

        Copic markers

        Xpressit Copic blending card

        Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (Yay!!!!)

        Ribbon flower

        Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on butterflies

Thanks for visiting,

Go forth and create something fabulous.

Nancy

Playing along with:

        Ellibelles Creative Moments

        Scrapy Land Challenge 90 - Anything Goes

        The Craft Addicts Challenge 48 - Anything Goes 

        Crafty Sentiments - Pastel Colors

        Digi Choosday Challenge 20

        Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes     

        613 Avenue Create Challenge 209 - Mainly Blue

        Crafting From the Heart Challenge 206 - Anything Goes