Promise of Spring Fairy - Norma Burnell Digi in Copics

"Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works."     Alma Gluck

Copic markers, Elizabeth Crafts Dies, Norma Burnell digi image, white gel pen, purple and blue glitter card stock

Norma Burnell creates the most beautiful fantasy art images with  loads of detail and interesting elements. It's a little intimidating trying to figure out where to start my Copic coloring, but it doesn't take long to get in the zone and the project comes together before I know it.

I used a lot of blue on this beautiful Spring Fairy image because it's my birthday recipient's favorite color. I sized the layered Anna Griffin frame in Cricut Design Studio to 5 x 7 and cut it out of lavender and blue glitter card stocks. The Elizabeth Crafts butterfly die cut is layered in vellum and blue card stock layers with blue iridescent pearls for the body.

It can be Spring any time of year in Copic Land.  That's why I visit there so often!

Thanks for visiting.
Go forth and create something beautiful.
Nancy

Playing along with:
        Aurora Wings Challenge #72
        Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #220
        Crafting from the Heart Challenge #225
        Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #92
        The Corrosive Challenge #10
        Color Crazy Challenge #42
        Morgan's Art World #10
        Polkadoodles Challenge #42

Jeremiah Ketner Digi Birthday Card - Copic and Cricut

“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”   Anne of Green Gables 

Jeremiah Ketner Digi, Anna Griffin cut file in Cricut Design Space, Elizabeth Crafts butterfly, Copic markers, white gel pen, paper  flowers, rhinestones, blue pearls, red glitter and yellow card stocks

This gorgeous Jeremiah Ketner digi just screamed for some sassy blue hair to go with her jazzy red dress.   These beautiful feminine Ketner images are a dream to color because they have so much gorgeous detail.  

My fancy frame is an Anna Griffin cut from Cricut Design Space, sized at 5 x 7.  I mounted my image on foam tape and added a little more dimension to my card with a layered Elizabeth Crafts die cut butterfly.  The pretty flowers that adorn this stylish lady's hair are accented with mini paper flowers, rhinestones and a few white gel pen dots.

I love spending time making special birthday cards for my creative friends because I know they  appreciate the time and love that went into them,  just as I cherish the cards they so  artfully make for me.  

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create something fabulous.

Nancy

Playing along with:

        Little Miss Muffet Challenge #200

        Crafty Creations Challenge #376

        Creative Moments Challenge #154

        Little Red Wagon Challenge #468

        The Paper Shelter Challenge #358

        Digi Chooseday Wk 42

        Papercraft Challenge #22

        Retarte Challenge #130

Sending Hugs and Love - Lori Whitlock Papercut Floral Card

👉    “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

Hi everyone,

One of the most incredible people every born, and a dear cherished friend of mine, recently lost her battle with ALS at just 50 years old and I am heartbroken.  Her best friend and three rambunctious young  boys (who had moved in with her after a difficult divorce) are left to grieve the loss of the woman who rescued them when they had no place else to turn.  Together these two amazing young women rose above their circumstances and created the most lovely home for everyone who lived there.  

In this situation, I didn't want to send the usual sympathy card to my devastated friend.  I just want her to know I am thinking about her with love.  I created the floral cut base for this card with a Lori Whitlock SVG in Cricut Design Studio and then added  layers of die cut and punched flowers.  I embellished with a vellum and gold butterfly and clear rhinestones for the flower centers.  The sentiment is embossed in white on black cardstock and the word "Love" is die cut from a Karen Burniston die.

This card was quite simple to put together but it says exactly what I want to say.  I made a couple of extra cards for my stash because I find it's hard to gear up my mojo when I'm sad!

There is a rainbow in all this, however. I'm excited and thankful to be celebrating my birthday this weekend with my adorable, fun loving, goofy family.  Getting older is a good thing!!!!   

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create something beautiful.

Nancy

Sharing this card with:

        Crafting with Friends Challenge #68 - Anything Goes

        Creative Fingers Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

        Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Handmade Flowers
        Fussy and Fancy Challenge #212 - Favourite Florals
        Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Wk 21 - Anything Goes
        Bitten by the Bug Challenge - May Flowers
        Aud Sentiments Challenge #204 - Summer + A Sentiment
        Craft Rocket Challenge #48 - Use Embellishments

Altenew Peony Bouquet Flip Cards

I adore these Tonic Studio Flip Flop die sets when I need to make something special and don't have much time.  I got a little panicky last night when I realized I needed to make two birthday cards and a sympathy card for today.  

                                         

I stamped these lavender flowers with Tim Holtz distress Ink.  The layers on these Altenew Peony Bouquet stamps are pretty easy to line up in my Misti if I just pick a few spots to concentrate on.

I'm into stripes lately, both in my quilt borders and cards.  They just seem to coordinate with everything.  This beautiful gold and white striped Stampin' Up vellum called to me from my stash.

I used two different Tonic Flip Flop dies, an oval and a rectangle.  The die cut sets include a large die to cut the flip flop card (over 5 x 7) which can be sized to different dimensions and several layering dies for the shape area. There's a sentiment die for the center, but I chose to pop up my peonies for my focal point and put my sentiment on the back.  I dug out my Marvy stamp pads from a hundred years ago and now I remember why I love them so much.  The pinks and reds stamped very evenly and I am happy with the bright, vivid colors. Good thing I have the reinkers because I think I'll be using them a lot for my layered stamps.

The little swirls around the flowers were the scraps from the die cut frame.  Glad I didn't throw them away!  I added a pretty sparkly gold bow to my side panel and some sequins to match the flowers and I'm almost done.

I use tons of die cut sentiments because I can put them anywhere on the card, even over stamped images, and I don't have to worry about ink smudges.  This "Prayers" image is from Hero Arts and it has several stamp phrases to go with it.  And, of course, I messed up stamping the "sending hugs" phrase, so I just stamped it again on another piece of paper and popped it up over my boo boo. I'm a boo boo guru. 

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Creations

Dream Valley

The Card Concept

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Make My Monday
Aurora Wings

Vellum Overlay - Stampin Up Rose Wonder

Vellum is like a lovely lady who is always the belle of the ball as long as you treat her with respect...she  just doesn't like to be tousled. I went on a search in my craft room for a large open line floral image and was elated to find Stampin Up's Rose Wonder, one of my favorite and most versatile stamp sets. The bonus is this set has matching die cuts.  I was so happy not to have to stamp and emboss my image on the vellum. All I did was glue the beautiful die cut image to the vellum overlay.  Lady vellum doesn't like too much heat either!

I usually reach for  pastels when I color my flowers with Copics but I'm glad I opted for brilliant pinks this time.  They show up so beautifully through the vellum. 

I cut my vellum flap about an inch larger than the front of my card so I could tuck it between the layers and attach it without glue showing.  The vibrant colors of my rose were subtle and pretty under the translucent vellum but I wanted to make sure the recipient of my card could lift the vellum to take a peak at the unmasked brightly colored rose  underneath ...kinda like two cards in one.

This was one of those cards that simply evolved as I created it, and I really like how it turned out. I can't wait to try it in another color...blue maybe?  I love, love, love lady vellum.  I'm going to see that she gets out more often.

I'm adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday
Stampin' Royalty

Freshly Made Sketches
The Card Concept

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy