Wednesday, December 16, 2009

What, no Christmas song?

LOL
Good morning friends!
No Christmas card from me today... I know, I know, I can't believe it either. But I just had to share the card I made for the TGF newsletter digi fairy contest. Last month they issued a challenge to send in a card using one of the fairies for a chance to win a fifth exclusive digi fairy and apparently I was the only one who sent in a card for it. Shock! But if you've read yesterday's newsletter, there's still a shot at getting your hands on Vanity Fairy so start sending in those fairy cards to Jess asap!

I used Winter Fairy and Spring Fairy (though I did flip Spring so that she was facing the direction I wanted) and colored them both to match the funky Basic Grey papers. Winter is on the front flap of the card that I cut short so that Spring on the inside could be seen with her BFF. :)
Oh and I thought it would be fun to note how I did the dangling beads over on the upper left corner... so when I machine stitched the border strip I purposefully left two long threads at the end of the paper when cutting it from the machine. Then it was simply stringing beads and tying knots until I had it the way I wanted it and the movement is a lot of fun in real life.
And as an added bonus I'm going to enter this into the Anyone for Anya bling challenge this week... gotta love it when things work out like that! :)

Alrighty, I'm off to go play in the snow... yea right, more like shovel the car out from all the new overnight snowfall... ;) Supply list:
cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse, GP
paper- Basic Grey (Phoebe)
digi stamps- The Greeting Farm (Winter Fairy, Spring Fairy)
Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
Kaiser Craft gems
misc beads
American Crafts sentiment rub-on
machine stitching
Copic clear Spica glitter pen (it's on the dresses and the wings)
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20, BG000, G00, RV11, RV34
hair (winter)- G20, YG11, G24, YG67
hair (spring)- RV10, RV32, RV34, RV17
clothes- G0000, G000, G00
wings- E43, E44, E49, YG11, YG03, G07, YR0000, E95, E97, E99, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG18, RV000, RV10, RV11, RV34

30 comments:

♥Rach♥ said...

I know this card had to be yours! The colors and coloring are very "Amy" ;0) Beautiful card, love how you used them!

Juls said...

wow wow wow!! I always love your cards just so stunning!! Fab DP's!! Love the gorgeous fairys you have chosen, love how they have bright hair and wings, but gorgeous white dresses, such a fab combo..and the little beads down the side are just the perfect finishing touch!! Hugs Juls

Pam Varnell said...

Oh la la .... love those 2 sexy fairies. Aren't they just so much fun to color. Beautiful card Amy. Hugs!!

Mary Giles said...

Just stunning! LOVE how you did the wings to match the fun background paper and the beads are a very nice ecclectic touch.

kris said...

When i saw this my jaw dropped! Fantastic creation! i sooo LOVE it!... BFFs for sure!! and those beads are so cool... it fits perfect with everything! hugs, Kris

Anonymous said...

I just LOVE this card, so gorgeous colours and layout !!!
Amazing AMY :)
Hugs,
Mag :)

MarkerGeek said...

How do you do it, Amy? :) This is stunning. Love the beads. Will have to try and enter myself, want that extra fairy!!! x

donna mikasa said...

I had a feeling that you were "that" Amy who sent in this gorgeous two fairy card! Love their beautiful wings...an amazing card!

WickedPixie said...

OMGosh - I love their stained glass wings!! I am having an issue getting the newsletter - I didn't even know there was a Fairy contest!! Boohoo!! But congrats to you - this is beautiful!! :-)Traci

Leah l'Orange said...

HOT, Amy! love the card - those gorgeous bright colours, and those two fab faes!! that BG stack is, without a doubt, a yummy one!!

Claireabelle said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous!!!!!

Have fun in the snow Amy!

ps: Looks like Glee is comming to the UK in the new year LOL

Shirley N said...

Man, is this gorgeous or what?!!! Love your DP, beads, and your coloring is stunning! Beautiful layout, too, Amy!!!

Angie said...

Gorgeous card Amy! I love how you matched up the coloring to the papers. I tend to have a hard time with that.

Jessica Diedrich said...

GORGEOUS! SO glad you sent this into me-we loved it!!! That DP is perfect for them and your coloring is just beautiful on both. Magical!

Jenn Borjeson said...

Oh now that IS stunning!!!!!!

the paper bug said...

Congrats Amy! It's breathtakingly beautiful!

Rebecca

Jenn said...

LOVE your card Amy!! And congrats!!

Alice said...

beautiful card Amy!! congrats and thanks for the tip on adding the beads! have to try it sometime!!

Danni said...

Gorgeous creation!!

gobeagirl said...

Hi Amy, Wow I must really have a headache today. I can not believe that I did not check out your blog this morning...What a numbskull!! lol...I guess I am having one of those days..lol..It is a good thing that I did not go fill peoples prescriptions today.Who knows what they might have gotten. Just kidding. I love this card. It so beautiful, and I just love the colors that you used...Have good snowless and iceless evening. My kids are praying for more snow or ice tonight so they can have a second day off..Lisa

Angela said...

Amy, love this card!!! I love the way you colored their wings to match the Basic Grey paper!
Love the green hair on the winter fairy. Amy this is beautiful!!
Hugs,
Angela

Tammi said...

I love it! It looks so great! I wish I could do machine stitching on my projects. Me and sewing machines just do not get along. Great card!

RiNNE said...

How freaking awesome, Amy!!! I love what you did with the BG paper....it's my favorite line out of all of them! And the beads are just magical...I LOVE your embellies! The alteration /mixture of the fairies are genius!! Wish I could work my sewing machine like that!!

Jackie Thomas said...

Oh Amy, what a stunning card. Absolutley gorgeous. xo Jackie

Unknown said...

Congrats Amy! Your card is amazing :)

Stamping Cafe said...

You are just amazing, Amy! Absolutely stunning card, love the fairies' wings!!

Unknown said...

Absolutely stunning, Amy! I love it when I saw it in the newsletter, still love it!

Kerry said...

Holy cow, my jaw just dropped and hit my laptop! Hehe!!! Stunning!!!

Renata van Miltenburg said...

This card is fantastic! Love the funky colours, the strings with the beads and ofcourse the bling!

Love from AFA?!

Renata

Randi said...

WOW! Talk about magical!! This is soooo stunning!! Their wings look like stained glass!! LOVE them!! And, such a cool effect how one overlaps the other!! You are brilliant, Amy!