My soft hearted friend...

Hey there!

I found myself with a bit of time to revisit some of the older stamp sets in my stash recently and when I spotted the cute Fairy Dreams set from Whimsy Stamps I knew that I wanted to ink up another one of these sweet fairies. There are three included in the set and I'm embarrassed to say that even though I've had them for at least four years, I've only made a card with one of the fairies until now. I also grabbed the newer Woodland Critters set that is illustrated by the talented Crissy Armstrong as well, and instantly had a perfect pairing to create with. I stamped the bird in the nest first and then masked it off before stamping the seated fairy slightly behind it. I went with the Memento rich cocoa ink for a bit softer look, which I think lends itself to the dreamy quality I was shooting for with this scene. The first thing I started to color in was the tree branches because they helped me map out the rest of the card design. I wanted to capture these two friends at daybreak, perhaps the little fairy is there to babysit the eggs while mama flies off to look for some breakfast. I pushed the landscape very low on the card, leaving the wide open space of the sky to fill most of the scene and help create the sense that we are high up in that tree right along with these two. The sentiment is from the Woodland Critters set too and I stamped it in a soft blue to be tone on tone with that sky. I'm so glad that I made time to just play because I'm so pleased with how this card turned out.  :)

Toodles! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Whimsy Stamps (Fairy Dreams set and Woodland Critters set)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Papertrey Ink spring rain
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, R22
eyes- BV04, BV17
hair- E50, E41, E53, E74
clothes/wings- YG11, YG13, YG45, BG96, RV02, RV34, BV34, BV17/G000, G00, Y00, RV000, RV00
tree branches- E71, E74, E77, E79, YR23, YG95, YG13, YG45, G85
sky- B0000, B000, BV0000, BV000, BV00, Y0000, Y000, Y00, Y11
nest/eggs/bird- E43, E44, E35, YR23/E81, E84/E50, E81, E43, Y000, Y11, Y21, N3, N4, N5, N9
landscape- BV000, BV00, BV02, BV23, BV25, V25, V28