Little One

Olo!

Luckily we didn't get any new snow yesterday but the weather man says that we should expect more either today or tomorrow... groan. I am so over this winter and if traveling to warmer climbs was in the cards for me, I would totally be heading anywhere that is nice and sunny right about now. Alas, I cannot, so I will just continue to ride out the cold and dream. :)

Speaking of dreaming... look as this cutie-patootie. Yep, I'm still working my way through inking up stamps that have had to sit and wait and this time it was Emerald Faerie Ashee who made it onto a card. I've loved this little guy for quite some time but had to wait 'til I could buy the stamp stateside and once I did, I was in the middle of Christmas card making season. After that I was busy with other things so he had to wait even longer. But Ashee was ever so patient with me and it was so much fun to finally color him up for a sweet and simple baby card.

Well my friends, enjoy the remainder of the weekend and try to keep warm!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks and yellow), Adorn It (grey swirl), Reminisce (birch wood grain)
stamp- Emerald Faeries (Ashee), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox Creamy Brown
EK Success border punch
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
My Mind's Eye Fun Day twine
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E50, E00, E01, V22, R02
mushroom/clothes- E81, W00, 0, W3, W4, W5, W7, BG93, G000, Y11, Y13, Y18, G85, G46
sky- BG0000, BG000, Y000

Celebrate your day

TGIF everybody!
I'm enjoying a couple of days off and I'm debating on whether or not I should go see the new Pirates movie. It looks so good but I am not a fan of opening weekend crowds so we shall see.

Well I've finally got a card done for the first Emerald Faerie challenge and I'm so glad that it's a month long one because otherwise I wouldn't have made it in. For this first time out they have started with an easy anything goes theme and you don't even have to use one of the Emerald Faeries. But I don't know why you wouldn't want to because they are just too darn cute! :)

I've been dieing to color up the Larakins- Ashton & Boo for ages, so I printed them out nice and big so that they would create kind of a border along the side of my card. Then I grabbed one of my new Lime Twist paper pads because the bright and playful patterns really seemed to match the energy of these two scamps quite well. It wasn't long before I knew that this was going to be a birthday card so I didn't hold back with the colors on them either... have I mentioned how much I like coloring multicolor stripes? It's a look I could never pull off in my own wardrobe so whenever I can do it with a stamped image I just go to town, LOL! ;)

Okey dokey, time for me to see what needs to be done around here before I go play... TTFN! :) Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/star die cut- My Mind's Eye (Lime Twist)
stamp- Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
digi stamp- Deb's Creations (Emerald Faeries The Larakins- Ashton & Boo)
Creative Cafe rub on stitches
KI Memories star gems
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
clothes- Y38, YR04, YR18, BG02, BG45, BG49, YG25, YG17, YG67, YG01, YG03, E44, E47, BG11, BG13, E43, R08, E09, E40, 0
wings- G0000, G00

You make me smile

Ahhhh... say hello to the weekend with me. Doesn't that feel good? ;)

So I was blog surfing the other day and came across some super cute fairy images that I just had to track down. My search finally led me to Deb's Creations, the home of the Emerald Faerie Garden. By now you've probably figured out that I'm quite partial to the wee fairy folk so it is no surprise that some of these cuties absolutely stole my heart. Now normally I would have gone for the rubber stamp versions but seeing as how these little guys would have to fly all the way from Australia I knew that I was just too impatient for that. It's times like this when I really appreciate having the digi option for instant gratification.

The first one to flitter onto one of my cards is Ebony. She actually comes hugging the stem of a large mushroom but I thought that by simply fussy cutting her out she could look like she is sitting on the ribbon, shyly smiling as the butterflies tickle her ears. I paired her with the Basic Grey Hello Luscious papers because they looked like a whimsical garden to me. And all of those colors in it were fun to try and match with my Copics when coloring Ebony up.
I'm also entering my card into this week's Flutter By challenge which is an open one. I'm sure that Ebony will be able to make a friend or two while hanging out there. ;)

Alrighty, I'll catch ya later my stampin' sistahs! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- Basic Grey (Hello Luscious)
digi stamp- Deb's Creations (Emerald Faerie Garden Ebony)
stamp- Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls
Maya Road leaf stick pins
crinkled ribbon (from Kiara)
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E01, E11, E13, R00, R20
hair- E44, E47, E49
clothes- G20, G40, YG01, RV17, RV19, RV69, BG11, BG13, BG18, Y02, Y04, Y08, RV11, RV32, RV34, Y0000, Y000, 0, YR12, YR14, G0000, G000, G00