WFC2104W1 - Waffle Flower Challenge: Pastels

 

Today, I am thrilled to share a special card for a challenge with Waffle Flower Crafts. I was fortunate enough to take part in this challenge as a guest designer, and had an absolute blast creating my card.

The theme for the challenge is pastels - which is just perfect for me. I often use pastel colors and I love how they make any project feel dreamy and magical. For my card, I was inspired by the beginnings of spring all around me, so I decided to make a magical fairy card.

A little ink blending with white splatters and a spray of flowers and leaves pairs perfectly with two lovely fairies. I am so happy with how it turned out and please do expect to see me play with this fun stamp set a lot more in the future.

- Little Fairies Stamp Set

- Classic Sentiments Stamp Set

- Dots & Lines Sampler Paper Pad (Unicorn stripe)

- Enamel Dots - Up & Running

- Enamel Dots - Clearly Enough

Bright Lounge Fairy

Some Odd Girl - Lounge Fairy digi, Avery Elle - Bottle It Up (sentiment, retired)

It's been absolute ages since I used a digital stamp, so I thought I'd give it a go with my favorite digi company-  Some Odd Girl. I just love Kristy's designs and this bright lounge fairy was no exception. I used the classic fairytale palette - pink, white, green and yellow, but I kicked it up a notch by adding an ombré color to her hair.

Since the image itself was so large and detailed, I kept the rest of the card really simple by combining a striped patterned paper with a scalloped edge white panel. A quick sentiment and a few enamel dots finished everything off just perfectly.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Daphne

C.C. Designs - Fairwee Daphne (retired)

Continuing on with a Bits & Pieces collection, this time I've used another retired Fairwee stamp from C. C. Designs. I paired her with a flat-back enamel pin and used a colored purple velum for the background panel.

Thanks for taking a look!
~Elle~

Fairwee Jilly

C.C. Designs- (Sweet November) Fairwee Jilly (retired)

A couple of weeks ago, I shared one cute fairwee fairy, and I wanted to share another one today. This is Jilly, and I just love her cute curly hair. I decided to try the layered look again, adding some die-cut cardstock and foliage.

Since the card had a fun layered look, I pulled out some resin flowers and rounded the bottom right corner of the card. I added a pre-made sentiment strip and scattered a couple enamel dots around the page.

Thank you for reading!
~Elle~

Yellow Fairy Fly

C.C. Designs - Sweet November Fairwee Emaline (retired)

And now, for something different... I really wanted to make a fairy card, and I pulled out a lovely set of little fairies from C.C. Designs (they're retired, unfortunately). I decided to try my hand at the layered style again, so I added some white foliage and tiny butterflies. The background is a yellow and white stripe, so I kept that monochromatic look with the die-cuts and the front panel (which was water-colored). I think this monochromatic sort of look really helps the fairy stand out -- which is good, as I kept her coloring very simple and low-contrast.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

Color Monday: SOG Pixie Watercolor and Pencils

It's Monday, the beginning of the week, and it's time for another Color Monday card. With this card, I challenged myself to do something a little different - combine watercolor and my Prismacolor pencils to create a different look - maybe something inspired by a storybook.

I started by stamping the adorable pixie from Some Odd Girl's Pixie Dust stamp in light ink. I grabbed my Artist's Loft watercolors and quickly colored in the stamp. I used the cheap watercolor because I knew I would be enhancing it with colored pencils - so I really just needed something that had a good flat color range.

I also created a quick background and I let everything dry. Once the image was dry, I went in with my colored pencils and added some details. I mainly used the pencils for the outline and to add some light shading in a few spots.

I used a loaded paintbrush to add some splatters around the image and let everything dry completely (I actually left it overnight, just in case). I die-cut the image with a stitched rectangle die, and stamped the sentiment onto a banner die-cut. I chose to highlight the purple in the image, and grabbed a purple patterned paper. I adhered it to a standard A2 card base, then added the watercolor panel with foam squares.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

SOG- Summer Fae

Quick pop-in to share that another one of my cards is up on the Some Odd Girl blog. This time, I'm tackling a summer-inspired fairy. :)

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~