Spring has Sprung!

"Cute Love Fairy" from A Day for Daisies

Yep!  Spring has Sprung . I can tell - ALLERGIES have hit hard!  Arrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!
At the same time, it is so gorgeous here now - so green and fresh and I LOVE the physical beauty of this countryside right now.  

And so, in honor of Spring, I have designed this card for Aud Sentiments' current challenge - to use an "Easter or Spring Sentiment."  The sponsor is 

A Day for Daisies and they are providing the prize as well as the images for the Design Team.  You have till April 8 to get your take on the theme into the challenge - in fact, you can submit up to 5 projects!  Do go check out the sample projects of the Design Team at Aud Sentiments - there are some very creative women using the awesome ADFD images!.

TECHNIQUE
[Note: specific information on supplies and sources will be found below under “Supplies”.]

 I can't remember what this fold is called??  If you know, leave me a comment with the name?   Essentially it is a smaller card adhered inside the larger with the flap coming out to the outside.  Easier to see in the pictures than to explain.  Here are the steps:

• A2 size card cut from the Buttercup Yellow CS with a left fold & rounded corners.  The right edge of the top layer was cut shorter than the back of the card by about 1/2 inch.  Top of card was embossed with a branch and leaves E-folder.
• The 2nd card was smaller with a right hand fold and also rounded corners.  DP and a message panel were added to the inside of this smaller card.
• Flowers (with Easter Egg petals) are from Beyond the Fringe. They were colored with Copics, fussy cut and glued to the message panel & to the "front" of the larger card.
• The focal image panel on the front of the smaller card consists of the punched branch and leaves for the Fairy to sit on, the rubber stamped sentiment and three copies of the fairy.  She has been colored with Copics, fussy cut, sculpted and layered with foam tape.  Liquid Pearls have been used as buttons on her sleeves and decor on her wings.
• Top Tip:  When you have an image like this one with lots of tiny or fine line parts that would be hard to fussy cut - print or stamp the image on your background as well as the many layers you want to cut out.  The original layer will have all the wild hairs, feelers, all the detail that you want to keep but not the pain of trying to cut. [see her feelers, the string and her hair in front]

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

A Day for Daisies #92 – Pretty Pastels
Craftitude #61 – ATG or add a brad or eyelet TOP THREE
OSAAT #206 – ATG
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG
Crafting from the Heart #12 – ATG / Cute and Cuddly
Papertake Weekly – ATG
Fab and Funky #210 –Once Upon a Time [Fairy tale & Fantasy]
Divas by Design – ATG
Quirky Crafts #7 - Spice up your life with colour
Top Tip Tues – cute + TOP TIP
Beyond Grey #49 – garden theme 2 colors from pic
Aurora Wings – ATG
One Sweet Challenge – Ringing in Spring

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Cute Love Fairy" from A Day for Daisies; Sentiment is a 1993 Rubberstamp from MOMR ; The Easter Egg Flowers were a freebie from Beyond the Fringe.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP and the mats are from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: MS punches used for the branch and the border on the mat; Embossing folder from Cuttlebug; "Bisque" and "Buttercup" Liquid Pearls.

INKS: "Scattered Straw" Distress Ink used to distress edges of the focal panel; the images were printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

Create wildly and do what amuses you!  ~ginny