Friday 25 July 2014

Fairy Kisses and Birthday Wishes -- Top pick at Sunday Stamps Challenge

*I'm so thrilled that Sunday Stamps Challenge has named me their Top Pick*

I enjoyed making that butterfly/star card so much that when I saw a challenge that was, again, a single layer card, I jumped at designing another one with the stars as templates and masks.  Obviously I wasn't finished with that idea yet.

This time I used two different sized stars as templates and masks.  On Whisper White cardstock, I stamped inside the star templates to get the fairy and the single mushroom.  I used sponge daubers outside the masked stamped images to create a background.  While the masks were still on, I sprayed the background with a layer of Smooch Vanilla Shimmer Spritz.

The fairy stamp set is one I've had for a while but haven't used.  This seemed like the perfect time to use it.  The details in the set were simply beautiful.  Colouring the details with my Blendabilities took quite a while but in the end, it was worth it.

I wanted more separation between the stars and the background and so I traced inside the templates with my Basic Black stampin marker to get a nice dark line around the stars.  Then I stamped the sentiment in black ink as well and finally, I also mounted the Whisper White onto a base cardstock of Basic Black.

A final touch of three stars punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper, topped with three star-shaped Coastal Cabana sequins, and then topped with rhinestones, finished off the card.


For more cards using this template, check out Sunday Stamps.


For more cards at Curtain Call for their "anything goes challenge" just click on Curtain Call.

8 comments:

  1. What a fabulous idea to stamp inside a template! I love the effect you've created and your images are coloured beautifully! Thanks so much for sharing your creation with us at Sunday Stamps!

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    1. Thanks so much, Brenda. I really enjoyed the challenge and hope to come back for more.

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  2. Such a pretty card Heidi! Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Curtain Call!

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    1. Thank you, Tracey. I enjoyed the challenge.

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  3. Fantastic card, Heidi! I love the bright cheery colors and adorable fairy image. The greeting matches this card so well! Thanks for playing along with us at Sunday Stamps this week--please join us again soon!
    :) Marie

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    1. Thank you so much for the lovely comments, Marie. I really appreciate the time you took. I love your challenges and will definitely contiue joining you.

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  4. What a cute card! Thanks for playing along with us at Sunday Stamps.

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