Splitcoast’s sketch challenge this week was a great sketch based on one of Jenna Barber’s cards. I had downloaded a few of Melissa’s (Meljen’s Designs) images and was itching to try out this darling fairy. After coloring the image, I ordered me two more of these sweet fairies in the Whimsy Stamp store. I bet you will see those here soon.
I printed her out on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut the image with Label 17 Nestabilities die and colored her with Copic Markers (skin: E0000, E00, E01, E02, Hair: YR15, YR18, E18, Shirt: YG11, YG13, YG17, YG67, G28, G29, Butterfly: Y13, Y15, Y17, YR12, YR16, YR18, BG10, BG11, BG13). The image was layered on Basic Grey cardstock (Stampin’ Up!) and cut freehand for an extra layer. The edges of the label were paper pierced.
The card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. The right hand corners were rounded with W R Memory Keepers Cropadile Corner Chomper. A 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Core’dinations cardstock was stitched to the card base after the right hand corners were rounded as well.
A 3 1/2″ long strip of White cardstock was cut with the Faux Crochet Die-namics die and stitched to a 1 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Cosmo Cricket Everafter Patterned Paper. The layers were adhered to a 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Everafter Paper. That was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Gray cardstock.
The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Oval Snippets. It was stamped in Rusty Hinges Distress ink and punched out with Stampin’ Up!’s oval punch. The oval was layered on a piece of Basic Gray cardstock, punched with the scallop oval punch.
Recollections Rhinestone swirls were adhered underneath the sentiment as well as on the top left and bottom right of the top layers. The image was adhered to the card base with dimensionals. Three Recollections flowers were twisted together and adhered to the lower left hand side. Organdy ribbon was tied with the Bow-Easy and topped with another Recollection flower before it was adhered to the bottom of the sentiment.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.17 Responses to “Meljen’s Fairy”
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ACK! This fairy is SOOOOOOOOOO cute Beate! LOVE the layout and the colors too!!!
Lol…what a little darling this fairy is! Beautifully done, dear friend! Funny story…two posts ago, I was coloring a Mimosa girl. As I was coloring her hair, she made me think of you – of your profile photo….she just sorta made me think of you! Hugs…
Silly question for a newbie,but what do you print with and how do you keep the ink from smearing? Beautiful work! I love your blog!!
Your coloring is always so rich and beautiful. And this is such a sweet little fairy image. The piercing around the label shape is a perfect detail, too.
Awww Beate….she’s just precious. Such delicious coloring!
Oh, I LOVE this card!! Great sketch, image, embellishments, and paper!! SO lovely!!
Your cards are always so beautiful Beate! I always love looking at all the wonderful detail you put into your cards. The stitching is great on this one and I love the image. Best, Curt
Awe, she is super sweet Beate. Some images are just too fun to color. I feel like a kid sometimes when I color my stamps. 🙂
Hugs~
I love the rich colours on this card Beate!
Oh Beate, this is just a stunner! The colors are wonderful and it’s such a fun and bright card. Flawless coloring, too. And wow, I have NOT seen that sentiment set in a while! I think I’ll have to break it out of its tomb now that I see how beautifully you’ve used it 🙂 Anyway, to sum it up, LOVE the card!
– Ann
too cute, love the flower and ribbon combo with your sentiment, great coloring and papers!
wow- zers girl…your coloring is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! Love your sweet fairy card!
I love the bright colors on this!
i think i have a couple of Meljen’s image somewhere. just never get around to coloring them. now i’ll have to dig them out! you colored that image super cute, Beate!!! such a beautiful card. love how you dressed it up!
Fantastic coloring on your fairy and so many beautiful details, so much fun to look at.
That stamp is the cutest! Love the coloring. Very beautiful! Don’t you just love that Faux Crochet Die-namic?
Fab card again Beate!
Why didn’t I find this post earlier? Keep up the good work!