Fairyopolis 30th Birthday Keepsake Card...

Morning World!!

 

Well today is a very special day.   It is my little Sisters 30th Birthday, I cant quite believe it!!

 

For her Birthday my Mum asked if I would make her a card.  It is so hard to make special birthday cards for family members, something for them to treasure and keep as I know I have kept all my special birthday cards.  So I wanted something with a "Wow!" factor and turned to Crafters Companion for inspiration and help.

 

I had already decided to use the lovely Fairyopolis Kit as my Sister and I had loved these Flower Fairies when we were younger and they are really timeless but I wasn't sure what type of card to make and so I popped on the Ultimate Pro DVD.  The lovely Sara takes you through some great projects and I chose to try this one.  The Envelope Keepsake Card, it was the first time I had tried it but having the DVD to take me through the stages was just fantastic.  I really recommend it.

 

So I started with the basics of putting it together and then I decorated each page in turn, choosing different poems, some about fairies and some about being a daughter.

 

The theme of the card is Fairyopolis and these are mostly in decoupage form to give lots of texture and dimension.  I have tried to incorporate lots of "30's" and flowers.  In the DVD the card folds flat on its own, because I added so many flowers, lots of decoupage, extra pages and bling, I chose to add a bow to secure the book closed for popping in the presentation box.

Each page is decorated with a decoupaged Flower Fairy, this was achieved using 3D Glue Gel.  The envelopes are closed over using bows in the same colour as the one that is used to secure the whole book.

 

The Internet is a great source and I found lots of poems about fairies and daughters that are free for you to use in your projects.  If they are written by someone in-particular, I always add this at the bottom.

 

There are lots of flowers throughout the book in lots of lovely bright colours, I have added adhesive pearls or gems to the centres and secured to the card using 3D Glue Gel.  I hadn't left any room for my Mum & Dad to sign the card so added a little sparkly sentiment.

 

I have tried to matt and layer on either Glitter Card or Mirri Card just to give a little bit of an expensive sparkle look.  The envelope edges have been decorated with bling and corners from the Fairyopolis Kit have also been used as well as some of the rub on sentiments which were just perfect.

 

I have also used Handmade paper and decoupaged some of the backgrounds that the little Flower Fairies are sitting against.

I have also added tiny butterflies throughout which just add that little bit of nature.

As this is a Envelope Keepsake Card, I thought I would also make some matching Keepsakes for inside a couple of the envelopes leaving free space for my mum to add a couple of keepsakes of her own.  I will show you these on tomorrows blog.

 

This has been my favourite paper crafting project to date.  All I needed was a little help from Crafters Companion :)

 

Happy 30th to my lovely Sister and Happy Crafting to all my crafty friends.

 

Amanda xx

ATC - Fairy Folk

Morning All

 

So this months swap themes were great for me as I could just pull out some kits and add some other wee bits & bobs.  Things I haven't used in a while.

 

The ATC theme was "Fairy Folk" and I have some lovely images but still no ink for my printer, I know, I know really should have replaced it by now.  But oh how I hate shopping.  Anyway, since I couldn't print I decided to get out the lovely Crafters Companion Fairyopolis Kit.

For this ATC I created a background using some holographic card & a piece of patterned paper, tied together in the centre with a strip of ribbon.  I the popped on a flower and a sentiment from the rub-on and added gems to each corner.

For the fairy I also used a rub on but put it on a piece of snow white card and cut around the outside.  I added glitter to the wings and attached using 3D glue gel leaving these free to move.

The background of this ATC was a piece of Purple Centura Pearl card stock embossed using the Crafters Companion Regal Damask 6x6 Embossing Folder.  I added a rub on sentiment to a piece of patterned paper and gems to the corners.

For the fairy I did the same as before and also a little butterfly.  I added the butterfly to the centre of the flower with 3D glue gel and also attached the flower & fairy in the same way, just gives dimension.

I love fairies so cannot wait to see what the other girls have put together.  I bet they are going to be stunning as always.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Amanda xx

"Thank You" basket & card order

Wooohooo!!!

 

Its the weekend and this means its craft o clock!  I had a couple of the lovely quilling dies delivered this week from Crafters Companions so that will be my very first crafty stops.  I watched the Video that Leann posted and they look just awesome when they are all made up.  I have also saved some bottle tops so I think I am going to pop these through the Grand Calibur and make some embellishments. 

 

I haven't done any smelly things in a while and this is the first basket I have been asked to put together this year.  It has a very Easter colour type feel.

 

This was an order from my Brothers Fiance for a friend and she also required a wee Thank You card to go along with it.  As I was working and it was a bit last minute I used the really lovely Crafters Companion Fairyopolis Card Kit and just used the 6x6 card blanks rather than making my usual 8x8 size.

 

The card blank is from the kit and is already a beautiful design.  I cut a shape using the Grand Calibur and embossed using the Darice Flower Embossing Folder.  The fairy and the butterfly are from the Fairyopolis Kit and are decoupaged using 3D glue gel. 

The "just a note.." is a Darice Border Embossing Folder which I have embossed onto Core'dinations Card Stock, sanded and distressed and then added a piece of ribbon.

I have then just added flowers to finish.

This is just another view to show the dimension created and the lovely paper used for the insert.

I also put together a quick card for Davids Niece to hold her Easter gift.  Very simple but it is still handmade and with this kit everything that is put together is just gorgeous.

This is a card blank from the kit, already covered in the lovely butterfly paper and the faux bow.  I added the topper, some flowers, a little sparkle and a lovely paper insert.

I know all us crafters will be sitting down to craft this Easter weekend so have a very lovely time and I will be looking out for all your lovely projects.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Amanda xx