Away With The Fairies (Again)

I decided to invest in a new stamped image for my second card for Lynne's other granddaughter.  I spent ages trawling through the LOTV inspirations blog for..., well, inspiration really.  There are some stunning fairy stamps on there.  In the end, this is what I made:

I used my new framelits dies to cut a section out of some So Saffron card, which I then embossed with my new, large embossing folder.  I stamped the image on a piece of white card and coloured it with So Saffron, Old Olive and Early Espresso.  Have a closer look:
How adorable is she?  Look at her little shoes and her wings.  As I said before, I'm not keen on fairies, but this stamp could change my mind. 
The little extras are the punched out butterfly in Old Olive which I've run through my polka dot ef.  I printed the sentiment on the computer and put it at the bottom of the ribbon.  It's not SU ribbon but it's very similar to So Saffron. 
Lynne was thrilled with the card.  Why don't you leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Thanks for dropping in today.  I'm off to look round and see what you've all been up to.
Happy crafting everyone,
Jane xx


Comments

  1. Stamps and Paper28 August 2012 at 17:18

    Beautiful fairy card Jane and love the shape of your aperture...pretty colours also...

    Anne

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  2. coops28 August 2012 at 23:17

    gorgeous card jane.i love your colours and fab fairy image :D

    xx coops xx

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  3. Michelle29 August 2012 at 13:15

    Another pretty card. I really like your colour choices and the aperture looks great. I am sure your friend's granddaughter will love it. x x
    (p.s. Don't look at my blog, it's been sadly neglected this summer!)

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  4. Donna Mosley29 August 2012 at 21:10

    A beautiful card Jane, love the image an gorgeous aperture design.

    Donna x

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  5. Victoria29 August 2012 at 22:42

    These lovely bright colours are making me think of the summer we haven't had!! It's good being away with the fairies!

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