Go With Your Heart…
May 14th, 2008 by Jen
In case you haven’t realized, I am deeply and madly in love. While Tony and Ellie will always and forever take the top spots in my heart, I must admit that the fairies in the chichiboulie line at Stamping Bella {as well as all the Bellas, and Ella and Looloo, and the embellashments…} are driving me wild! YAY, I am thrilled that I got to play along with the sketch from SCS today. I think that’s 2 in 3 weeks. Now, I’m not the challenge junkie that I used to be, but I am still excited to seet he challenges each day. Amy R is the guest hostess and she always comes up with great layouts. While this one is not complicated in the least, it did leave a lot of room for embellishments, which I took full advantage of!
However, before I get down to those details, let me start from the bottom. The red card base and the green cardstock are from Prism. I **really** like their papers. The colors are GREAT and I like how one side is textured and the other side is smooth…perfect for stamping cardmakers! The DP is from Imaginisce and is truly one of my faves of all time. As I noted above, the main image is from Stamping Bella and is colored with Copic Markers. Her wings are covered in Sakura Stardust pen. To achieve a smooth glimmery look on her wings, I traced her wings liberally with the Stardust pen and then took my aquapainter and pulled the glitter into the center of the wings. The sentiment, which I think is a perfect match not only for the saying, but for the font, too, is from Penny Black. For my finishing touches, I wrapped the DP layer with black twill. In addition, I used felt flowers from Creative Cafe and a flower ghost shape from Heidi Swapp. The brad in the center of the flowers is by Making Memories and I think I may just need to get another package of these. Cute, huh? The last touch I put on this card are the six black brads. It just looked like it needed SOMETHING, but nothing big. These worked out great. Here’s a detail shot of the coloring and some of the flowers…
Some additional notes…
Don’t forget to check out the Verve Blog to see some sneak peeks and a chance to win some free stamps. I will have A BUNCH of Verve stuff for you to ogle at tomorrow. You are just going to squeal when you see what is coming to the stamp world this Friday. I say that because that is exactly what I did when I saw these!!…yes, seriously!!
I love everything about this card!!!!! Man- now I have to spend some money today!!!
This card is GORGEOUS!!! Your coloring is spectacular! I’m in awe!! And your continued posting of these adorable fairies is really making me think I need to get some of these for myself!! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous creations! I love to see what you come up with!
Really gorgeous!
Great card, Jen. Just curious…do you let the prongs of the brad show on the inside of your card or do you cover them with another piece of paper?
This is great! Such beautiful coloring! I’ve been tempted to get some of these stamps because of YOU!!!! May have to give in soon!! (I’ll just *forget* to tell dh that I ordered something!)
Wow! Your coloring is fantastic and the details are amazing! I love the glitter on the fairy wings and the pretty flower/brad embellishment!
when I blow out my birthday candles this year, I am going to wish to become as good of a colorer (is that even a word?!?) as Jen del Muro
great card! I wondered the same thing about the brads on the inside of the card??
That fairy is to die for!! I have seriously got to go shopping, and here I was trying to be good!!
i love her and i am so glad she is on the way to my house!!! and you know that is my favorite paper, too! i used some yesterday for verve actually!! gmta!!!
OMG!!! Your coloring is out of this world beautiful!! These stamps are darling! Your card is wonderful…
Oh I can see why you are in love with these stamps! They are adorable! Fabulous colouring, as always!
Love your card - and I also adore these fairies!! Just got a couple in the mail myself, hope to play with them SOON! Thanks for the inspiration!
Jen - This is gorgeous! I need to go check these out! Thanks for sharing!
OMG I just found your blog thru another’s blog & I couldn’t even get past this card!! 1St of all I’m in love w/everything Stamping Bella & though I don’t have any of the fairies yet I so want them. I haven’t seen this one before but it’s awesome. It’s now def on my list. I love your card– stunning!!
Adorable with a capital A.
You and these fairies are a match made in stamping heaven! Love the bright, bold colors!
This is soooo adorable, love everything and bella is coming out with some awesome stamps!!!
Wow, Jen this is one purdy card! I love those fairy stamps too, I need them!
oh i adore this card. i just got my first bella fairy thanks to you!! ha ha!! will have to check out that prism paper……
Beautiful card!!!
I love them too. Fantastic card, as usual!
Fabulous!!
Beautiful card, love those colors together! Such warmth!
So beautiful! I just got this fairy and knew I would find some wonderful ideas on your blog. TFS!!
She looks GORGEOUS!