Hello crafting friends!
There are two different kinds of creating for me: one is grabbing some inks and stamps, maybe some markers and dies, and making a quick card; the other is having an idea, then mulling it over for hours, sometimes days, until it finally comes together. Today's card was the second kind! Come and see:
I'd been thinking about the fairy tale about the princess whose brothers had been turned into swans by an evil enchantress. There's a swan on the Riverbank stamp set by the Craft Consortium but, when I got it out, I saw it also features frogs and was distracted by The Princess and the Frog!
To make my scene I sponged a sky and some water into a circle stencil. I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss a crown from a long ago retired Stampin' Up set called Tiny Tags, and some magical stars and dots from another called Celebrate Today. The frog and the lily pad from Riverbank were stamped, coloured with alcohol markers and fussy cut before arranging on the water. I finished my scene with some tiny stars and dots punched out of shiny gold card with the Stampin' Up Twinkle punch.
I cut the scene out with a circle die and attached it to a card base, and added washi tape to the top and bottom of the card front. This would make a good anniversary card I think but I've left it without a greeting - after all, it's not clear whether this prince has just turned into a frog or whether the frog is about to turn into a prince!
CHALLENGES
It was CASology that set me thinking about fairy tales and enchantments with its Magical cue card; I'm also linking up with CAS(e) this Sketch which provided the sketch for this card; and am joining in with the Allsorts Challenge which is celebrating its 11th birthday with an Anything Goes theme.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
Talking of fairy tales, my little princess turned into a complete and utter toad this morning:
Hmmm. Totally unrepentant too!
There are two different kinds of creating for me: one is grabbing some inks and stamps, maybe some markers and dies, and making a quick card; the other is having an idea, then mulling it over for hours, sometimes days, until it finally comes together. Today's card was the second kind! Come and see:
I'd been thinking about the fairy tale about the princess whose brothers had been turned into swans by an evil enchantress. There's a swan on the Riverbank stamp set by the Craft Consortium but, when I got it out, I saw it also features frogs and was distracted by The Princess and the Frog!
To make my scene I sponged a sky and some water into a circle stencil. I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss a crown from a long ago retired Stampin' Up set called Tiny Tags, and some magical stars and dots from another called Celebrate Today. The frog and the lily pad from Riverbank were stamped, coloured with alcohol markers and fussy cut before arranging on the water. I finished my scene with some tiny stars and dots punched out of shiny gold card with the Stampin' Up Twinkle punch.
I cut the scene out with a circle die and attached it to a card base, and added washi tape to the top and bottom of the card front. This would make a good anniversary card I think but I've left it without a greeting - after all, it's not clear whether this prince has just turned into a frog or whether the frog is about to turn into a prince!
CHALLENGES
It was CASology that set me thinking about fairy tales and enchantments with its Magical cue card; I'm also linking up with CAS(e) this Sketch which provided the sketch for this card; and am joining in with the Allsorts Challenge which is celebrating its 11th birthday with an Anything Goes theme.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
Talking of fairy tales, my little princess turned into a complete and utter toad this morning:
Hmmm. Totally unrepentant too!
Sending hugs to you all,
