Whimsy Stamps ~ Sweet Fairy Wishes
Hey crafty friends, I have a sweet card to share with you today featuring a lovely quote from Jiminy Cricket and some sweet fairies. I made this card intending to share it before this lovely stamp set disappeared from our inventory. It was in the retiring section, so I thought I'd make one last creation with it for Whimsy, before it disappeared, but it went so quickly! But the rest of the card is so sweet too, I hope you'll forgive me that I'm sharing a creation that features a recently retired stamp. If you like it, I encourage you to take a look at your local stockist of Whimsy products, they may still have it.
I started creating this card during the Online Card Classes Stencil 2 class I did a while back. The background was created with a lovely Whimsy Stencil. I first inked the background and then turned the stencil a 180 degree rotation to get another layer of stars which didn't overlap the first, or overlapped only slightly and used Glitter Gel (Lawn Fawn Fairy Dust Stencil Paste) after the first layer in Spun Sugar Oxide Ink. It's so pretty in reality, the glitter gel medium is really sparkly and lovely. This is a fun technique, rotating a stencil to get more out of it, a technique Jennifer McGuire taught. It can give such pretty results depending on the stencil used. Jennifer's tips from Day One were awesome, I'm still trying to digest all the info from each day, so many wonderful tips and tricks!
I took this shot half way through my creative process to try to capture the pretty sparkle of the stars and lustre of the heat embossed sentiment, while I was working out how to finish the card. I adhered the vellum panel to the card with tiny staples and coloured over them with the rose gold pen you can see in the shot, so it made the silver staples look rose gold. It worked a treat and meant there was no glue showing on this very sheer vellum panel.
I wanted of course to leave as much of the pretty stencilled background visible, so opted for a very subtle finish, by adding two super cute diecut fairies from the Whimsy Build-a-Fairy Garden Die Set. I have a lovely rose gold coloured cardstock that was perfect to diecut the fairies from. I diecut several and then chose the two that fit the scene best. I really love how this card came together. It's such a simple addition, these two little fairies, but I really feel it elevates the finished look of the card so much. My mummy was delighted with it and snatched it up to give to one of her grandbabies, one of my sweet nieces. So that's a good sign of approval! I paired it with a pretty pink square envelope and she was good to go.
Thanks so much for popping in to visit today. I hope you enjoyed the visit and if you like what you saw, the links below will take you through to the elements I've used for this creation. If you'd like to see our first release for the month of May, you can click through on the banner above straight to that in the store. As always, I'm grateful to you my blogging friends, for your comments and visits. Long may our blogs survive! It's still my favourite place to share my crafty journey, so I appreciate so much when you stop by.
Hugs and happy crafting, Wends xoxo
Now retired Whimsy Sentiment Set
Wish Upon A Star
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