Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Flutter Inside and Out


This week, the challenge at Flutter By Wednesday is to decorate the outside AND the inside of your card. I chose to do a criss cross card using a fairy image that I got off of a British craft CD. The image was already coloured up and set in the oval shaped frame. I simply had to cut her out and add some embellishments. I took one of my orange and yellow Copic markers and went over the bodice and skirt so as to bring out the colour a bit. Then I took some clear glitter fingernail polish by Sally Hansen (yes, fingernail polish that I bought at Wal-Mart) and coloured up her wings (sorry the photo doesn't capture the shine and sparkle). Using the fingernail polish was something that my girlfriend (with whom I was crafting when I made this card) had read on the internet, so we decided to give it a go to see the effects. Not a lot different (nor any less expensive) than Stickles.

I mounted the oval onto two cuts of Spellbinder's Labels Ten dies. The first is DP and the second is brown. My criss cross card is white covered with the stripy DP. The flowers are Recollection roses layered on top of Prima, and the round sentiment is an acrylic stamp by Marianne Designs (the same company that makes those beautiful Dutch dies) stamped with ColorBox brown ink.

My inside is made from pinting off the DP that was on the CD that went with the outside fairy. I layered the DP onto orange, then brown, then white. I found the fairy quote online and printed it off onto white card. I cut it using my Spellbinder oval die, embossed the edges with the same die, and then inked the edges with ColorBox brown ink.

I hope you will consider joining us this week at Flutter By Wednesday. Just remember to decorate the inside of your card as well as the outside with either fairies or butterflies.

Take care!

Challenges:
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ - Winged Things
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Pixies
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ - Use a Digi
http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.co.uk/ - New fold (this is my first criss cross card)
http://sugarcreekhollow.blogspot.com/ - Shabby Chic Fairies
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything Goes

19 comments:

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  2. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO so pretty, the colours and the design are gorgeous! Joey xx

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  3. I was smitten the minute I saw your preview card and couldn't wait until today's post to see this beauty up-close. The clean lines and gorgeous image are eye-catching! Another fabulous card Jenée.
    :Dxx

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  4. This is so pretty!!! It's funny that I've been thinking of making a card with a different fold and yours is the second criss-cross card I've seen this morning, so maybe that's what I'll do! :)

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  5. Cute image, Jenée, and I love your criss cross card!

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  6. I love the criss cross cards Jenee, and this is gorgeous.I love the papers you used and such a pretty Fairy.
    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  7. What a fun fold/design to this card! Very pretty!! Wonderful job!

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  8. oh wow! this is really beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us at "Challenges4Everybody".Good luck! - Amelia

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  9. What a beautiful card!!! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox and Friends blog challenge!

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  10. Cute idea. Love the papers. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

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  11. What a lovely card!!
    Thank you for entering our challenge over at OSAAT
    Good luck in the draw! – Hope to see you again next week!

    Hugs
    Eva`s Scraproom
    DT Member at OSAAT Challenge blog

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  12. great criss cross card cute little image thanks for sharing with us at 2sisters this week good luck with the challenge Tracy x

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  13. What a gorgeous card!! I love that little fairy :) Thanks for playing with us at One Stitch At A Time!! I hope to see you again next week!!

    - Susan, DT @ OSAAT

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  14. How pretty and very elegant. I love the criss cross fold, great look.

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  15. Fantastic criss cross design. You have inspired me to try this myself. Love the papers and embellies too. Thank you for joining us at 2 Sisters this week. Good luck. Hugs, Jill (DT) x

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  16. What a pretty card! I love the different fold!!! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox and Friends blog challenge!

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  17. such a pretty card so glad you joined us at Sugar Creek Hollow
    hugs and best wishes

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  18. What a neat fairy, Jenée! Great idea to make a criss cross card for this challenge. I like the roses layered on the primas - will have to remember to try that!

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