Fairies, Flowers and/or Fantasy with Team Lou

It's time for another challenge with us at the Southern Girls.

This fortnight Team Lou have created projects to inspire you for the new challenge

Fairies, Flowers and/or Fantasy with Team Lou

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are:

Technique Tuesday

Hannah Lynn Art & Design

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Today I have used the Bookworm Fairy digital stamp by Hannah Lynn Art & Design, one of our generous sponsors this fortnight, to make a pair of bookmarks.

As soon as I saw the super cute Bookworm Fairy I knew she needed to be on a bookmark, so I started with a search for some reading quotes.  The one that seemed most appropriate was "Books are a uniquely portable magic" by Stephen King.

Of course I had to start the action on my Silhouette Cameo design mat.  NO, my Cameo didn't do any cutting but it helped me design the sentiment to suit the image.  I wanted to use my go-to tag die (details below), so I measured the dimensions and made a panel as a guide to fitting everything in.  I started with the image and enlarged it to just fit (size was limited by the width) then used a variety of fonts and font sizes to make the quote big, bold, fun and just fit within the edges of the tag.  I printed the image/quote panel on X-press It blending card, heat set, die cut then coloured with Copic markers.  I coloured the necklace and key with a shiny gold gel pen and added a delicate sparkle to the wings with a clear Wink Of Stella clear glitter brush.

Are you wondering how I got the twine to match perfectly?
I used some white twine with a twist of shining gold and added Copic markers.

I die cut two more tags from white cardstock and adhered them to the back of each tag to make them more sturdy.  The reinforcement rings were coloured with Copic markers to match the clothes.

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for

Fairies, Flowers and/or Fantasy with Team Lou

challenge on the
Southern Girls Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***

Hannah Lynn Art & Design - digital stamp - Bookworm Fairy
X-Press It A5 Blending Card

Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00-02
Copic markers - lips - R21-22
Copic markers - eyes - YG03-17-67
Copic markers - hair - E30-31-33-35-37
Copic markers - glasses - T7-9 + C0
Copic markers - wings & butterfly - BG10-11-13
Copic markers - clothes - R20-21-22-24-27
Copic markers - book - E40-41-44-47-49
Copic markers - lantern - C03-05 + Y00-02

Copic markers - bookworm - YG03-17-67
Sizzix Big Shot
Sizzix framelits dies - Tim Holtz Alterations - Tag Collection
white/gold twine
gold gel pen
Wink of Stella clear glitter brush
fonts used for sentiment:
BOOKS = Cooper Black / are a = Arial / uniquely = Sophia
portable = Arial / magic = Queensland / Stephen King = Arial
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the reinforcement rings

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Sending a big Thank You to Hannah Lynn Art & Design for sponsoring

Fairies, Flowers and/or Fantasy challenge with Team Lou with us at the Southern Girls.

I hope I have inspired you to get creative and look forward to seeing your work shared in the challenge gallery.  Remember we are not just a card blog, we love to see scrapbook layouts, artjournal pages and all types of papercraft.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge - Challenge #66 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge - April Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge Blog – Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge #81 – To Use Your Favourite Colour

my other favourite colour combo is peach & teal

Creatalicious Challenges – Challenge #137 – Anything Goes
with optional dies and punches
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #144 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge Blog - Challenge #141 – Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Challenge #122 – Delightful Digis
Dies R Us Challenge Blog - Challenge #95 – Springtime
I always think of a magical spring when I see fairies & I have used Sizzix dies
Fab ’n’ Funky Challenges – Challenge #390 – Fantasy and Fairytales
my fantasy fairies are in the magical world of books
Incy Wincy Designs – April 16-30th – Anything Goes with a twist Seeing Spots
my fairies are wearing spots and stripes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies - PIP Challenge 1815 – Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog – Penny’s Challenge 376 – Anything Goes
{PIN}spirational Challenge - Anniversary Challenge #213 – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Week 15 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Challenge #291 – Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #138 – Anything Goes
Scrappy Land Challenges - Challenge #88 – Anything Goes
using dies from brand that Scrappy Land sells - I used Sizzis dies
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog – Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine
my bookmarks have lots of sparkle and shine, from the fairy wings (Wink of Stella), necklace & key (golden gel pen) to the twine (shiny gold thread)
Simply Create Too - Challenge #137 – Use Die Cuts
Tuesday Throwdown - TT #388 - Glimmer and Shine
my bookmarks have lots of glimmer, shine & sparkle, from the fairy wings (Wink of Stella), necklace & key (golden gel pen) to the twine (shiny gold thread)