Wednesday, 6 October 2010

* * * A bit of sparkle * * *

On dull days like today I long for a bit of sparkle. Just something to add a bit of magic to the air and liven things up. As there seems to be a shortage of sparkle fairies around here I decided to create my own...


I made this card for my Niece, Holly, who'll be 7 soon. I'm hoping the fairy and her sparkles will be right up her street.

The image is a digistamp from SoftPencil Digital Stamps and I think she's so cute! I used the paper piecing technique I learned recently on her dress, the house and the grass. In fact that grass is recycled from my Graze Box....

The fairy dust and number 7 are just silver and pink glitter combined, which I applied using my Sakura Quickie glue pen. I added a blue floral border cut from a patterned paper. I coloured the rest of the image using ProMarkers.

I'm entering this card into a few challenges...

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #43 - Use a digi image Which is being sponsored by SoftPencil this week so fingers tightly crossed!

Flutterby Wednesday Challenge #125 - Use a Fairy, Princess or Butterfly

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #52 - A Birthday card for a child with sparkle

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge #124 - Sparkle and Shine

Passion for Promarkers Challenge #72 - Use something recycled

and last but not least Etsy Inspired Challenge #108 which was to be inspired by an item from the shop of Etsy seller Two Eggplants. I chose these gorgeous little princess wand soap favors which can be bought here.

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19 comments:

  1. The Crafty Den6 October 2010 at 22:11

    What a cute card. I love the cute image and your colouring is fab. Thanks for joining in with our recycling challenge over at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  2. Virginia L.7 October 2010 at 00:10

    Love your use of soft and pretty colors from the inspired piece! Thanks so much for playing the Etsy Inspired Challenge!

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  3. Kathy Bradley7 October 2010 at 03:07

    What an exceptionally cute card and I love your paper piecing. I haven't given that technique a try and I keep meaning to have a go at it.

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  4. andrea7 October 2010 at 10:43

    Gorgeous card,love all the detail thankyou for joining us at fab'n'funky
    andrea

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  5. Lindsey7 October 2010 at 13:56

    Fabulous card! Love how you have done the grass. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week x

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  6. Tracy7 October 2010 at 16:28

    Such a cute card, and fabulous recycling! Thanks for joining us this week at PfP, good luck.
    Hugs Tracy x

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  7. Suzie7 October 2010 at 16:56

    Gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz for our Birthday Blog Hop this week. Suzie x

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  8. carol7 October 2010 at 18:43

    super card with great sparkle, thanks for sharing with Craftycatz this week, x carol

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  9. Danni7 October 2010 at 19:07

    Very sweet! Thanks for playing along with my flutter by challenge!

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  10. Julie7 October 2010 at 19:22

    Super card and great recycled grass!! This is so spooky as we were only talking about these Graze boxes at work today! Thanks for playing along with us at PFP this week. Juliexx

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  11. CRAZYCRAFTSHED7 October 2010 at 20:34

    A gorgeous card,thankyou for joining us on our Birthday Celebration at CraftyCatz,
    Hugs Dianne xx

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  12. de8 October 2010 at 00:38

    Super cute card! Love the play on the stars!

    Thanks for playing EtsyInspired this week!

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  13. SmilynStef8 October 2010 at 03:57

    Love that twinkle of fairy dust ... fantastic inspired card.

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  14. Lou Sims8 October 2010 at 23:33

    WOW . . fab digi image and another one to add to my "Softpencil" collection! Many thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky challenges this week.

    Lou
    x

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  15. Andie's Space9 October 2010 at 10:38

    This is wonderful. I'm sure Holly will love it. Such a super cute image & great recycling. Thanks for joining us at PFP.
    Hugs,
    Andie xx

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  16. de9 October 2010 at 14:58

    You won EIC this week! Check the blog for details!

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  17. Anja´s kortkreasjoner10 October 2010 at 17:11

    Such a fab card. Thank you for joining us at PfP this week. Good Luck.
    Hugs, Anja

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  18. Sharon11 October 2010 at 18:54

    What a great card - just loving that image.
    Thanks for joining us at Fab 'n' Funky this week, and hope to see you again next.
    Hugs Sharon x

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  19. Debs11 October 2010 at 19:24

    such a sweet card and fab recycling :0)..thanks for joining us at PFP...Debs x

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