Oh, how I love those things with wings!

I'm kind of excited to show off my newest creation today.

I made this card for the new challenge at 

Aurora Wings Challenge Blog - Anything With Wings.

I am a fan of many a winged beast, fae, or foe.

I really love me a good pixie, though.

I chose to work with the Pixie Kawaii Fairy with Big Hair

from Aurora Wings.

Surprisingly, I have had this image for quite a while and this

is the very first time I have colored her up. I am kind of bummed

that the photo shows her face so red. I can assure you, it doesn't

look quite that drastic in real life.

I used Copics to color her to match some papers from Kaiser Craft - Kaleidoscope.  

I left her eyes pupil-less as they were drawn. I don't like to

mess with Mitzi's images by adding mouths, or noses, or pupils.

I'm something of a purist when it comes to interpreting an artist's image.

I like to follow the artist's vision. I try to refer to their colored

sample when it's available, to confirm that I'm seeing a leaf or a curl of hair. 

I like how her eyes look almost insect-like. Mission accomplished.  

The perfectly insightful sentiment was already on the papers I chose, making this

a very quick card to pull together once the coloring was complete.

I usually take at least an hour to color an image. I'll go back and add

shadows again, and again, until I'm satisfied with the contrast. 

It's therapeutic, and a labor of love.

And lastly, like all good pixies, this little lady is covered

in various shades of Stickles. A pixie wing has to drip

with glitter in my world. That's just how it is.

Thanks for dropping by today.

I hope you'll pop by the AW challenge blog to check out the

other stunning inspiration the DT have created for this challenge.

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simply Papercraft Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore - Use a stamp or digi
Petal Lu - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - I Scream for...
(I Scream for INSIGHTFUL!)
Left of Center - Three of a Kind
(Three strips of paper as my background, and three flowers)

Making my way back

I've been in a bit of a funk the past few weeks.

No rhyme or reason, just funky.

No focus or mojo either, makes it hard to be

productive and creative.

I'm trying to make my way back though...

I was inspired by this new image from

Saturated Canary, called Cerridwen.

This gorgeous image was perfect for an

"out of my comfort zone" color palette.

Also a great chance to use lots of Stickles! 

My favorite type of fleur to make is one made

from old, recycled dictionary pages. I used the SU

flower punch, colored the punched fleurs with TH

Distress Ink in Sugar, and then crumpled, layered,

and added a fancy brad.

Perfect for a girly birthday or a "just thinking of you"

kind of card. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Flowers

CMC Copic challenge - Anything Goes

The Secret Crafter - In the Garden

Alphabet Challenge - handmade flowers

Card Makin' Mamas - flowers

Thanks for dropping by. 

New Etsy schtuff!!

Been busy "claying".

Drop by my Etsy shoppe

and check out my lovely, handcrafted baubles.