April 15th is not a dreaded day anymore...April 15th this year marks the release of some really incredible stamps offered by Papertrey Ink. Both Alli and Candice have stamp sets to offer this month and they are both very unique and show so much of their uniue styles. Nichole has one of the most loving masculine sets that I have seen for years! It's going to be a really neat release this month.
So , today is my day to show a little extra sneak peek of one of these wonderful sets. After yesterday's post I thought I had better put my money where my mouth is so to speak and create something for you that's out of the box. I looked at all the sets... rotated them then the light bulb went on when I picked up Alli's Garden of Life set...It might have been the Barbie movie in the background combined with the set though... since it was a fairy movie! LOL! One of Ella's (5) favorite movies is Fairytopia. I was never into faeries as a child and its neat to see her explore that part of her imagination...It gives me a chance to do that too. Hannah (13) likes to fashion flower faeries from clothes pins and silk flower petals...Here is the card I came up with from that inspiration!
Yes... it's a Flower Fairy! Ella has already claimed this as her own card too! LOL! Doesn't she just make you smile!
So here is what I did... first of all I used the masking technique a lot for this card. The first thing I did was to stamp (in VersaMark) the rose image upside down..then add, by pouncing, the chalk color that I wanted.
I used my Pebbles Inc. Shimmer chalks because I wanted this fairy to sparkle and shine.(Ive found that they coordinate really wel so far with the Papertrey Cardstock... Especially the newest Summer Sunrise and Lemon Tart.)
I then masked the rose and stamped the stem image to get the arms and legs in place.I do masking a little differently sometimes. I generally will try to use a piece of scrap paper (printer weight) and use the curves. this is great for really non specific masking...like these stem appendages.
You can see where I have the overlapping stamped stem images...as this was the paper I used for masking over the rose. I did use a more specific masking for the hair though. I stamped the Mum image onto the scrap paper and lightly chalked it so I could see what I was doing. I stamped the circle that I used for the head in the center. I then trimmed out the hair... this left me with two parts of the mask I will use.
(I'm going to cheat a little and just back track to show what I did on the finished project.) you can see that the first part of the mask is used to bock out the face then to stamp the mum flower that has been chalked orange.
Here I show how the hair mask and the face mask (covering up the arm) can work together to mask preparatory to stamping the large leaf for the wing! I just rotated the paper a bit for the other side. This saved me time. I didn't have to trim out every little bitty piece to achieve what I wanted!
The last things I did were to add two dots for eyes, add some light brown to the face, neck and feet for some shading and finish the card off with the teeny yellow prima flower with the gem in the center!
This was a fun project to create... I created out of the box and I was able to think of someone I love dearly while I was doing it! Stamping couldn't get much better that that for me. :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Lisa
Stamps- Garden of Life
Ink- VersaMark, Noir black
Cardstock- Lemon Tart, Summer sunrise, Spring Moss, Stampers select white.
Other- Summer Sunrise Swiss Dot ribbon, Shimmer Chalk (Pebbles Inc), Gem, small yellow prima flower
That is AMAZING!!! thanks for a GREAT project. I think you may have sealed the deal on this set for me. Thanks :)
Posted by: jewels | April 11, 2008 at 10:43 PM
That IS outside of the box and I LOVE it!! You just make me smile girl!!! You are so clever.
Posted by: Alli Miles | April 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM
SHUT UP, LEESE!!!!!!
How clever is this! It's darling!
Posted by: Emily | April 12, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Sooo creative and it's perfect! Heather
Posted by: Heather | April 12, 2008 at 12:51 AM
VERY clever, Leese! Great job!
Posted by: Debbie Olson | April 12, 2008 at 01:09 AM
this is the cutest idea I've seen in YEARS Lisa! ADORABLE! Thanks for sharing with us girl!
Hugs,
Amy
Posted by: amy | April 12, 2008 at 03:58 AM
how cute and clever!
Posted by: jen del muro | April 12, 2008 at 04:37 AM
this is so darling and creative, but then it comes from you so no surprise! I love this! TFS>
Posted by: Lisa Henke | April 12, 2008 at 05:07 AM
GENIUS!!! PURE GENIUS!
Posted by: Lauren (mytime) | April 12, 2008 at 05:07 AM
Soooo Cute I just love her! Cynthia
Posted by: cynthia karkut | April 12, 2008 at 05:18 AM
Fabulous use of this new set!!
Posted by: Janine | April 12, 2008 at 05:27 AM
This is georgous! She is so stinkin' cute!!
Posted by: jill | April 12, 2008 at 05:36 AM
This is so cute and amazing! What little girl wouldn't love to get this card!!!
Posted by: Judy S | April 12, 2008 at 05:40 AM
Is there no limit to your creativity???? This is such an fabulous use from this set...and it looks awsome "close up"...such detail! BRAVO!
Posted by: Lynn Mercurio | April 12, 2008 at 05:41 AM
she is very cute!!! i would never have thought of that idea, thanks for the inspiration!!!>"<
Posted by: Chris | April 12, 2008 at 05:51 AM
What a great use of stamps. Very out of the box. You little fairy is so adorable. I will have to try this myself. Thanks for sharing.~Erica
Posted by: Erica | April 12, 2008 at 06:05 AM
You are so clever & this is soooo stinkin' cute!
Posted by: Michelle Nadraszky | April 12, 2008 at 06:09 AM
She is so darling I never would have thought of using the rose and mum stamp to make a fairy.TFS a wonderful use of these stamps.Ann
Posted by: Ann Lind | April 12, 2008 at 06:41 AM
So dang cute!! Love her!
Posted by: Bonnie Sharp | April 12, 2008 at 06:53 AM
Sooo Adorable!!
Posted by: Nicole | April 12, 2008 at 07:10 AM
That is the cutest ever. And like you said how wonderful that your daughter can share in your creation.
-Katie
Posted by: Katie | April 12, 2008 at 07:12 AM
GET oUT! This is incredible Lisa - I always love your projects...just terrific, but this one, WOW...I love it, and can't blame Ella for claiming it for her own!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: Tracey aka cuccicoo1002 | April 12, 2008 at 07:21 AM
Super cute, Lisa!
Posted by: Niki Estes | April 12, 2008 at 07:45 AM
Such a cute idea, no wonder your daughter likes it!♥ ;-)
Posted by: Bee | April 12, 2008 at 07:46 AM
Absolutely love it. How do you come up with such terrific ideas. Keep them coming though.
Posted by: Glitter Queen | April 12, 2008 at 07:55 AM
That is so stinkin' cleaver. I know my daughter would be calling dibs on the cards as well. Thanks for for always insipiring us ...
Posted by: niccole-k | April 12, 2008 at 07:58 AM
What a great imagination you have...to picture this in your head and have it turn out so fabulously! I love this idea!
Charmaine
Posted by: Charmaine | April 12, 2008 at 08:51 AM
Love it Lisa! So pretty and shimmery!
Posted by: Geny | April 12, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Wow! I love your out of the box creativity! The use of the flowers is so fun and thanks for showing how you did the masks. That is a technique that I have rarely done because I have never had anyone show me. Maybe I can step up my designs with your great suggestions. The use of the flowers is totally unique and wow, I know that your daughter is thrilled! Thanks again and again.
Posted by: Granna on the Go | April 12, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Leese, I just LOVE and ADORE your "out of the box" creations. Every month you blow me away!
Posted by: hb.carol | April 12, 2008 at 09:23 AM
That is ridiculously cute!!
Posted by: Lori A. | April 12, 2008 at 09:35 AM
This is so stunningly cute and creative! I already knew I had to have this stamp set, but now it looks like I have to get shimmer chalk as well!
Posted by: Sharon | April 12, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Wow gorgeous!
Posted by: Deanna | April 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM
OK so after seeing this I want this set! That is too adorable, what a creative mind! I love this!
Posted by: Summer | April 12, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Wow!! How amazing and dream-like this is! I love it! Thanks for sharing the how-tos!
Posted by: Judy (StampingQueenJAR) | April 12, 2008 at 12:18 PM
My daughter is into faries, too- I will totally have to case this for her- awesome job!
Posted by: Rixey | April 12, 2008 at 12:38 PM
THIS IS TOTALLY FABULOUS. Who knew a fairy was hiding in those flowers?
Posted by: Charlene | April 12, 2008 at 01:32 PM
You know, I don't think I would have thought of this in a gazillion years! :) You ROCK!
Posted by: Jenn Ellefson | April 12, 2008 at 02:07 PM
So cute!
Posted by: Jennifer Welter | April 12, 2008 at 02:31 PM
OH WOW! That was truly "out of the box"! Love, Love, Love that "fairy!"
Posted by: Kacey | April 12, 2008 at 02:56 PM
Lisa, I've always loved working with my flower stamps but it had never occurred to me to use them to make people....until now! Thanks for sharing your talents.
Posted by: Betty C | April 12, 2008 at 04:37 PM
ALL of the above!!!!!
Come on 15th!!!!
Posted by: Terry | April 12, 2008 at 05:21 PM
How freakin' cute is that??? SOOO creative!
Posted by: Ally in Canada | April 12, 2008 at 05:34 PM
I really cannot believe you came up with this! She is SOOOOO cute!
Posted by: Melinda | April 13, 2008 at 12:45 AM
so cute
Posted by: Beth Silaika | April 13, 2008 at 03:14 AM
What a cute idea and very creative way to use the stamps!!! Beautiful card!
Posted by: Shari | April 13, 2008 at 08:21 AM
I love how shimmery it looks. Very pretty.
Posted by: jules | April 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM
that is neat, i realy injoy looking at your work- you put alot into it!! it shows. thanks for the ideas, tina
Posted by: tina olson | April 13, 2008 at 12:57 PM
really cute. TFS
Posted by: Jen | April 13, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Very unique! Love the way you adapted these stamps to make such a cute fairy princess.
Posted by: Granna on the Go | April 15, 2008 at 01:31 PM
You're so clever! this is adorable!
Posted by: Stephanie Atterbury | May 02, 2008 at 01:10 PM