Brown Hat Spring Fairy

I created an ATC with more of a Fall feel and color scheme.  This image from Sweet Pea Stamps is the Brown Hat Spring Fairy by Elaine Cox.  It is one of the earlier releases and is part of a truly fabulous sheet and all four images have owls in them.  I trimmed the image quite a bit to fit the area I had created so you do get a bit more to work with for your creations.

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Alex

Brown Hat Spring Fairy

This is a fun image from the Elaine Cox collection titled Brown Hat Spring Fairy. She can be found on plate #40 along with three other sweet images.

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Brown Hat Spring Fairy

This wonderful image is Elaine Cox's Brown Hat Spring Fairy. It comes from Sheet 3 (Plate 40) Owls. I love these whimsical type images that have fairy girls with owls as well. I used Copic markers to color and dual colored silk ribbon to add embellishment. I also added some cute brads as well as a simple flower.

It's hard to see in the photo but the background brown paper is shimmery as well as the dark red paper that the stamped image is mounted on. That sparkle gives the whole card a shine.

I love the whole set of owls. Inside I used a wonderful saying from the same sheet that says "Owl only have eyes for you."

Have a great day! Holley

What a Hoot!

Hello! Today I have made two cards using images from Elaine Cox (sheet 3, Plate 40). These were just a DREAM to color!! They were both colored with Copics.


The Details:
Stamp: Elaine Cox's Blushing Violet (sheet 3, Plate 40) from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye, Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E44,E47,E49,110
Clothes: Y21,Y26,YR23
Owls: E55,E57,E59,Y23mYR23
Flowers and Leaves: RV95,RV69,RV99,E44,E47,
Wings:RV91,RV93,RV95
Background: G000,BG000,BG72,BG93,Y21,RV93
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon (SU)

The Details:
Stamp:Elaine Cox's Brown Hat Spring Fairy (sheet 3 plate 40), sentiment from Ching-chou kuiks Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 3, Plate 22) - both from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye, Basic Black (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: R27,R29,R39,R89,E18
Eyes:E44,E47,E49,110
Clothes:C5,C7,C9,110
Owls: W0,W1,W3
Misc: Basic Grey Rub On Swirls, Washi Tape, Silver Stickles, Silver Pen

I hope your day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

Is it Halloween Yet??

I Have 2 cards to show you today. This 1st one I created with a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Elaine Cox (Sheet#3/Plate#40) and this is from her last release. And her name is Brown Hat Spring Fairy. As you can see her hat's not brown. I decided that this image wanted to be created into a halloween card. I love the way the purple and green turned out.. this card is so bright and vibrant (So pretty in person).
And I also decided to stay with the Halloween theme and I used this image from (Exotic Halloween) Sweet Pea Stamps by Ching Chou Kuiks (Sheet#11/Plate#38). It is so hard for me to put down these stamps as I just love coloring and creating with them!! They make me feel like an artist!! And anyone who knows me knows I can't draw!!! Not even a little!! So coloring these beautiful images is the closest I'll ever get to being an artist!!

In this picture you can see the Glossy Accents I added to the glow from the candle light.

Supplies used
1st card
Stamp- Brown Hat Spring Fairy by Elaine Cox/Sweet Pea Stamps Sheet#3/Plate#40, sentiment from the same set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo

Paper: DP - Cloud Nine,Textured Green CS, black, purple and orange CS(DCWV)

Image stamped on Neenah Solar Crest( THIS PAPER IS AWESOME)

Accessories- Bare tree die cut, glitter glue, Fiskars punch

Copics Used:

Skin: E50,E51,E00,E21,C1, Blush(RV02,Rv23,Rv10)then went back over with E50

Eyes: E55,Y26,E50,Y0000

Hair: C7,C5,C3,C1,C0, Copic multiliner

Clothes:V04,V09,V15,V17,BV02

Hat: YG03,YG06,YG23,YG25,G05,FYG1(Fluorescent Yellow)

Owl: E30,E33,E37,E17,E18,E40,E41,E47

Background: BV23,BV20,BV02,Bv31

Other: YG23,YG06,FYG1,YR09,YR16,YR04,Y08,Y06,Y11

2nd card

Stamps- Exotic Halloween by Ching Chou Kuiks/Sweet Pea Stamps

Ink: Memento tuxedo

Paper: DP- Cloud Nine, DCWV (CS Black, Eggplant, Textured purple (CTMH)

Image stamped on Neenah Solar Crest

Accessories: Spellbinders Pendant Die, Sizzix decorative corner Die, Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch, Glitter Glue, purple bling, black brads, Glossy Accents

Copics

Skin: E50,E00,Rvoo,E51,RVo2,R83

Eyes: G05,YG23,FYG1

Hair: 100,C9,C7,C5,C3,C1,B60,BV31,V04,V15

Clothes: C9,C7,C5,C3,C1,V04,V15,BV02

Pumpkins: YR09,YR68,YR16,YR04,C7

Candle Light- Yoooo,Yoo,Y11,Y06

Background: C0,C1,C3,C5,BV20,BV23

Brown Hats, Green Fairies and Pink Spray...

Elaine Cox's "Brown Hat Spring Fairy"

One of my favorite new Elaine Cox images! The owls are just too sweet. This image is called 'Brown Hat Spring Fairy', however I gave her a pinkish hat, and while I was at it, a purple owl.

Ching-Chou Kuik's "Shining On" Haiti Relief Stamp
[*50% of the sales of this stamp will be donated to Doctors Without Borders]

I love using monochromatic color schemes. Here, I have colored the Haiti Relief Stamp "Shining On" in multiple shades of Copic Markers in the lucky March colors of: G -green, BG, blue-green, and YG, yellow-green families.


A "faux airbrushing" technique:

Elaine Cox's "Celestial Garden Fairy"
For this 'faux airbrushing' technique I used a Ranger Mini Mister with some of my Copic Various refills and concocted my own special custom Copic color spray. Think of all the colors you can make!
Best part, I made this little ATC in about 5 minutes.
Note: Whenever working with Copics in "spray" form, you should ALWAYS work in a well ventilated area. Do NOT inhale.
Various Refills contain 25cc's of refill. It's approximately 30 cents per cc retail. I used approximately 1/2 of a cc on my ATC. It seems like a lot. But in the long run so much cheaper and less complex than an airbrush system. You won't get the perfect even coverage that you would with an airbrush. But the effect is still soft and fun. And, you can spray ribbons, flowers, etc.
Recipe: RV10 4ccs, R20 1cc, RV06 1cc