Stampin Up Fifth Avenue Floral and The Greeting Farm Fairy Eva

Hi Friends! I hear you saying "daaaaang, what a long a** post, Maria!". Quiet little one. . .LOL! I always say "quiet little one" to my daughter when she complains. . .remember, Yoda in Star Wars when he tells young Luke Skywalker "patience, young pad one". . .well, me and my family say stuff like that to one another. When my husband gets mad, I'll say "calm down, mean one" LOL!!!

Anyway, remember I wrote that I had bought my husband something for his birthday that was soooooooo not worth the cost. Well, I wanted to buy him a Baskin Robin ice cream cake for his birthday but it turns out they closed the shop in our town. Whaaa! Down the street as we were driving home, I saw the "Edible Art" store and decided to stop by. My husband loves eating fruits so I thought an "edible arrangement" was a good replacement for the birthday cake. Well, people. . .this fruit arrangement cost $50!! Yup, $50!! I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to buy it. I blew my stamping money for this fruit arrangement. My husband liked it but he said not to do it again. LOL!!!

Anyway. . .now to my card. Like I said this will be a long post, so bear with me. I LOVE the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set by Stampin Up! Such a beautiful stamp set. How did I create the flower to look the way it does? Well, for one thing it took a bit of work but I like how it turned out.

Here is how I did it. If you have a lot of time, you can try it out. If you want a tutorial, just comment and I'll create one. Okay, here goes: I stamped the rose image 3 times on both vellum and Cranberry Crisp card stock, heat embossed them with gold embossing powder.

I colored the images on the vellum with my SU pastels and sprayed fixative over them. This caused the vellum to curl a bit after it dried.

I then cut all 3 images on the card stock in layers as well as the 3 images on the vellum. I layered each vellum over each card stock and mounted them over one another using foam tape.

For the background, I stamped the images and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder then colored them with pastels. You can see the pastel coloring better in person.

To create the gold edge on the card stock and sentiment, I used a gold leaf pen. That's about it!

Anyway, here is a closer view of the flower. I really like how it turned out but you have to be really in the mood to do a lot of cutting to create the layered rose. What do you think?

Don't forget to scroll down. . .I posted another card. I told you this will be a long post.

Card Details:

Stamps: SU Fifth Avenue Floral

Paper: SU Raspberry Tart designer paper, SU Cranberry Crisp, Pink Pirouette, Vellum

Ink: Versamark ink, Gold Leaf Pen, SU Pastels, SU Cranberry Crisp

Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, SU Satin Ribbon, SU Large Oval Punch, JoAnn Gold brads

I actually created this card moons ago! Seriously. . .maybe over 2 weeks ago but there were other cards I needed to post first. This image is such a cutie. . .she's a stamp by "The Greeting Farm" called "Fairy Eva".

I colored Fairy Eva in dim light and didn't realize how dark her hair color was until I saw it in brighter light. This is what happens when you color in the family room while watching TV. I tried fixing it by using the blender pen to remove some of the color but it didn't work out too well. Argggh!

I didn't want to redo her again so I just left it as is. I also highlighted her hair using a metallic pen by Sakura. You can see it a little bit in this picture. The rest of the card is basically layering and arranging different elements.

You can't see the metallic sheen on her hair in this angle. You can only see it if the light shines on it at a different angle.

Anyway, stop by The Greeting Farm and check out the other fairies. . . .they're all supah cute.

Again, sorry for the long post. My posts will be long like this for the next week or so. I got a lot of stuff to post and there's not enough days to post them all.

Hope y'all have a wonderful Saturday!

Card Details:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Fairy Eva

Paper: SU Berry Bliss designer paper, Cranberry Crisp, Pink Passion or Pixie Pink (can't remember)Ink: Copic Markers, Sakura Metallic Pen, Sakura gel pen, Cranberry Crisp

Accessories: Coluzzle Circle Template, Fiskar scallop scissors, Prima flower, Making Memories metal sentiment, CB embossing folder, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Satin Ribbon