Fairy Magic - Prismacolour on vellum, paper piecing, die cuts

My card today is a lovely fairy bestowing her magic. The card features a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp and lots of polka dots!

Putting It Together

Starting this card, I had three things in mind: a sketch, a polka dot challenge, and wanting to use the cute fairy from the Magical Friends stamp set (available now in a kit with a new Krafty Kolours ink or alone after the May release). I also wanted to use at least one of the items from the Surprise Kit I got to announce the new inks.

The sketch I used comes from the Kraftin' Kimmie challenges.

For the polka dots, I got some papers out of my stash.

I wanted to paper piece her dress so I stamped on the dotty paper and fussy cut out just the dress.

I stamped the fairy on vellum and dry fit the dress on her. I used vellum for the fairy because I wanted to have translucent wings and a delicate look to the fairy.

I used Prismacolour Pencils to colour the fairy and then used Wink of Stella on her wings. The Wink of Stella wasn't bold enough, so I brushed on Turquoise Perfect Pearls while it was wet and it worked to adhere the powder perfectly.

I fussy cut the fairy.

I adhered her dress with Zig glue pen to finish the fairy. The vellum achieved exactly the look I wanted. The Prismacolour pencils added opacity to the areas coloured but without weighing her down. Later I added touches of gel pen accents on her dress and crown.

I dry fit the fairy on the trimmed polka dotty papers. I changed to using the die from the surprise kit and cut it from glitter paper. I liked how it was coming together, even the acetate with dots for the panel behind here, but I wanted something to anchor the corners of the acetate.

I looked in Evernote, searching on 'corners' in my dies, and these swirl corners from a nested heart set popped out at me. I die cut them from a pink dotty paper, the same as the white panel (sadly both appear to be discontinued).

The advantage of the corners on the acetate, I had a convenient place to add the adhesive. I used foam mounting tape to pop the acetate panel up. After adhering the fairy to the front of the acetate with Zig glue pen, I also added a snip of the foam tape behind her dress to support the middle.

Since the "M" was going to be half-on and half-off the raised acetate, I added a snip of the foam tape to the side that would be off. The other side would be glued to the acetate.

I put the acetate in place and adhered the "agic" to the white panel. I like the two dimensions on the "Magic" with the "M" popped up. I also added two glittery enamel dots, one to dot the "i" and the other on the fairy's dress, and a glittery enamel star to her wand (from the December My Monthly Hero kit).

Inside, I used the swirls from the die cuts and added a sentiment using one of the Krafty Kolours. I like bringing the colours of the front to the inside. I was pleased how well the Mermaid Melody matched the glitter paper.

Supplies

Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Krop: Game #2 Sketchy

Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday: Polka Dots
Watercooler Wednesday: Feminine
Art Impressions: Things With Wings
Your Next Stamp: Colour Challenge #88
Try It On Tuesday: Die Cuts
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun: Anything Goes