Fairies!

This week's challenge at The Outlawz Coloring Challenges is "Fairies"  My Outlawz Coloring Challenge Teammates, Carla, Penny, Laine, and I challenge you to use create a project for this challenge. You can use any color medium you like, just as long as you color! 

Our April sponsor at The Outlawz Coloring Challenges is Sweet Pea Stamps, who is offering our lucky winner four digis of his/her choice from the Sweet Pea Digi Stamp Store.  Play along with us for your chance to win!

Here's my card with Sweet Pea/Teresa Sherman Fern the Forest Fairy.

Fern the Forest Fairy was resized in Photo Elements and printed out onto Neenah cardstock using my laser printer. After checking Google Images to learn about the colors of trumpet flowersspring oak leaves, and spring acorns, the scene was colored with Copic markers. The bird's eyes, beak, and talons were coated with several layers of Clear Gelly Glaze pen (Sakura) to add dimension and shine. White Gelly Glaze pen (Sakura) was used to add white to the dots on the mushrooms.

Since the Fern the Forest Fairy scene was very colorful, I opted to use kraft cardstock  to create a neutral background. However, I wanted it to have visual interest, so I put my Big Kick to work! The Fern the Forest Fairy scene and two mat layers were die-cut with dies from my Card Creator die set (Spellbinders).  The kraft  rectangles were edged with Frayed Burlap Distress ink (Ranger). One of the two dies in SCACD's Classic Corner die set was used to cut four corner die-cuts, which were sponged with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

The card front layer was run through my Big Kick inside a Couture Creations 5x7 embossing folder, then the edges were sponged with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

The Flower Chain Border die (Cherry Lynn Designs), Ribbon Tags Trio One (Spellbinders),  "hello" from the Handwritten sentiment die set (Little B), and the Autumn Gatherings Alterations Decorative Strip die (Sizzix) were used to die-cut kraft cardstock. Frayed Burlap Distress ink was used to sponge the inside of the tag die, the larger oak leaves, and the acorn. Frayed Burlap Distress marker was used to add some detailing to the oak leaves. Clear Gelly Glaze pen (Sakura) was used to make the acorn shiny.

All the elements were layered and adhered, the sentiment tag was popped up on foam adhesive, then the card front was added to a kraft card and I called it done!

Thanks for visiting today!

I shall enter this card into the following challenges:
• Scrapy Land Challenge #15: Anything Goes
• Country View Challenges: Use Kraft Card
• Die Cut Divas: In the Garden