Have a Fairy Happy Birthday!

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my TFS teammates and I are focusing on ink! My card uses nine colors of  Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps. I love these dye inks because they are vibrant, juicy, have great coverage, and are reactive to water/isopropyl alcohol.

Here's my card created with the arch from the Sticker Stencils 5 - Silhouette Collection,  Stones Stencil, the Dragonfly Keeper Clear Polymer Stamp, the Have a Fairy Happy Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp, and  Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Sticker Stencils 5 - Silhouette Collection by Lavinia Stamps

Stones Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Graphite, Sahara, Paprika, Russet Orange, Pine, Olive, Sundance, and Confetti Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Dragonfly Keeper Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Have a Fairy Happy Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko 

Sparkle Glitter Brush Pens Clear Overlay by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

White, Black, Yellow, Yellow Orange, Green Bice, Sap Green, Gras Green, May Green Chalk Pencils by General's

Blue, Red, and Yellow Stardust Glitter Pen by Sakura of America

Sapphire Blue Shimmer Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Place a panel of 5.5" x 8.5" cardstock on the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
2. Place the arch part of the arch sticker stencil from the Sticker Stencils 5 - Silhouette Collection about 1" up from the base of a piece of white cardstock and use low-tack tape to cover= the bottom and top with low-tack tape.
3. Brush Graphite and  Paprika Elements Inks over the sticker mask and the strips of low-tack tape to create a grey mortar background.
4. Keeping the arch sticker stencil and tape strips in place, place the Stones Stencil over the panel. 
5. Brush Graphite, Sahara, Paprika, and  Russet Orange  Elements Inks over the stencil, masks, and tape strips to create a stone wall. 
6. Remove the Stones Stencil and use a black chalk pencil to loosely outline the stones and to add detail to the stones and the wall.
7. Remove the arch part of the arch sticker stencil and place the arch sticker stencil over between the two strips of tape.
8. Brush Graphite Elements Ink  over the stencil to create the arch section.
9. Remove the arch stencil and the tape strips.
10. Use a black chalk pencil to darken and add depth to the archway.
11. Cover the bottom portion of the stone wall and archway with low-tack tape. 
12. Brush Pine and Olive Elements Inks over the tape to create a grassy area. 
13. Use green chalk pencils to add grass and grassy tufts to the pathway and the lawn areas.
14. Cover the top portion of the stone wall with low-tack tape. 
15. Brush Sundance and Confetti Elements Ink over the tape to create a sunset sky.
16. Place the image panel onto a stamping platform.
17.  Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Dragonfly Keeper Clear Polymer Stamp and the Have a Fairy Happy Birthday Clear Polymer Sentiment  Stamp. 
18. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain good impressions.
19. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
20. Use White chalk pencil to enhance the fairy. 
21. Use yellow and orange chalk pencil to add a glow to the lantern. 
22. Use a Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen Clear Overlay to add glitter to the fairy's wings. 
23. Use the Blue Stardust Glitter Gel Pen  to outline the wings and to add detail to the fairy's antenna.
24. Trim the image panel to 6.25" x 4.25" and edgewith Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
25. Cut a piece of Avalanche cardstock to 9" x 6.5". Score at 4.5" and fold to form an A6 card.
26. Sponge or brush Sapphire Blue Shimmer Delicata Ink to the outer .5" of the card. Heat set.
27. Adhere the image panel to the shimmery blue card.

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