Goodbye Make It Crafty

Well here we go - my last blog post for Make it Crafty. Zoe has made the hard decision to close Make it Crafty so she can concentrate on her photography & other things. I know I won't be the only one to thank her from the bottom of my heart for creating Make it Crafty & sharing her love & talent with us. Make it Crafty has been a huge part of my crafting life - I can't even remember how long I've been a fan, but it's years. 

Being a member of the DT has been such an honour. Zoe was amazing and the various members of the DT over the years have been amazing. I've made lifelong friends through this DT. Some of the Challenge themes literally had me quacking in my boots & gave me nightmares, but Zoe helped us push those boundaries & following her lead developed my colouring skills so much. It's been an incredible team to be part of. 

So to send Make it Crafty out with a bang we're having one final DT Blog Hop. We're featuring three beautiful new fairies - and the great news is that you will get these fairies free if you place an order in the Make it Crafty Store before it closes. They'll automatically be added to your order - no need to add them to your cart. 

Make sure to purchase any digis, rubber stamps, chippies or colouring tutorials before they're gone for good & make triple sure you've backed them up (in several places if possible) as once the store is gone you won't be able to retrieve them if your computer crashes.

Details of the Blog Hop & a chance to win a surprise in the post from Zoe are at the bottom of the post. 

I chose the lovely Princess Fairy & decided she ought to be nestled in a Christmas Tree as it's that time of year. I've never created a Christmas tree from scratch before, but I think it looks ok. 

Here's a close up of Princess Fairy. She looks so happy & serene - not worried by the occasional craziness of Christmas at all. 

Always hard to capture on camera, but I added plenty of sparkles - what fairy is complete without a good sprinkle of shimmer. I used Wink of Stella & some metallic gel pens.

I love MIC Chippies so much. They really add a finishing touch to any card. I coloured them with copics, Wink of Stella & Gold gel pen to give plenty of sparkle.

I layered them up with the 'Wishes' half layered on top of the 'Christmas'. I love the dimension it gives. 

Digi - Princess Fairy from Make it Crafty

Chippies - Christmas Layered Word

Wishes Layered Word

Copics

Skin - E00, E000, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - Y11, Y15, Y17, Polychromo pencils

Dress - E50, E51, E53, E55,

Tree - Various greens including G82, G67, G69, G99, G14, G17

I really hope you like her & enjoy the hop.

To be in with a change of a surprise in the post from Zoe leave a comment at every step of the hop. The thing I'd love to hear is your favourite Make it Crafty Memory.

Winner will be drawn on Sunday 1st Dec. 

Zoe thank you so much for having me as part of your DT. 

It's been such an honour & meant the world to me. 

Here's the Blog Hop List:

Andrea

Delphine

Lucy (yep that's me - You Are Here!)

Marika

Nicoletta

Sadia

Make it Crafty

A Very Fairy Door - The Sequel - Kickstarter project

Well here we go - the lesser spotted Lucy colouring again. A rare occurrence these days I know, but mojo is still missing after all this time. I know it will come back - I'm hoping soon. Despite mojo being low on the ground I couldn't resist asking if I could be part of the next step in the 'A Very Fairy Door' story. 

I don't know if you remember but a few years ago the lovely Carlie Brown & Kimberly Brown wrote a beautiful story about the fairies who visit through a fairy door in houses. The wonderful Krista Smith of Saturated Canary illustrations made the story come to life. The book was dreamt up to appeal to children at home and also help poorly children in the Children's Hospital of East Ontario. It was a beautiful book with a lovely story & a real fairy door to go in the child's room. The Kickstarter campaign was successful and many children around the world discovered the magic of the book.

Now Carlie, Kimberly are back with a new story - A Very Fairy Adventure! It's a beautiful 40 page children's book with new characters including the Fairy Baby Maeve illustrated by Krista.  It's being created through fundraising on Kickstarter. You can pledge support at various different levels & receive different levels of rewards. For crafters there's the chance to own four new Krista Smith digi stamps, for parents & grandparents (and just the young at heart) there's the chance to own the new book and even get the original book complete with Fairy Door if you weren't lucky enough to get one first time round. You can find all the information here: A Very Fairy Adventure Kickstarter.

I'm lucky enough to be able to play with the exclusive new Krista Smith A Very Fairy Adventure digi stamps before they're released (who am I kidding - I begged to be allowed to). This first one I played with is the boy fairy who features in the new A Very Fairy Adventure. I coloured him with my copics & had such fun. These characters really are a dream to colour. 

Here's his close up. What a character eh! I can't wait to see what adventures he gets up to in A Very Fairy Adventure!

The sentiment is the Believe Layered Sentiment Chipboard word from Make it Crafty (I do love these chippies - so great to use). I added Wink of Stella to give it some shimmer over the copic colour.

It's so tricky to capture sparkle in photos. I added Wink of Stella to his wings - cos what fairy doesn't have sparkly wings? 

Digi - Exclusive Digi Stamp available through a pledge on the A Very Fairy Adventure Kickstarter.

Chipboard - Believe Layered Sentiment Chipboard word from Make it Crafty

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E53, E55, E57, E59

Clothes - G82, G46, G29, E53, E55, E57, E59

Wings - G40, G82, Wink of Stella

Cast Shadow - W2, W3, W5

I really hope you pop over the the A Very Fairy Adventure and pledge on Kickstarter. There's a reward level to appeal to everyone and every dollar helps reach the target for publication. Come and join the Facebook page too to keep an eye on the excitement.

A Fairy Bluebell Birthday

Well it's been a very long time since I posted. A mixture of physical health problems and emotional wobbliness has meant I've hardly done any crafting at all this year. Mojo seems to be on a very extended break. I know it will come back, but I do miss that itch to create. The recent beautiful display of bluebells in my garden encouraged me to get my pens out and colour lovely Bluebell Fairy

I'm really lucky as my Mum is a keen gardener so I'm surrounded by a beautiful garden. This year we had bluebells in the traditional blue, but also in white & purple. Really pretty especially with the yellow pop of cowslip too. The joys of an English Country Garden.

I decided to stick with the classic blue for Fairy Bluebell.

Here's a few close ups.

A little quirky thing but I love the effect of her wing popping over the edge of the card.

Here's a close up of her bluebell skirt. I added a bit of glow from her lantern.

I used Happy Script Word and Birthday Brush Script Word chippies from Make it Crafty and coloured them with a few layers of Platinum Brilliance Ink pad to give a good shine.

A final bit of shimmer with some Clear Wink of Stella on her wings and I was finished.

Well what fairy is complete without a little shimmer & shine?

I do hope you like her & I hope it won't be nearly as long until I'm sharing creations with you again x

Digi - Fairy Bluebell Digi Stamp

Chipboard - Happy Script Word, Birthday Brush Script Word

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 with R20 Cheeks

Hair - E53, E55, E57

Dress- B63, B66, B69, B79

Eyes & Lantern Stem - G40, G82, G29

Lantern - Y000, Y00, Y02, Y15