Friday 29 June 2012

There's a fairy at the bottom of my garden.....

and her name is Wendy Woo...... OK so I know the words to song are really "there's a worm at the bottom of my garden and his name is Wiggly Woo..." but for some reason I couldn't stop singing my version of it whilst making this card. I drove myself and everyone else in the house nuts with it :/ but hey it got the job done! So can you guess what this weeks challenge over at Polka Doodles is? Yep it's Fairies, Flitter & Fantasy. I do hope that you'll come and play with us, remember you don't need to use a Polka Doodles image, but we'd love it you did! Also you could win yourself some new stash.

This is what I've come up with this week - it's a stepper card with masses of cut out images (I sooo need to treat myself to a Craft Robo, there was way too much hand cutting involved in this card!) 


I started out by printing out the fairy and foliage from the All Around & Everywhere CD and the watering can, window & door (which is the window with the shutters chopped off) from the new Studio 12 Picknix Heavenly Garden Kit. I then coloured the images with Promarkers. Because I needed masses of foliage and believe it or not I do have something that resembles a life outside of crafting, I cheated and scanned the coloured image in and then printed out several flipped and resized copies. I then set about the gargantuan task of cutting everything out :/


The images are assembled onto a simple stepper card base using glue and pop dots (yes I really needed to add more dimension to the piece!). I'm not sure that my pictures show the Stickles on the wings or the Glossy Accents on the glass window - so you'll have to use your imagination.

Right that's me done for this week, so thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic weekend. I'm off to the Craft Barn on Sunday and I'm hoping to catch up albeit it briefly with the lovely Nikky Hall. If you spot me there, come and say "Hi".

Claire xxx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Things with wings
Creative Mondays - Mermaids & Fairies
Fashionista Challenge - Winged Things
Hooked On Crafts - All that glitters
Incy Wincy - Anything goes
Love to Create - Anything goes
Make It Monday - Anything goes
Whoopsie Daisy - Things with wings
Dream Valley - Things with wings
The Crafty Pad - More than one fold
That Craft Place - It's all green
The Squirrel and the Fox - Make it sparkle
I ♥ ProMarkers - Anything goes

31 comments:

  1. O such a magical card. Its gorgeous.
    Dx

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  2. Totally amazing - I am going to come back later and study it some more when I have more time. This is seriously one of the coolest things I have seen!!!

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  3. Another fab card, all that cutting must have taken ages! Great colouring too. Have a great weekend at The Craft Barn.

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  4. OMGoodness Claire, absolutely incredible! The colors are fabulous and such an awesome design! This card is sensational!

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  5. I would say everything what Tammy said. So much work on this card. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
    Hugs Nat

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  6. This is gorgeous Claire, so much detail and all the more special because you cut everything out by hand.
    Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad this week.
    Pauline
    x

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  7. You must have the patience of a saint - that Craft Robo (I keep wanting to call them Robo Cop's for some reason!) is a very much needed tool in your case I reckon!

    Absolutely gorgeous, do you envision these in your head and just go from there or do they come together as you are doing them? Amazing stuff.

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  8. Oh my goodness, this is just stunning Claire, so much detail to look at, I love it x

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  9. Wow, and Wow Claire. What a lot of work and so worth the effort. Your project is stunning.
    Thank you so much for sharing this will us at Fashionista Challenge this month.
    Hugs
    Laine
    X

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  10. Hi Claire, this is stunning. I love everything about it.
    All that cutting was well worth it- fantastic!.
    Thanks for joining in at INCY WINCY this week. Good luck
    hugs
    Sheryl xx

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  11. Hi Claire, wow, this is beautiful! I love the deep, richness to the colours you've used and so much love has gone into it (I know what you mean about hand-cutting out!!) Thanks so much for joining THE CRAFTY PAD challenge this week.
    Hugs, Ali x

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  12. WOW! This is amazing and so so intricate. I love it! But what do you mean you have a life outside of crafting?! Enjoy the weekend!

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  13. Claire, this is absolutely stunning! I love it - wish I had some of your imagination, hun. I love how all the elements fit together to make such a fab project.

    Have a great weekend.
    Hugz, Jan xx

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  14. Fantastic. You've more patience than me. Love everything about it. Thanks for taking part at I ♥ Promarkers this week.

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  15. Wow Claire you have totally rocked this card hun!!!. So much detail and love all of the fussy cutting. Wouldn't even know it was a stepper card as everything blends together so well. Love the images, especially the toadstools!!!!. Can't believe you were doing the families head in with your singing lol!!!. Big hugs mate, love Clare xxx

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  16. Oh wow this is gorgeous. What an original card.
    Thank you for joining us at Fashionista Challenge Blog, good luck and hope to see you again soon.
    Hugs
    Suzie xx

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  17. I just popped back to say thank you for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy this week.
    Pauline
    x

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  18. Wow!This is amazing.So much work and detail has gone into this and it shows.Fantastic card.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
    Lisa x

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  19. Hi Claire, it's me back again to say thank you for joining us at Bearly Mine Designs this time.
    Pauline
    x

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  20. This is gorgeous! Amazing!

    Thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy! Hope to see you next time again!

    I have amazing candy on my challenge blog if you want to enter. HERE. You have until tomorrow at 9 pm GMT+2 to enter :)

    Hugs, Sande xx

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  21. What a Stunningly Beautiful Project!! Thank you so much for playing along with us this week at Love to Create Challenge! We Really Appreciate your Support & your Creativity! Please Come Back & Play with us again really soon!!

    Many Blessings,
    Tina

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  22. WOW what a stunning creation love the cut out window , the mushrooms and all those greenery...all your effort has resulted in a spectacular creation
    Cheers from Bangalore, India
    Sonia
    cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  23. what a lovely card you have made here. It fits perfectly for the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog. Thank you for taking part in this challenge and I wish you the best of luck in the draw. Best wishes, Kym (Bearly Mine Challenge Blog Design Team Member) xxx

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  24. Wow!! This is brilliant, where do you find the patience? Thanks for sharing it at I ♥ Promarkers this week!!
    Hugs Hazel xx

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  25. Wow stunning card, great shape, the colours and all the cutting looks amazing. Thank you for joining us at That Craft Place Challenge Blog :-) Kerry x

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  26. Wow - your card is just marvellous! Stunning in fact!

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  27. so so different absolutely brilliant.

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  28. Wow this is fabulous and must have taken ages to make. Ihope you win.

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  29. Hi sweetie,
    I love love love your card hunni. I am so sorry I wasn't here to vote on it at the Fashionista challenge as I was on holiday and the signal is rubbish in Wales so no blog for me!! :(
    I hope you win darling.
    hugs
    Dawn xxxxx

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