Faery Ink Birthday Balloons*

Good morning everyone! And a very Happy Thursday! I hope you are all doing well.  Me... well, I'm stressing at work these days. The VP's admin is leaving and he has decided that I should start doing the budget things for him when she leaves. That takes up about 70% of her day. I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to handle that and my job. He is a stressful kind of person too; really needy. We will see how it all goes I guess.

Other than that everything is going okay. My father in law is staying with us until September. It is nice to go home and spend time with my husband and his father. This was my first time meeting him in person and it has been really great.We are doing little things and will make a trip to North Carolina soon I believe. We have some places that we would like to take him. There is a huge Ten Commandments field that we want to go to. A trip to Maggie Valley would be nice too. Kevin will plan something.

Today I am sharing a card that I made for Amanda and Faery Ink!  Amanda was kind enough to offer her team the opportunity to be published in The Complete Cardmaking Magazine. What a huge opportunity and I couldn't be more grateful!! That was months ago though and I missed the publication. It would have been my first publication too. How exciting :)  Thank you Amanda for the opportunity!!

This is the project that was submitted by me:








I had so much fun making this card, but I was really stressed too LOL! Needed it to be perfect! So, here it is! I used Gabbie Birthday Fae. I colored her with Copic Markers. I layered her several layers. I layered the balloons on different levels. I used confetti vellum for her wings. Then I popped her body up a level and then the cupcake up an additional level. On the balloons, they were covered in different shades of glitter and then on top of that I used Diamond Glaze to give them that shiny appearance. I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to her hair. For the top of the card I cut the "Happy Birthday!" using my Silhouette Cameo and I colored those the same as I did the background on the image. It was all done using dots with different colored Copic Markers. The papers are all DCWV Glam Rock. The lighter blue cardstock is from my scraps. I added some zig zag stitching around the card and some straight stitching down the smaller rectangles in the middle. I added the black glitter ribbon. On top of that I used three buttons from my stash. The image is cut with a label die from Spellbinders.

Copic Markers Used:

• Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
• Hair: BV00, B21, B04, B06, B26
• Outfit: RV00, RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29; N3, N5, N7
• Eyes: G00, G03, G07
• Lips and Heart Sprinkles: R00, R20, R22
• Sprinkles: YR12, YR18
• Frosting: YG11, YG13, YG17
• Candle: Y11, Y18; BG10, BG49
• Flame: Y11, Y18
• Cupcake Tin: BG10, BG45, BG49
• Background: Y11, BG10, G20, RV21, BG49, RV29, G24, Y18

Challenges:

• Challenge #36: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Art By Miran Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #87: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #115: Anything Goes (2) @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #158: Birthday (1/2) @ Wags 'n Whiskers.
• HIMCR #208: Lots of Layers (1/3) @ Hiding In My Craft Room.
• Challenge #161: Child's Birthday (1/3) @ My Sheri Crafts.
• July: Anything Goes w/Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking (2/3) @ Sparkle N Sprinkle.
• Challenge #271: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Craft Your Passion Challenges.
• Challenge #19: Must Have Stars (1/3) @ Get Creative Challenges.
• Things With Wings (2/5) @ Incy Wincy Designs.
• Use Buttons and Patterned Paper @ The Outlawz Greeting Card.
• Anything Goes (2/2) @ Through The Craft Room Door.
• Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog*
• Build It Up (No Flat) (1/5) @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Anything Goes Birthday @ Sieze The Birthday.
• Challenge #136: Anything Goes (2/5) @ AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog.
• CMC #70: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Card Mania Challenges.
• July: Sparkle and Shine (1/3) @ Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog.
• July: Anything Goes (2/5) @ Crafting By Designs.
• Challenge #43: Anything Goes (2) @ Inspiration Destination.
• Anything Goes (2) @ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.
• Challenge #193: Anything Goes (2/5) @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #2: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Crafting With Friends*
• July: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Your Scrapbook Place.
• Challenge #149: Birthday Wishes (1) @ A Gem Of A Challenge.
• July: Use A Digi or Stamp (2/3) @ Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog.
• July: Patterned Paper (2) @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.
• July Challenge #114: Anything Goes (2/3) @ DigiStamps4Joy.
• DSC #140: Anything Goes (2) @ Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges.
• July: Anything Goes w/Ribbon (1) @ 3 Girl JAM Challenge.
• July: Anything Goes (2/3) @ DL Dot Art.
• Challenge #14: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes (2) @ Not Just Cards Challenges.
• Week #29: Two or More Patterned Papers (1/2) @ Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Blog.
• July: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Sisters Of Craft.
• Challenge #136: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Artistic Inspirations.
• Challenge #29: Anything Goes (2) @ CCC Digi Creations.
• Challenge #89: As Cute As A Button (1/3) @ The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes (2/3) @ The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.
• Bingo (sparkle, sentiment, ribbon) (1/3) @ Top Tip Tuesday Challenges.
• Challenge #44: Anything Goes (2) @ Creative Craft Cottage.
• Anything Goes (2/3) @ Petal Lu Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #200: Anything Goes (2) @ Use Your Stuff.
• Sparkle and Shine (1/5) @ Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #124: Anything Goes (1/5) @ Crafty Ribbons Challenge.
• Challenge #184: A Stitch In Time (1) @ DRS Designs Rubber Stamps.
• July: Celebrate (1/2) @ V's Sweet Ideas.