Imagine a Fairy

 I made this card for the latest AAA Cards Challenge:

When I was a child, I loved all things imaginary - fairies, unicorns, animals that talked, etc. 

I used a very old stamp that I've had since I was a children's librarian (that was a long time ago!).  We used to stamp the children's reading records every time they came in to report about their reading during the summer reading club.

I dug out a scrap of a Brushos background (blue Brushos sprinkled on watercolour paper and spritzed with water).  I stamped the fairy on it and then painted over it with pearlescent watercolour paints - the blue of the Brushos blended in with the paint colours, hence the slight blue tinge to the fairy's skin!  In real life it's quite sparkly.  Here's a photo where I tried to capture that:

I added a die cut frame, cut twice and stacked for more dimension, and used a Tim Holtz word sticker for the sentiment.

Once I'd attached the panel to the card base, I decided it needed a little embellishment so took some tiny stars (silver ones and irridescent ones) and dropped some onto the card, letting them fall where they might.  I then glued them on.  This was the first time I used my new Marvy Uchida Jewel Picker - it was indispensable for picking up the tiny stars to put glue under them!

Here's one last photo showing the card in full and the placement of those stars:

Letting the stars fall on to the card at random seemed to work better than my usual agonizing over where to place embellishments one by one!

Supplies:

Stamps - All Night Media fairy

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Paper - watercolour paper, white cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Yasutomo pearlescent watercolour paints, Impression Obsession frame die, blue Brushos, star embellisments