After working on The Greeting Farm Little Mermaids (HERE<\/a><\/span>), I knew I wanted to make another ATC with one of my all time favorite stamp sets:\u00a0The Greeting Farm Little Fairies<\/a><\/span>. So much cuteness! This time, I started with a Strathmore watercolor paper base<\/a><\/span> that I die cut out with the inside part of the smaller Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Frames die set<\/a><\/span>. It was the perfect size for an ATC (2.5″ x 3.5″)! Then I blended on Tim Holtz Distress Ink (from top to bottom) in Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar. This created a smooth blended background.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Then I set the scene for the sky with a Simon Says Stamp Cloud Bank Die, leaving a few of the cloud insets in place and otherwise using the outline of the clouds. Then I stamped out the dandelion heads from the Little Fairies stamp set<\/a><\/span> with VersaMark ink and heat embossed some Recollections Snow embossing powder to get a little bit of texture and shine. For the Dandelion stems, I used a Black Sakura Glaze Pen<\/a><\/span>, which gave a similar texture and shine to the embossed areas. For an area that I had inadvertently smeared with VersaMark ink and could no longer get a clear dandelion head impression, I hand painted in a dandelion head with Copic Opaque White<\/a><\/span> (this too had a similar raised, shiny look). I also used a VersaMarker<\/a><\/span> to dot the background a bit more and heat embossed some fairy dust (or dandelion fluff). For even more fine dots, I used a Uni-ball Signo white Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>. Amazingly, all of these mediums (Glaze Pen<\/a><\/span>, Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>, Copic Opaque White<\/a><\/span>, and VersaMark Ink or VersaMarker<\/a><\/span> with embossing powder) had similar shine and slightly raised texture like heat embossing!<\/p>\n

Finally, for the little fairies, I used the following Copics: For all the fairies, the skin was colored with: E50, E51, E21, E11, and R20; the wings with: B000 and B01 (topped with Clear Wink of Stella); and hair highlights with: Y11 and Y15
\nPurple-haired Fairy: Hair and dress: V12, V06, V17
\nBlue\/Purple-haired Fairy: Hair and dress: B21, B24, B18, V06, V17
\nGreen-haired Fairy: Hair and dress: BG15, BG18, BG78
\nTo add to the magical look of the fairies, I added a lot of dots with a Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen in their hair. After fussy cutting them out, I inked the edges with a Tuxedo Black Momento Marker<\/a><\/span> to cover up the white edge of the paper, and I popped them all up from the background with double sided foam adhesive for a little dimension.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of this ATC:<\/p>\n