I have been searching for my crafty mojo (sorry for skipping last week on the blog), which seemed to have taken an unapproved leave of absence for the last couple of\u00a0weeks. After spending time buying\/upgrading my YT videoing equipment (it’s going to take me a while to get used to all this new technology) and cleaning and organizing my office\/studio, I finally think I was able to lure my mojo back with some wild hair Copic coloring, paper piecing and fussy cutting with the following bunch of C.C. Designs cuties: Garden Party Olivia (retired), Princess Brigitta (retired), Ima Butterfly<\/a><\/span>, Cupid<\/a><\/span>, Sweetheart<\/a><\/span>, Cupcake Brigitta<\/a><\/span>, Lil’ Love Bug<\/a><\/span>, Pixie<\/a><\/span>, Love Lucy<\/a><\/span>, Elfie<\/a><\/span>, and Rose<\/a><\/span> (whew! that’s cuteness overload!).<\/p>\n

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There are so many Copic colors I used so please forgive any omissions, but here is a general list:
\nSkin<\/span>:
\nOption 1 (medium pink undertone): E00, E21, E11, and R20
\nOption 2 (yellow and shadowed undertone): E50, E51, E21, BV000 and R20
\nOption 3 (darker tan): E51, E53, BV00 and R20
\nOption 4 (simple and palest): E50, E51, E53 and R20<\/p>\n

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Hair<\/span>:
\nGarden Party Olivia:\u00a0BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08, and RV02
\nPrincess Brigitta: YR20, YR24, E35, and E37
\nIma Butterfly: RV21, RV23, RV25 and RV29
\nCupid:\u00a0YG01, YG11,YG25, YG17, G14, G17 and Y02
\nSweetheart: Y00, Y15, Y17, YR16 and YR07
\nCupcake Brigitta: R32, R33, R37, R39 and W7
\nLil’ Love Bug: B000, B01, B04, B06, BG32 and BG45
\nPixie:\u00a0C7, C9, B00 and B01
\nLove Lucy: Y02, YG07< G09< B34, B37 and B39
\nElfie: V12, V05, V17 and V09
\nRose: E55, E57 and E59<\/p>\n

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Some of these images were pixies and fairies, but others were little girls. Inspired by the children’s book series called The Rainbow Fairies, I made them all into fairies by adding butterfly wings various Martha Stewart butterfly punches or drawing and cutting out my own to add to them. To add a bit of magic to their wings, I topped all of them with Studio G glitter glue. I also used some old scraps of strawberry print papers to paper piece all of their dresses and shoes–I wanted to make them all cohesive this way since I went to town on all their wild hair colors.<\/p>\n

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When I first started this project I didn’t know how\u00a0I would use\u00a0all these fairies (remember, this was just an attempt to jump-start my crafty mojo when I started). When Mr. CraftyPaws saw all of them, he said they needed to go on a white background so they could pop and be appreciated for all their color and detail. I remembered an old puzzle-piece shaped frame that I had found at a thrift store a couple years ago (one of the benefits of cleaning\/organizing the ol’ office\/studio) and decided this would be a great time to upcycle that hoarded (erm, forgotten) piece. I figured all the fairies could be loving on and protecting whatever is pictured in the photo window.<\/p>\n

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I cleaned off the frame with Goo Gon<\/a><\/span>e (there was a sticky residue where the price sticker had been), let it dry, and then painted the frame with two coats of Liquitex Gesso<\/a><\/span>. Then I painted it with white acrylic paint. Lastly for some more “magic” I used a Heidi Swapp heart stenci; (this is a similar lattice stencil; I couldn’t find the hearts one)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Martha Stewart Sparkle Texture Effects Paste<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to add some cream colored glitter-filled 3D hearts all over the frame.<\/p>\n

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Then it was just a matter of figuring out where to place each of the fairies around the frame. I used double sided foam adhesive and hot glue to secure each one in place, spacing them around in a seemingly random way. I didn’t want them to look lined up and I wanted them to be spaced out from each other with similar amounts of “white space” between each of them so this “random” arrangement was anything but and took hours! LOL<\/p>\n

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I printed out a my logo, blog and IG info on my printer and slid that into the photo spot so (at least temporarily until I find a better picture) this is my new name sign for my crafting. The following is a share video including a quick tutorial on paper piecing:<\/p>\n