29 January, 2021

V for vellum

What's shimmering between the branches? 
A strange bright light in the middle of winter, just as a tiny fairy up the tree on Christmas day.

But first things first. We're starting another two-week task at the Alphabet challenge, looking for "vellum" on your crafting projects. I had to look it up, I admit, as I only know it as parchment. 
After a short time of blank confusion, I remembered a stack of vellum sheets in my stash. 
I thought I'd use one of them in the background of a card and place a pretty image atop of it. And I soon figured out which image I'd like to use, too.

I got to pick my prize from All dressed up for being a winner over at the Path of Positivity recently. And since the festive season was still in full blow, I just had to go with this adorable Christmas fairy!
When I started to prepare my DT inspiration for you, I decided to match the wonderful digi with a snowflake patterned parchment paper. To make the pattern more visible, I worked with a kraft card base from the very beginning. I had no idea on the collour scheme yet, but I soon found myself picking unusually bright colours, and quite non-traditional ones: I dressed the fairy in a bright pink dress, and wanted to have the wings stand out, too. 
For the Christmas tree and ornaments, I went with bright green and colours. 
I also added a bit of a blurred yellow fairy dust around the Christmas sentiment.
I added a bit of traditional bling with a sheet of golden paper to enhance the printed image, and I wanted to add some sparkle, too. 
But instead of a golden shimmering coloured pencil, I went straight into my sticker stash. I picked a sheet of tiny stars and placed them where all the digi stars used to be in the original image. 
All the stars? Not exactly. To make the fairy magic stand out amongst all the golden stickers, I decided to use a star-shaped gemstone atop the magic wand.

23 comments:

  1. your snowy parchment background is so beautiful, a brilliant make

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  2. Your card is do gorgeous, thanks for sharing with us at the Unicorn Challenge Blog.
    Hugs Ilonka DT

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  3. Very sweet Christmas card :o) Thanks for joining us at LTCCB
    Tina DT

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  4. This is such a sweet, delicate image and just so cute! Love your vellum sheet and kraft backing, and those teeny stars are perfect for the image. Thanks for sharing this cutie with us at Penny's!
    Linda

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  5. What a cute image!
    Thank you for sharing with Crafty Hazelnut's Weekly Christmas Challenge!
    Susan
    DT for CHNC
    Calling All Crafters! – My Blog!

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  6. Great card, thanks for playing along with our 'Something New' challenge @ MAWTT this month. Good Luck 
    Happy Crafting
    Carole xXx

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  7. This is so beautiful. Nice work.
    Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Annette DT / Admin / Registered Owner for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  8. such a cute little fairy love your card - thank you for playing along with My Time To Craft DT Judith CE

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  9. Love the fairy! And that snowflake vellum is a great background.
    Thank you for sharing your wonderful card with us at Krafty Chicks Challenge.
    Diane - DT

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  10. A really pretty design and I love your photos too.

    Thanks for joining us at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

    Helen x

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  11. This image is on my wishlist!
    Thanks for sharing with 12 Months of Christmas Link Up!

    SUSAN DT

    DT for The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up!
    Calling All Crafters! – My personal Blog!

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  12. Super cute card with your little fairy..
    Thank you so much for joining in with us at 613 Avenue Create..hope you will play along again..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  13. This is so lovely and your sweet image coloured beautifully … Also thanks for supporting and using an All Dressed Up image for our current challenge of ANYTHING GOES using an ALL DRESSED UP IMAGE. Good luck in the final draw.

    [aNNie Design Team Member for All Dressed Up Challenges] ❣️ ADU
    https://thejourneyisthestarthere.blogspot.com/{My Blog}

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  14. Great Christmas card thanks for sharing at craft in our christmas challenge good luck
    AuntySue
    ps thanks for sharing in our ATG at Crafty Catz too

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  15. Beautiful card with lovely colours and a sweet image, thanks for playing along with us at MTTC.

    Pat xx

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  16. Very sweet image on this lovely card. Thanks for joining us a Fab'n'Funky. Pat K xx

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  17. Beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge. Hugs Sylvia H.

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  18. This is lovely! Thank you for joining our Penny's Challenges! Hope to see you again.
    Hugs, Maria (DT)

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  19. Beautiful card 🙂 Thanks for your participating at The Skechy Challenges. Hope you participate in our next challenge. DT Veronique

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  20. Pretty angel on the tree top! Lovely card Cheiro Urgia. Thank you for entering the Clean and Simple Challenge at 12 Months of Christmas.

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  21. So cute, and I often like those non traditional colours myself!

    Thank you for joining us at the CRAFT challenge this week.

    Debbie
    CRAFT DT
    decraftsblog.wordpress.com {my blog}

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  22. Delightful and well done! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place To Start!
    Hugz,
    Chana Malkah, Owner

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  23. Such a pretty card the colours ar3 lovely. Thanks for joining All Dressed Up Stamps challenge love Carole Design Team x

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