Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge - February Guest DT

Hi everyone, well here we are in February already …. Where does the time go?? I was really thrilled to be asked by Becca to be a guest designer for this month’s Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge (formerly known as The Fairy and the Unicorn), so of course I said yes! 

The theme for HQFCB is always

Anything Fantasy Goes

This month there is also the additional fantasy option of Leprechauns.

Please do pop over to the challenge blog to see the wonderful fantasy creations from the design team and to link up your entries.

I don’t have any leprechaun images, but as my regular visitors will know I DO have a selection of Lavinia fairies, so I thought it about time one of them should come out to play. Here is what I made.

I die cut a large stitched square of white stamping card and created my background by blending Elements inks using Lavinia Mini Hill and Circle masks. I then stamped the fairy and a selection of coordinating flowers, with 2nd generation stamped field grass behind. I coloured the poppies and fairy wings with Sakura Stardust pens, and added some shadow to ground the fairy with grey Inktense pencil. I added some hanging vines to the top of the scene, then highlighted everything with fine white Posca pen and clear Stardust pen. I stamped a magical sentiment, which I thought seemed particularly appropriate as this fairy always looks to me so pensive, as if she is daydreaming. To finish I added a flight of birds in the distance and matted the finished piece onto a 6” square card blank.

Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Lavinia Moments Like These, Group Poppies, Field Grass, Vine Flourish, Birds; Crafter’s Companion Magical Sentiments;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Confetti, Della Blue, Dark Denim, Graphite); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Twilight, Hawthorne Rose); Sakura Stardust pens (pink, blue, purple, clear); Nktense pencil (grey); Posca pen (white);

Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone duo stitched square dies; Lavinia acetate Mini Hill masks and circle masks.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #25 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)

Do-Al(l) Kreatives #98 - Anything Goes with option Wings

Fab ‘n’ Funky #609 - Include a Stamped Image (2nd entry)

Krafty Chicks #753 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Little Red Wagon #792 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Mix It Up #75 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) - TOP PICK

Path of Positivity #127 - Anything Goes Positive (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Try It OnTuesday - Oh What a Night - TOP 5

I’d like to thank Becca for asking me to a guest designer at HQFCB this month.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,